HUMANITARIAN LAW AND THE MIDDLE EAST in Fall 2019 (HI2091C)

The Middle East is a region of great diversity with different histories, cultures, languages and populations. It constitutes nevertheless a systematic entity, with close interrelations, and many common political, cultural and socio-economical challenges.

The course will explore in its first part the cultural, political, ethnic and geographical realities of the region (historically and in the present).

In the second part, it will focus on International law and International humanitarian law in relation to the region's conflicts and wars. It will explain the implications and the political consequences of Impunity that has long been a characteristic in dealing with many of the regional powerful actors.