01

09/04

Course Introduction

Lecture

Readings: Ian Hurd, International Organizations: Politics, Law and Practice 1-15 (4th ed. 2020); Jon Pevehouse & Inken von Borzyskowski, International Organizations in World Politics, in The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations 3 (Jacob Katz Cogan, Ian Hurd & Ian Johnstone eds., 2016).

02

09/11

United Nations – Introduction

Lecture, group discussions

Readings: Karen A. Mingst, Margaret P. Karns & Alynna J. Lyon, The United Nations in the 21st Century 1-61 (6th ed. 2022); GA Resolutions 2758, 65/308, and 67/19.

Relevant Lecture: The Procedures for Admission as a Member State of the United Nations and the Procedures for, and Consequences of, Being Considered a Non-Member State by the General Assembly, https://legal.un.org/avl/ls/Johnson_UN.html

03

09/18

United Nations and Maintenance of International Peace and Security

Lecture, group discussions

Readings: UNGA 11th Emergency Special Session Resolutions, https://research.un.org/en/docs/ga/quick/emergency; Michael Wood & Eran Sthoeger, The UN Security Council and International Law 90-135 (2022); Lise Morjé Howard & Anjali Dayal, Peace Operations, in The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations 191 (Jacob Katz Cogan, Ian Hurd & Ian Johnstone eds., 2016).

Relevant Lecture: The United Nations and Its Contribution to International Peace, https://legal.un.org/avl/ls/Sarooshi_UN.html

04

09/25

Guest Lecture

Lecture, group discussions

Speaker: Bohumil Doboš (Department of Political Science, Charles University)

Tentative Topic: EU, NATO, and Security Issues – Perspectives of Central and Eastern European States

05

10/02

United Nations and Human Rights Protection

Lecture, group discussions

Readings: Georges Minet, Human Rights Co-Ordination within the UN System, in The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal 709 (Frédéric Mégret & Philip Alston eds., 2d ed. 2020); George A. Lopez, Enforcing Human Rights through Economic Sanctions, in The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law 772 (Dinah Shelton ed., 2013).

06

10/09

United Nations and Environmental Protection

Lecture, group discussions

Readings: David A. Wirth, Environment, in The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations 425 (Jacob Katz Cogan, Ian Hurd & Ian Johnstone eds., 2016); Rosalyn Higgins et al, 1 Oppenheim’s International Law: United Nations 908-26 (2017).

07

10/16

Doing Research & Taiwan & International Organizations

Lecture, research exercises

Research Guides:

Peace Palace Library, Research Guides, https://peacepalacelibrary.nl/research-guide

Anne Burnett, Electronic Resource Guide: International Organizations, https://www.asil.org/sites/default/files/ERG_IO.pdf

Readings: Bonnie S. Glaser, Taiwan’s Quest for Greater Participation in the International Community (CSIS Report, Nov. 2013); MOFA, IGO, https://subsite.mofa.gov.tw/enigo/ (in English) https://subsite.mofa.gov.tw/igo/cp.aspx?n=DED5DAB0D6C7BED6 (in Mandarin).

08

10/23

Guest Lecture (TBD)

09

10/30

Poster Presentations

10

11/06

World Trade Organizations

Lecture, group discussions

Readings: Peter Van den Bosschen & Werner Zdouc, The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization: Text, Cases, and Materials 84-172 (5th ed. 2022); Marios C. Iacovides, Topoi of Ambiguity: WTO Membership without Statehood: The Case of Separate Customs Territories, 2019 Hague Y.B. Int’l L. 103; WTO, Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei) and the WTO, https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/countries_e/chinese_taipei_e.htm.

11

11/13

Regional Fisheries Management Organizations

Lecture, group discussions

Readings: Rosemary Rayfuse, Regional Fisheries Management Organizations, in The Oxford Handbook on the Law of the Sea 439 (Donald Rothwell et al. eds., 2015).

12

11/20

Take-Home Assignment

13

11/27

International Labour Organization, IGOs’ External Relations, and Their Role in Settlement of International Disputes

Lecture, group discussions

Readings: Brian Langille, Labor, in The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations 472-89 (Jacob Katz Cogan et al. eds, 2016); Claire La Hovary, A Challenging Menage a Trois - Tripartism in the International Labour Organization, 12 Int’l Org. L. Rev. 204 (2015); John R. Crook, Dispute Settlement, in The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations 644-62 (Jacob Katz Cogan et al. eds, 2016); European Union, The EU’s External Relations, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/chapter/213/the-eu-s-external-relations

14

12/04

Final Presentations and Discussions

15

12/11

Final Presentations and Discussions

16

12/18

Final Presentations and Discussions