030435 KU International Law and Security (2017S)

The course aims to foster a critical understanding of contemporary security issues around the globe and the role of public international law in addressing these issues. The course will focus on various security issues, namely armed conflicts, terrorism, piracy, drug- and weapons trafficking, transnational organized crime, natural disasters, cyber-espionage, cyber-crime and cyber-warfare.

In particular, the course aims:

• to provide an fuller and deeper understanding of the international legal framework applicable to contemporary security issues and the salient and interlinked legal and political factors that govern international responses to various security issues;
• to assess the effectiveness and legitimacy of security policy options and responses within a framework of human and state security and to provide an in-depth analysis of the role of public international law in addressing these issues;
• to examine contemporary and to anticipate future challenges to public international law in the area of international security.