FSS:MVZ115 Global Settling of Arm. Confl. - Course Information

MVZ115 Global Settling of Armed Conflicts

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 Armed Conflicts

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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Abstract

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.

Key topics

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

Study resources and 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.

Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements

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

Teacher's information

UPOZORNĚNÍ: Výuka na FSS MU předpokládá, že studenti znají studijní předpisy a že se nedopouštějí podvodného plnění studijních povinností, zejména opisování u zkoušek a plagiátorství, tedy vydávání cizích myšlenek za vlastní a přebírání myšlenek jiných autorů bez uvedení autorství. Plagiátorství patří k nejzávažnějším etickým proviněním v akademickém prostředí, popírá poslání university i smysl studia. Z právního hlediska je plagiátorství krádeží cizího duševního vlastnictví. Podvodné plnění studijních povinností nemůže být za žádných okolností na FSS tolerováno. Každý případ podvodného chování bude trestán nejpřísnější sankcí, a to nepodmínečným vyloučením ze studia. Studentům doporučujeme co nejdůkladněji se seznámit s problémem plagiátorství a se způsoby, jak se mu vyhnout.

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