SISU-105 FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Equal Protection Clause, Diplomatic Recognition, United Nations Convention Against Torture

• School: American University
• Department: SISU - INT'L SERVICE UNDERGRADUATE
• Course: SISU-105 FA3
• Professor: Tuomi

Document Summary

Sisu-105 - lecture note - wp 3/20 international organizations, law, and human rights. International organizations that are supranational subsume a number of states and their functions within a larger whole . Interplay between the contradictory forces of nationalism and supranationalism. Despite anarchy, states work together by following rules to govern their interactions. States have full independent and territorial integrity. No legislative branch or central authority, but derived from treaties, general principles, and legal scholarship. Grey areas (e. g. espionage -> illegal but accepted. Enforcement is difficult and based on reciprocity. Only a third of un states have signed the optional clause giving the court jurisdiction over them. Some parties choose to sue in national courts (if the courts has jurisdiction) Breaking diplomatic relations is an important symbolic action. Rules regarding declaration, surrender, treatment of pows and proportionality. Prohibit certain weapons that may cause unnecessary suffering.