DDRO 25A80 - War, Peace and Law in the Middle East

This course is designed to provide an international law of armed conflict framework to the main recent and ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa regions. It focuses on the role international law plays in the realm of international and regional relations, namely inter-State relations but also State-individual relations through the growth of human rights law. The first part of the course is designed to provide an outline of the general public international law framework to key international conflicts faced by the international community. The students will then have to apply their learning to concrete casestudies that will be discussed in-depth during the second part of the seminar in view of analysing and studying international law “in motion”. Class is designed in an interactive way in which students will have to participate actively and engage in the class discussions. While the instructor will endeavour to make reading lists as concise as possible, mindful of students' workload, students will be expected to come to the seminar ready to engage and having conformed to the reading list in the syllabus. By the end of the seminar, students are expected to acquire a general knowledge of general public international law and of international law of armed conflicts. Also, students will be ableto spot, in international relations and international issues, the relevant legal questions and mobilize the relevant legal and analytical tools to analyse situations of international conflict. Students will also be exposed to the limitations of international law and the reasons why international legality cannot always overcome deadlocked situations. Lastly, through the seminar's exercises, students will develop both their oral and written advocacy skills.

Amrane Mahfoud MEDJANI

Séminaire

English

Autumn 2023-2024

Modalités d'Évaluation: Students will be asked to lead either an individual presentation or exchange arguments on a controversy (25%) and to produce a 3,000-word paper on a topic agreed upon beforehand with the instructor (25%). In addition to that, students will be asked to prepare two position papers that should not exceed 800 words each (15% each) as well as to lead a discussion on a presentation (10%). Weight will finally be given to participation in class discussions and debates (10%).