International Organisations

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University · LL.B. Semester 6

Unit 1 — Development of International Organisations

Development of International Organisations in Historical Perspective; Establishment of International Organisations: Rationale; Concept and Nature of International Organizations; · Progress of Mankind Towards International Organization; Individual Visions and Organized Peace Movement; Critical Approaches to IOs: TWAIL, feminist perspective and Marxist perspective

Unit 2 — Concepts, Powers, and Responsibility

Definition, Classification of International Organisations, Legal Personality, Powers- express, implied and inherent, Responsibility, Immunities, and Privileges

Unit 3 — International Organisations and Formation of International Law: IOs and the making of treaties, IOs and creation of customary international law

Unit 4 — United Nations

Institutional Structure and Functions: International Structure of the UN, UN reforms, Functions- regulation of the use of force and international peace and security (UNGA, UNSC)

Unit 5 — A Comparative View of the League Covenant and the U.N. Charter

Unit 6 — The United Nations: Genesis and Creation

Purposes and Principles, Membership, Legal Capacity, Privileges and Immunities, Composition, Powers and Functions, Achievements of the United Nations;

Unit 7 — Review and Revision of the Charter

Unit 8 — Specialized Agencies

Concept, Relationship with UN, UNESCO, ILO, WTO

Unit 9 — International Judicial Institutions

International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court

Unit 10 — Regional Organizations