[V] United Nations System WS 2025/26
TU Dresden | Winter semester 2025 / 2026
[V] United Nations System WS 2025/26
| Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Dominik Steiger |
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Time and Place |
Thursday (6), ABS/1-01 |
| Start | October 16, 2025 |
| Eligible students | Students enrolled in the Master’s degree in International Relations, mandatory for the 1st Semester |
| Content | This course will provide an overview of the institutional setup of the United Nations. With regard to substantive law, the course will especially focus on Chapter VII (prohibition of the use of force and its exceptions). We will engage with current challenges by looking into relevant case studies, e.g. Iraq or Syria. Also, lawmaking by the Security Council will be discussed. Furthermore, questions of the UN's responsibility, e.g. for the 2010 Cholera outbreak in Haiti and Chapter VI UN Charter (peaceful settlement of disputes) will form the subject matter of the course. |
| Literature | Relevant literature will be provided during the course. |
| Further information | The course will be held in English. |
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