(in Polish) Ochrona przyrody w prawie międzynarodowym i Unii Europejskiej 1400-OPPMUE-OP1
1) Introduction to international and European nature conservation
2) Foundations of international law: sources, subjects, system
3) History and development of nature conservation in international law: Stockholm Declaration (1972), Rio Earth Summit (1992)
4) Principles of international environmental law: prevention and precaution, sustainable development, common but differentiated responsibilities, solidarity and intergenerational justice, and the polluter pays principle
5) Biodiversity: 1992 Convention, BBNJ Agreement
6) Species and habitat protection: Bern Convention, Bonn Convention, CITES
7) Access to information and other procedural rights: Aarhus Convention
8) International environmental law and other fields of international law: human rights, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, trade law
9) International governance and nature conservation: international organizations, treaty bodies, role of non-state actors
10) Selected judgments of international tribunals, for example Trail Smelter, Whaling in the Antarctic, Advisory Opinion on State Obligations in Relation to Climate Change
11) Foundations of EU law: sources, subjects, system
12) Nature conservation in treaty law and the responsibilities of EU institutions
13) Birds and Habitats Directives and the NATURA 2000 network
14) Key CJEU judgments, for example Białowieża (C 441/17), German Meadows case (C 47/23)
15) Contemporary challenges of nature conservation in the European Union
Type of course
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
The student has knowledge of the basic principles, concepts, and institutions of international and European nature conservation law (K_W12, K_U11).
The student can identify, use, and interpret various sources of international and European nature conservation law (K_W05, K_W09, K_W13, K_U11, K_K05, K_K06).
The student understands that nature conservation transcends national borders, knows the main challenges of nature protection at the international level, and can identify their causes and context environmental, social, political, and economic (K_W04, K_W11, K_U08, K_U20).
The student can analyze international and European case law, identify key judicial findings, and use them in legal reasoning (K_W10, K_K07, K_K05).
The student can interpret ongoing environmental processes and identify their international legal implications (K_W03, K_W11, K_U08, K_U12).
Assessment criteria
Attendance
Oral exam
Bibliography
Selected legal acts discussed in class
Selected judgments of international courts and tribunals
Indicated academic readings
Supplementary: Ph. Sands, J. Peel, Principles of International Environmental Law
Additional information
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