Political Sciences and International Security

Our course program stands out with its division into three parts, each offering a comprehensive understanding of international environmental law and its relationship with sustainable development. The first part is dedicated to studying international environmental law, deepening the evolution of this sector and its relationship with sustainable development, and the human right to a clean, safe and sustainable environment. In this phase, the sources of international environmental law, the responsibility and liability regimes, the dispute resolution and compliance mechanisms, the protection of areas beyond national jurisdiction as well as the environment during armed conflict, and the institutional aspects of the international governance of the environmental sector will be discussed. In-depth lectures will focus on the significant decisions of international courts and arbitrations on ecological protection and sustainable development. The second part will deepen the international legal regime on tackling climate change, starting from the importance of climate issues in the global context to analyze the substantive and procedural obligations foreseen by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and subsequent agreements (Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement). In addition, there will be a focus on the relationship between the legal regime on climate change and other areas of international law (human rights, migration, international trade). In-depth lectures will analyze the human rights-based approach to climate litigations. In this sense, attention will be devoted to the judicial practice of national, regional, and international courts and the UN treaty bodies on climate change issues. ...

A general prerequisite is the basic knowledge of international law to better understand the contents and evolution of international environmental law and the legal regime on combating climate change. Teachers will make auxiliary materials available for this purpose.

G. Cordini, P. Fois, S. Marchisio, Diritto ambientale. Profili internazionali, europei, comparati, IV ed., Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, pp. 1-147 (Capp. 1, 2); S. Laporta, G.G. Nucera, G. Rak, F. Zappacosta (a cura di), Clima e dintorni. Giustizia ambientale e lotta al cambiamento climatico, Albeggi Edizioni, Roma, 2022; D. Bodansky, J. Brunnée, L. Rajamani, International Climate Change Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2017, 118-250; 295-349 (Capp. 5, 6, 7, 9); Any further in-depth materials will be indicated by the teachers during the course.

In-person participation

Oral test: the test consists of an discussion on the program's topics. Ongoing evaluation: only for attending students, it is possible (but not mandatory) to take an intermediate test that will take place during the lessons on the dates that will be announced at the beginning of the course on the Professors page. It will be a one-hour test comprising three open-ended questions. For attending students only, the evaluation of the third part of the teaching program may consist (therefore not mandatory) of a discussion of a paper presented during the exam about one of the topics covered during the lessons, alternatively in a discussion concerning the materials provided.

The course provides lectures and laboratories aimed at acquiring methods of analyzing the contents of the subject and in-depth study of specific areas of interest in contemporary environmental law. Teaching through lessons has the advantage of communicating essential information directly and engagingly. Furthermore, it offers the possibility of interaction with the speaker through questions and comments. The laboratory experiences complete the training through the analysis of case studies. The course does not foresee compulsory attendance, but the active participation of students during the lessons is helpful in preparation for the exam and constitutes one of the elements considered for the assessment.

Our course program stands out with its division into three parts, each offering a comprehensive understanding of international environmental law and its relationship with sustainable development. The first part is dedicated to studying international environmental law, deepening the evolution of this sector and its relationship with sustainable development, and the human right to a clean, safe and sustainable environment. In this phase, the sources of international environmental law, the responsibility and liability regimes, the dispute resolution and compliance mechanisms, the protection of areas beyond national jurisdiction as well as the environment during armed conflict, and the institutional aspects of the international governance of the environmental sector will be discussed. In-depth lectures will focus on the significant decisions of international courts and arbitrations on ecological protection and sustainable development. The second part will deepen the international legal regime on tackling climate change, starting from the importance of climate issues in the global context to analyze the substantive and procedural obligations foreseen by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and subsequent agreements (Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement). In addition, there will be a focus on the relationship between the legal regime on climate change and other areas of international law (human rights, migration, international trade). In-depth lectures will analyze the human rights-based approach to climate litigations. In this sense, attention will be devoted to the judicial practice of national, regional, and international courts and the UN treaty bodies on climate change issues. ...

A general prerequisite is the basic knowledge of international law to better understand the contents and evolution of international environmental law and the legal regime on combating climate change. Teachers will make auxiliary materials available for this purpose.

G. Cordini, P. Fois, S. Marchisio, Diritto ambientale. Profili internazionali, europei, comparati, IV ed., Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, pp. 1-147 (Capp. 1, 2); S. Laporta, G.G. Nucera, G. Rak, F. Zappacosta (a cura di), Clima e dintorni. Giustizia ambientale e lotta al cambiamento climatico, Albeggi Edizioni, Roma, 2022; D. Bodansky, J. Brunnée, L. Rajamani, International Climate Change Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2017, 118-250; 295-349 (Capp. 5, 6, 7, 9); Any further in-depth materials will be indicated by the teachers during the course.

In-person participation

Oral test: the test consists of an discussion on the program's topics. Ongoing evaluation: only for attending students, it is possible (but not mandatory) to take an intermediate test that will take place during the lessons on the dates that will be announced at the beginning of the course on the Professors page. It will be a one-hour test comprising three open-ended questions. For attending students only, the evaluation of the third part of the teaching program may consist (therefore not mandatory) of a discussion of a paper presented during the exam about one of the topics covered during the lessons, alternatively in a discussion concerning the materials provided.

The course provides lectures and laboratories aimed at acquiring methods of analyzing the contents of the subject and in-depth study of specific areas of interest in contemporary environmental law. Teaching through lessons has the advantage of communicating essential information directly and engagingly. Furthermore, it offers the possibility of interaction with the speaker through questions and comments. The laboratory experiences complete the training through the analysis of case studies. The course does not foresee compulsory attendance, but the active participation of students during the lessons is helpful in preparation for the exam and constitutes one of the elements considered for the assessment.