Course for international guest/part time students

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences

Organization

TÁTK Department of European Studies

Code

IRB106

Title

Introduction to international law

Usual semester

Autumn

Published semester

2026/27/1

ECTS

3

Language

en

Learning outcomes

The course introduces students to the basic principles and institutions that govern public international law, including the subjects, the sources and the functioning of international law, international human rights protection, the universalism – cultural relativism debate, the functioning of the international institutions and the monitoring mechanisms of the United Nations.

Course content

The course includes lectures on specific and important topics, such as the universal and European framework for the protection of human rights (except the European Convention on Human Rights, which is covered by another course), lectures on humanitarian intervention, international protection of minorities, international humanitarian, refugee and environmental legislation.

Assessment method

Written exam.

Bibliography

• Ian Brownlie (1998) Principles of Public International Law, Oxford UP • Malcolm N. Shaw (2003) International Law, Cambridge • Henry J. Steiner and Philip Alston (1996) International Human Rights in Context, Clarendon, Oxford

Programmes of the course