Organisations internationales

Teacher(s)

Earsom Joseph;

Language

French

Content

International organizations were created to govern the Western post-war order through facilitating cooperation, dialogue, peace, and respect for the rule of law. The last decades have been marked by an explosion in the number of these intergovernmental institutions. At the same time, new actors have emerged on the global scene, along with new crises and contestations. Together, these developments increasingly call into question the role of IOs in our global society.
This course offers a holistic approach to studying and analysing international organizations by drawing upon the legal basis of IOs and their historic role as governance actors, supported by relevant political theories and concrete examples. In order to achieve this, the course is structured around four main themes:

• Understanding international organizations
• International organizations as global governance actors
• The evolution of global governance
• International organizations in action
   

Accordingly, it examines the following topics:

• Key legal concepts related to international organizations, their structure, and their mechanisms of power
• Major theories related to international relations and global governance that may offer explanations for the creation and specific structure of international organizations, as well as their functioning
• Major international organizations and their role in governing various issue areas
• Contemporary challenges facing “traditional” multilateral organizations and their adaptation processes
• Changes in the structure of global governance
• Main debates in the study of international organizations

Teaching methods

Lecutres, seminars, and discussions

Evaluation methods

The use of artificial intelligence for graded assignments and exams in this course is guided by the rules mentioned in the relevant faculty note which is available on the faculty's website in the section dedicated to student information.
Students are evaluated based on the following two components:

1. Critical essay based on course readings and discussions, accompanied by an academic logbook showing how the cited sources were used (40%)
   • Notwithstanding instructions given in class and on Moodle, submitted written work for the course must imperatively include a declaration related to the actual use (or not) of AI. The absence of such a declaration will render the assignment inadmissible, a maximum grade of 05/20. 
   • The grade for the essay will also be counted for the second exam session in August.
2. Writen final exam (60%)

Online resources

Numerous resources are available on the course Moodle page.

Bibliography

L'ensemble des ressources bibliographiques nécessaires pour le cours sera disponible sur la page Moodle du cours.

Faculty or entity

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