Dutch students
ILS - Global law: legal reasoning in International, EU and National law

All students
Contemporary Issues - Privatissimum
The Law and Practice of Sustainable Development - Practicum
International human rights in today''s world
Master’s Thesis part 2

In the course 'Contemporary Issues - Privatissimum' students will investigate and discuss contemporary developments in international law. The objective of the course is to engage students in a critical reflection at a theoretical level. The whole course relies on students’ own research. The research must be carried out within the theoretical framework that is provided. Students must go beyond the provided background materials to succeed in this class. Students must prepare materials for each class.

This course aims to explore the role of international law and practice in achieving sustainable development, defined as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Sustainable development is generally considered to have three dimensions: an economic, a social and an environmental dimension. Integrating these three dimensions in a way that does justice to each of them is not an easy task. This course will provide students with knowledge and insights into fields of international law that relate to these three dimensions, including international environmental law, human rights law, international trade and investment law and the law of the sea. It will examine how these fields of international law engage with sustainable development and how the law and practice address the major sustainable development challenges of our time, such as climate change, loss of biological diversity, pollution, poverty, inequalities and food insecurity.