PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW SYLLABUS PROF. ZOILO A.

VELASCO San Beda College of Law 2nd Semester, SY 2012-2013 (2D, 2H, 2S) I. Introduction What is law? What is international law? W. Michael Reisman, International Law-making: A Process of Communication W. Michael Reisman, The View from the New Haven School of International Law Nuclear Tests Case (Australia v. France), ICJ Judgment of 20 December 1974 Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, ICJ Advisory Opinion of 8 July 1996 Joseph E. Estrada v. Aniano Desierto (G.R. No. 146738; March 2, 2001) Anthony Aust, Handbook of International Law (2010). o Part 1: International law

II. States What are the elements of a state? How states are formed, transformed, and terminated? Recognition of state and government Anthony Aust, Handbook of International Law (2010). o Part 2: States and recognition o Part 3: Territory Western Sahara, ICJ Advisory Opinion of Oct. 16, 1975 East Timor (Portugal v. Australia), ICJ Judgment of June 30, 1996 Reference re Secession of Quebec, 2 S.C.R. 217 (Supreme Court of Canada, 1998)

Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Respect of Kosovo, ICJ Advisory Opinion of July 22, 2010; including o Dissenting Opinion of Judge Bennouna o Dissenting Opinion of Judge Skotnikov o Declaration of Judge Simma The Province of North Cotabato v. Republic (GR Nos. 183591, 183572, 183893, and 183951; Oct. 14, 2008) Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro, signed between the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Oct. 15, 2012) CNN: Philippine economy bucks global headwind (Nov. 29, 2012) http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/29/business/the-philippineseconomy/ CNN: Palestinian United Nations bid explained (Nov. 30, 2012), http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/28/world/meast/un-palestinianbid/index.html Burkina Faso v. Mali - 22 December 1986 Judgment of the ICJ; including o Burkina Faso v. Mali - Separate Opinion of Judge Abi-Saab Badinter Commission Opinions (1991) Tinoco case (Great Britain v. Costa Rica) - 18 October 1923 Arbitral Award Mehrdad Payandeh, The United Nations, Military Intervention, and Regime Change in Libya, 52 Virginia Journal of International Law 355 (2012). UN Security Council Resolution 1973 (March 17, 2011) TIME: France Recognizes Syrias Opposition Will the West Follow Suit? (Nov. 14, 2012), http://world.time.com/2012/11/14/france-recognizes-syriasopposition-will-the-west-follow-suit/

III. Nationality Who are the nationals entitled to a states protection? Competence to ascribe nationality Diplomatic protection Refugees, Asylum Anthony Aust, Handbook of International Law (2010). o Part 8: Nationality, aliens and refugees Tunis-Morocco Nationality Decrees, PCIJ Advisory Opinion of Feb. 7, 1923

Nottebohm Case (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala), ICJ Judgment of Apr. 6,1955, Second Phase Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company (Belgium v. Spain), ICJ Judgment of Feb. 5, 1970 Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo), ICJ Judgment of Preliminary Objections of May 24, 2007. Materials on Refugees Rohingya Muslims Materials on Asylum Julian Assange

IV. International Human Rights Law Anthony Aust, Handbook of International Law (2010). o Part 11: Human Rights Harold Koh, How Is International Human Rights Law Enforced? 74 Indiana Law Journal (1998) W. Michael Reisman, Sovereignty and Human Rights in Contemporary International Law, 84 American Journal of International Law (1990) Marti Koskenniemi, Human Rights Mainstreaming as a Strategy for Institutional Power, 1 Humanity (2010) Ivcher-Bronstein v. Peru, IACHR Judgment of Feb. 6, 2001 Case of Soering v. The United Kingdom, ECHR Judgment of July 7, 1989 Filartiga v. Pena-Irala, 630 F.2d 876, Decision of June 30, 1980 http://www.uniset.ca/other/cs5/630F2d876.html In re Estate of Ferdinand Marcos Human Rights Litigation, 910 F.Supp. 1460 (No. MDL 840), Decision of Nov. 30, 1995 Republic Act No. 10350, or the Anti-Enforced Disappearance Act

V. International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Anthony Aust, Handbook of International Law (2010). o Part 12: The law of armed conflict (international humanitarian law) Read again: Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, ICJ Advisory Opinion of 8 July 1996 Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, ICJ Advisory Opinion of July 9, 2004 Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda), ICJ Judgment of Dec. 19, 2005

Prosecutor v. Tadic, ICTY Decision on the Defence Motion for Interlocutory Appeal on Jurisdiction, Oct. 2 1995 (focus on Part IV: Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction), http://www.icty.org/x/cases/tadic/acdec/en/51002.htm o Optional: Christopher Greenwood, International Humanitarian Law and the Tadic Case, 7 European Journal of International Law (1996)

Current Issue: Targeted Killings Harold Koh, The Obama Administration and International Law (March 25, 2010 Speech), http://www.state.gov/s/l/releases/remarks/139119.htm Council on Foreign Relations: Targeted Killings, http://www.cfr.org/counterterrorism/targeted-killings/p9627 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): Targeted Killings, http://www.aclu.org/national-security/targeted-killings The ATLANTIC: Targeted Killing, Pro and Con: What to Make of U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan? (Sept. 26, 2012), http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/targete d-killing-pro-and-con-what-to-make-of-us-drone-strikes-inpakistan/262862/