1. To understand the importance of International Organisations in the contemporary world, developing analytical and discursive competencies about the challenges and threats facing International Organisations.
2. To gain familiarity with the main contemporary International Organisations, through the analysis and commentary of documents, reports and specialised scientific bibliography.
3. To develop research and individual work, reflecting on the acquisition of oral and written discursive competencies in the critical evaluation of the current role of International Organisations.
International Organisations in today’s world. The international society and its progressive institutionalisation. The role of International Organisations as political, economic, social and cultural agents. The challenges and the future of International Organisations. The emergence and expansion of International Organisations.
International Organisations in the field of International Law. Concepts, types and classifications. Juridical order and juridical personality. The constitution and evolution of the main International Organisations.
The United Nations. The UN’s specialised agencies and its action in the contemporary world. The importance of the ILO in the contemporary world. UNESCO’s intervention in the contemporary world. The role of the WTO in the era of globalisation. The International Organisations specialised in monetary and financial fields. The Administrative and Technical Unions. Institutionalised cooperation in regional terms. The Non-Governmental Organisations.
Combination of methodologies: lectures and interaction with the students. The lectures will be illustrated by means of analysing texts and documents to which students will have access. The interactive component considers in-class participation and the completion of a research project.
In line with the adopted methodologies, the following learning activities will be prioritised: creating a database on the themes and authors studied; the investigation and subsequent organisation of information; a careful reading of selected texts; a productive discussion and debate while clarifying doubts and deepening questions; applying and demonstrating competencies in the area of oral and written discourse.
AAVV, Organizações Internacionais, Lisboa, F.C.G., 2006.
ARMSTRONG, D., LLOYD, L. and REDMOND, J., From Versailles to Maastricht, London, MacMillan Press, 1996.
BIANCHI, Andrea (Ed.), Non-State Actors and International Law, Burlington, Ashgate, 2009.
DEHOUSSE, J.-M., Les Organisations Internationales, Essai de Théorie Générale, Liège, Gothiex, 2002.
DIEZ DE VELASCO, M., Las Organizaciones internacionales, Madrid, Tecnos, 2006 (14ªed.).
FELD, W.J. and JORDAN, R.S., International Organizations, Westport, Praeger Publ., 1994.
McGhee, George C., International Community. A Goal For a New World Order, Lanham/New York/London, Univ. Press of America, 1992.
MIRANDA, Jorge, Curso de Direito Internacional Público, Cascais, Princípia Ed., 2009.
NAVARI, Cornelia, Internationalism and the State in the Twentieth Century, London and New York, Routledge, 2000.
PEASLEE, A.J., International Governmental Organizations. Constitutional Documents, London and New York, Routledge, 2000.
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