Learning objectives
The course will focus on the most important covenants, International charters and International standards on human rights in economy and business. The main aim of the course is to help students to increase their understanding of the legal aspects of international trade and business, with a view on the importance of the respect of the Human Rights. This course introduce students to the various linkages between international trade and human rights, how the two regimes interact with one another, and the current debates on how to resolve the tensions between the two. The course also give to the students the basics skills of the international trade law.
Prerequisites
None
Course unit content
The course will focus on the most important covenants, International charters and International standards on human rights in economy and business.
Full programme
PART 1
1) Introductory Part
- The global economy
- Source of law in international trade (National – European – International - Treaty)
- Harmonisation of laws at international and regional level
2) The principal subjects
The states
The International Organizations
The NGO
The multinational company
3) The contracts
- Legal aspects of international contract negotiation (formation of contracts, pre-contractual agreements and confidentiality agreements, letters of intent, e-commerce)
- The main types of contracts of international trade
4) Dispute resolution
PART 2
5) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
6) The social rights: the European Social Charter
7) The International Covenant on Civil and Political rights
8) The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
9) The exlpoitation of children: child labour and sexual exploitation
10) The trafficking of Human Beings
11) The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprise
12) Human rights and economic development
13) Etics and Economy
Bibliography
Asif H. Qureshi and Andreas R. Ziegler
International Economic Law
2011 Sweet & Maxwell
Teaching methods
The teaching approach is flexible with active training methods, case studies and interaction with resource persons, tutor and external participants. Role play are used to promote active participation and to assist students in acquiring useful skills.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination and a completion of a short paper concerned one of the case law of the course
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