MVZ115 Global Settling of Armed Conflicts

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Marek Pavka, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 Aula
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! MVE120 Global Settling of Arm. Confl.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 130 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/130, only registered: 0/130
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course focuses on the development of international interventionism, resolution of armed conflicts and a role of the UNO in this field. The goal of the course is to make students acquainted with the role of the UN with regard to conflict resolution, with achievements and problems of humanitarian missions. At the end of the course students should be able to orient themselves within the realm of humanitarian interventions. They will gain a better orientation in primary and secondary sources; it will also lead to a further improvement of their analytical skills.
Syllabus
  • 1) ideological basis of international interventionism. Holländer, P.: Pozitivismus versus iusnaturalismus: nekončící příběh (pokus o strukturování problému). Právník 136, č.3, 1997, s.201-220. 2) legal framework for the intervention of the UN Charter of the United Nations 3) organizational and conceptual framework for the intervention of the UN. Ghálí, B.B.: An Agenda for Peace. Ghálí, B.B.: An Agenda for Peace, Supplement, www.un.org/Docs/SG/agsupp.html. 4) peacekeeping missions of the 1st generation - ONUC. Bloomfield, L.P. (ed.): International Military Forces. Boston 1964. 5) peacekeeping missions of the 2nd generation - the intervention in the Gulf. United Nations Role in Maintaining International Peace and Security: Kuwait-Iraq Case Study. Kuwait 1995. 6) The 2nd generation of the peacekeeping missions - Somalia. Clark, W., Herbst, J.: Somalia and Future of Humanitarian Intervention. Foreign Affairs, March / April 1996. 7) The 2nd generation of the peacekeeping missions - Rwanda. Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of United Nations during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda. www.un.org/News/ossg/rwanda_report.htm. 8) peacekeeping missions of the 2nd generation - Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Fall of Srebrenica. Report of the Secretary-General Pursuant to the General Assembly Resolution 53/55, p.8. UN Doc. A/54/549. www.un.org/Documents/agpeace.html. 9) postconflict assistance. Paris, R.: Peacebuilding and the Limits of Liberal Internationalism. International Security, vol.22, no.2 (Fall 1997) 10) humanitarian intervention. Blokker, N.: Is the Authorization Authorized? Powers and Practice of the UN Security Council to authorize the use of force by coalitions of able and willing. European Journal of International Law. www.ejil.org/journal/Vol11/No3/art1.html. Cassese, A.: Ex iniuria jus oritur: Are We Moving towards International Humanitarian legitimacy of forcible countermeasures in the World Community? European Journal of International Law. www.ejil.org/journal/Vol10/No1/ab1.html. SIMM, B.: NATO, the UN and the Use of Force: Legal Aspects. EJIL.www.ejil.org/journal/Vol.10/No.1/ab1-1.html. 11) Final test
Literature
  • Lobel, J., Ratner, M.: Bypassing the Security Council: Ambigous Authorizations to Use Force, Cease-Fires and the Iraqi Inspection Regime. American Journal of International Law, vol.93, January 1999, no.1
  • Burg, S. L., Shoup, P. S.: The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention. Armonk 1999.
  • Alan J.: The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention: Genocide in Rwanda. Washington 2001.
Assessment methods
For the granting of credits, student has to prepare a paper on some of the specified topics and write a final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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