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International/ • Negotiation Theory and Cycle 5 - 29 February, 2024
Diplomatic • Types of negotiations formal (14 days of 4 hours each)
Negotiations & (plenary) and corridor 16 Credits
Mediations negotiation
• Preparation of the Mandate and
Negotiation Process
• Building and working with alliances
• Strategic planning and tactical
choices
• Emotional and intercultural
intelligence skills
• Intermediation and conflict
resolution techniques
• Complex Negotiations

International Law • The nature and sources of 25 March – 19 April, 2024
and Diplomacy international law (14 days of 4 hours each)
• UN’s structure, history, legal 16 Credits
personality, membership and
lawmaking
• Statehood and selfdetermination
• Vienna Convention on Diplomatic
Relations
• Contemporary practices and
developments in Diplomatic
Privileges and Immunities as
it relates to individuals, states
and representatives, diplomatic
missions, and consular missions
• The relationship between
international and national law
• Jurisdiction
• State responsibility
• Dispute settlement
• Use of force
• Defining features of diplomacy
in the 21st century (or ‘globalised
diplomacy’)
• The nexus between international
law, diplomacy, the UN System
and current contemporary
challenges

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