This course examines the international law relative to international organisations and looser institutional arrangements, such as those without a distinct legal personality and sui generis entities such as the ICRC. Traditional topics such as admission, decision-making and financing are considered, as well as various normative and operational activities. The complexification of the international institutional framework and UN attempts at reform are also studied. This course deals only incidentally with the maintenance of international peace and security.

Topics to be considered might include:

• Emergence and raison d'être of International Organisations
• The Internal and External Law of International Organisations
• Current and Future Challenges

Students must rely on the Approved Assessment which will be posted to the course homepage on the ANU Law website, prior to the commencement of the course.

26 Contact Hours (Intensive Delivery)

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