International Organizations

Presentation

International Organizations are in great evidence after World War II. Their mission is to ensure world peace and order, whatever their object of action. With reference to the UN - United Nations, created with the purpose of creating conditions so that world peace can be a reality and a practice to be carried out by states. One of the documents of the utmost importance for this peace, respect for differences between peoples and the promotion of human dignity was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UN on 10 December 1948.

Part of this Programme

European Studies and International Relations

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

| Semestral | 6

Year | Type of course unit | Language

1 |Mandatory |Português

Code

ULHT450-7361

Recommended complementary curricular units

International Right.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

n/a

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

1. Introduction
1.1-Importance of the study of International Organizations.
1.2-Definition of International Organizations.
1.3-International Relations and International Organizations.
1.4-The State and International Organizations.
1.5-Proliferation of International Organizations.
2- Historical Evolution of International Relations
2.1-From Diplomacy in ancient Greece to the Italian and French system.
2.2-The Vienna Congress (1815) and the European Concert.
2.3-The First World War and the Society of Nations.
2.4-The Second World Conflict and the UN.
3- General Theory of International Organizations
3.1-General foundations of the theory of International Organizations.
3.2-Activities characteristic of International Organizations.
Non-Governmental Organizations: Characterization.
3.3.1 - The different categories of Non Governmental Organizations.

4- The United Nations

4.1- The United Nations Structure

5. The European Union.

6. NATO - Constitution and Mission.

7. The CPLP.

Objectives

The aim of this course is to provide students with rigorous conceptual instruments that enable them to understand the historical gestation, nature and way of functioning of international organizations, historically contextualizing their genesis in order to understand their nature in depth, its institutional form and its purposes. Thus, the student is provided with an in-depth ability to analyze organizations through the disclosure of their historical meaning and significance, the reasons that motivated their organizational form and their fundamental objectives. Thus, the student is prepared not only to develop effective conceptual operationalization skills, but also to understand in depth the international organizational phenomenon in order to be able to develop a competent professional practice in any organization.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

The classes consist of theoretical expositions, followed by debates in class, about a) methodology of theoretical access to the historical gestation of the major international organizations; b) relationship between emerging institutional forms and historical-evolutionary process; c) the large organizations emerging from periods of intense historical crisis. What is evidenced in the teaching / learning process is the logic that governs the relations between large international organizations and the historical problems that they always seek to answer. Therefore, the evaluation will naturally focus on the comprehension and analytical control of the syllabus, through testing, and on a work that demonstrates ability to operate in the concrete field of analysis of the conceptual instruments acquired, with a view to further effective professional performance. Assessment tools: 1 Assessment Test (45%) + 1 Assessment Test (45%) + Class Attendance and Participation (10%).

References

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BAYLIS, J. & SMITH, S. The Globalization of World Politics an introduction to international relations. Third  edition. New York: Oxford University Press.2004.

CAMPOS, Fernando. Na Senda dos Direitos Humanos. Breves Passos. Lisboa: Edições Universitárias Lusófonas. 2019.

CAMPOS, João Mota de, (et al).Organizações Internacionais.Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. 1992.

CHAUMONT, C. ONU . Oeiras: Rolo & Filhos, Lda.1992.

ELIZALDEl, A. Globalización Mundialización. Santiago de Chile: Ediciones UCSH. 2005.

MIRANDA, Jorge. Curso de Direito Internacional Público. 6ª edição revista e atualizada. Parede: Principía. 2016.

PINTO, M.C. O papel da ONU na criação de uma Nova Ordem Mundial. Lisboa: Prefácio. 2010

QUEIROZ, C. Direito Internacional e Relações Internacionais ¿ Organizações Internacionais. Coimbra: Coimbra: Coimbra Editora. 2013.

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