Legal Aspects of Heritage 26-27 S2

The lecture will introduce international law and international environmental law, creation and development of international environmental law, implementation and enforcement strategies of international environmental agreements, international environmental agreements with respect to the following topics: biodiversity (Biodiversity Convention/CITES/WHC); marine environment (Convention on the Law of the Sea); climate change (Climate Change Convention/Kyoto Protocol/Paris Agreement); ozone depletion (Convention for Protecting Ozone Layer/Montreal Protocol); toxic/hazardous substances (Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal); and the Aarhus Convention.

The seminar will introduce the complex process of preparing, adopting and managing an international heritage convention and the related conceptual, political, legal and managerial issues. It will deal with all recently adopted Heritage conventions as well as the 1972 convention. The intangible cultural heritage, a new Convention for the protection of cultural diversity will specifically show that this new instrument covers a highly political issue.

Further information: https://www.b-tu.de/modul/12825

The course consists of weekly synchronous lessons, including lectures and seminars:

1. Lecture: Advanced Studies of International Environmental Law
2. Seminar: International Heritage Conventions

Timetable:

Weekly 2 hours lecture (continuous assessment and 2 hours lecture Thursdays 11.30 – 1pm) and 2 hours seminar (self-directed online + 3 live sessions).

• EUNICE student: enrolled as a master’s degree student in one of the universities of EUNICE European University consortium (check its members here).
• B2 level of English.

Study Level: Master

• Submit your application via the button ‘Apply Now’.
• Please keep in mind that the number of participants could be limited for each course. Application does not guarantee enrolment in the course.
• The course participants will be selected based on criteria specified in the study guide.
• Your home university will inform you whether you have been accepted and provide further information about the next steps.

Specific instructions in some universities:

• BTU students: a Learning Agreement must be completed in advance in coordination with your departmental advisor. Please contact your examination office and study programme coordinator in good time once you are accepted for the courses you would like to attend. For any other questions you can contact: eunice@b-tu.de
• UPHF students: make sure to ask the approval of your director of studies (responsable pédagogique) before applying. For any question, you can contact the EUNICE office: eunice@uphf.fr.
• UoP students: questions about enrolment and recognition can be answered by your Director of Studies or ECTS Coordinator, or you can contact eunice@go.uop.gr

Any questions about enrolment or credit recognition? Contact your EUNICE course coordinator.