The Law of International Responsibility

Content

Objective

To provide a general understanding of the law of international responsibility and liability of States, a deep knowledge on the consequences of breaches of international obligations and an outline of the implementation of State responsibility.

Course Content

1. Introduction / General Characteristics of International Responsibility / Codification of State Responsibility

2. Conditions for International Responsibility I: Internationally Wrongful Act

3. Conditions for International Responsibility II: Attribution of Conduct to a State

4. Conditions for International Responsibility II: Attribution of Conduct to a State

5. Conditions for International Responsibility III: Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness

6. Conditions for International Responsibility III: Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness

7. Consequences of International Responsibility / Notions of Damage and Injury / Types of Damages / Indirect Damages and Diplomatic Protection

8. Consequences of International Responsibility / Notions of Damage and Injury / Types of Damages / Indirect Damages and Diplomatic Protection

9. Content of the International Responsibility of a State: Obligation of Reparation / Modalities of Reparation

10. Content of the International Responsibility of a State: Obligation of Reparation / Modalities of Reparation

11. The Implementation of International Responsibility / Countermeasures

12. Responsibility for Gross Violations of Peremptory Norms: Aggravated Responsibility of States

13. Liability for Injurious Consequences of Acts Not Prohibited by International Law

14. Final Exam

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Students have knowledge of the nature of international responsibility;

2. Students can identify the breaches of international rules and the possible legal consequences thereof;

3. Students have knowledge of the rules on attributing responsibility to a State;

4. Students can analyze the facts of a case with application of relevant legal norms;

5. Students understand relations between international responsibility and other branches of international law;

6. Students have knowledge of how international responsibility is implemented;

7. Students have knowledge of the most significant decisions of the International Court of Justice.

References

James Crawford, State Responsibility. The General Part, CUP, Cambridge, 2013.

James Crawford, The International Law Commission’s Articles on State Responsibility, Introduction, Text and Commentaries, Cambridge, CUP, 2007.

Weekly Contents

Assessment System

Relation of Proficiency

ECTS