Inhalte

Advanced Studies of International Environmental Law • Introduction to international law and international environmental law • Creation and development of international environmental law • Implementation and enforcement strategies of international environmental agreements • International environmental agreements with respect to the following topics: • Biodiversity (Biodiversity Convention/CITES/WHC). • Marine environment (Convention on the Law of the Sea) • Climate change (Climate Change Convention/Kyoto Protocol/Paris Agreement) • Ozone depletion (Convention for Protecting Ozone Layer/Montreal Protocol) • Toxic/hazardous substances (Basel Convention on Hazardous Waste) • Citizens rights to information, public participation and access to Justice International Conventions • The lecture will • introduce the complex process of preparing, adopting and managing an international heritage convention and the related conceptual, political, legal and managerial issues, • deal with all recently adopted Heritage conventions as well as the 1972 convention. • The intangible cultural heritage, a new Convention for the protection of cultural diversity will specifically show that this new instrument covers a highly political issue.

Lernziele

After completing the module, students are able to: • Understand international environmental law an conventions and their role in the management of global environmental problems, • Identify and critically analyse issues pertaining to international environmental disputes, • Apply international environmental law in specific concrete cases, • Comprehend and evaluate the significance of international environmental law in protecting the environment and fostering international relations, • Know and understand international conventions as most powerful tool for leading the international community to implement what it has presumed as important for human development, • Enhance the awareness that the world has to be holistically understood.

Prüfungsleistung

• Written examination, 60 min (50 %) • Oral examination, 15 min (50 %)

Literatur (5)

Albrecht/Egute/Wanki, International environmental law (IEL) – Agreements and introduction. 6th expanded and updated edition, 2022
Hunter/Salzman/Zaelke, International Environmental Law and Policy, 6th ed., 2022
International Conventions, Charters, Declarations
Lakshman/Guruswamy/Hendricks, International Environmental Law in a Nutshell 5th ed, 2017
www.unesco.org/culture/legalprotection

Module

International Heritage Legislation

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