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Course: 2025/2026

Sustainability Transnational Frameworks

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Master in International Advocacy (Plan: 370 - Estudio: 334)

EPD

Coordinating teacher: ABAD CASTELOS, MONTSERRAT

Department assigned to the subject: International Law, Ecclesiastical Law and Philosophy of Law Department

Type: Compulsory

ECTS Credits: 2.0 ECTS

Course: 1º

Semester: 1º

Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)

Degree in Law.

Objectives

Ensure an advanced understanding of the ethical dimension of the lawyer's role, the role of regulatory compliance, and the principles of sustainability, and their deep integration and interweaving into the provision of strategic advice in international transactions and disputes. Comprender profundamente el fenómeno de la transnacionalidad de un problema, y su relevancia a la hora de analizar el potencial conflicto, identificar las normas relevantes, y los diferentes principios en los que se basan, y los valores que reflejan, determinar los posibles riesgos y oportunidades que presentan, y elegir, diseñar y ejecutar estrategias de manera creativa, en equipos transnacionales y multidisciplinares.

Learning Outcomes

Link to document

Description of contents: programme

1.- From environmental protection and fundamental rights to sustainability 2.- Sustainability and international standards 3.- Sustainability and role of companies

Learning activities and methodology

LEARNING ACTIVITIES AF1 Theory lectures AF2 Practical lectures AF3 Theorico-practical lectures AF6 Group project AF7 Individual project METHODOLOGY MD1: Lectures by the teacher with the support of audiovisual and computerized means in which the basic concepts of the subject shall be explained and the basic bibliography shall be recommended to complete the students knowledge. MD2: Critical Reading of texts recommended by the teacher: newspapers articles, reports, handbooks and/or academic papers, for their discussion in class or to consolidate the knowledge on the subject. MD3: Solving cases, problems, etc. posed by the teacher individually or in groups. MD4: Briefing and discussion in class, moderated by the teacher, of matters related to the content of the subject, as well as practical cases. MD5: Preparation of individual or group papers and briefings.

Assessment System

% end-of-term-examination/test 40
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 60

EVALUATION SYSTEMS BY MATTER

SE1   Participation and engagement in class
SE2   Individual or group Works done during the course
SE3   Final exam


Evaluation
systems	Minimum weigh (%)	             Maximum weigh (%)
SE1	                     20%	                                   30%
SE2	                     40%	                                   50%
SE3	                     20%	                                   40%

The Master in International Advocacy is an on-site taught master's degree. Therefore, students are required to attend all the theoretical and practical classes that the master has programmed. A student may only be absent for no reason from a maximum of 15 per cent of the classroom hours (i.e. not the sessions or days) in each subject. In case of excused absences, the total maximum will be 25%. If the student hold an absence greater than those indicated, a "0" will be computed on the continuous evaluation rating. Likewise, the absences lower than those percentages may be taken into account when it comes to modulate downward the qualification of the continuous evaluation, especially if it includes a participation note. 

In the extraordinary call the weight will be: Final examination: 60% and continuous evaluation: 40%.

Basic Bibliography

International Bar Association. Practical Guide on Business and Human Rights for Business Lawyers . International Bar Association. Available at https:// www. ibanet. org/ Media Handl er? id= d6306 c84- e2f8- 4c82- a86f- 93940 d6736 c4,ç. 2016
Nataraja, Usha . International Law & Sustainable Development. The Oxford Handbook on International Law & Development, Edited by Ruth Buchanan, Luis Eslava & Sundhya Pahuja. Available at https://www.academia.edu/93463583/International_Law_and_Sustainable_Development?sm=b&b=vector&rhid=28720824761. 2023
OECD. Sector-specific due diligence. . OECD. Available at https://www.oecd.org/investment/due-diligence-guidance-for-responsible-business-conduct.htm. (several years / años diferentes)
OECD . Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct. . OECD. Available at https://www.oecd.org/investment/due-diligence-guidance-for-responsible-business-conduct.htm . 2023

Additional Bibliography

- Kaltenborn, M; Kaltenborn, M.; Krajewski; Kuhn, H. (Eds.) Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights, Springer.. - Kaltenborn, M; Kaltenborn, M.; Krajewski; Kuhn, H. (Eds.) (2020), Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights. Springer. 2020
- Kenny, Jack . A general obligation of due diligence in international law?. Blog of the European Journal of International Law: EJIL: Talk!. Available at https://www.ejiltalk.org/a-general-obligation-of-due-diligence-in-international-law/. 2024
- Morigera, Elisa . Corporate Environmental Accountability in International Law, 2nd ed. Oxford, University Press, Oxford.. 2020
- Mujyamber, Jean Pierre . The Status of Access to Effective Remedies by Victims of Human Rights Violations Committed by Multinational Corporations in the African Union Member States. Groningen Journal of International Law, Vol 5(2), 255-277. . 2017
- Turner, Stephen . ¿Business, Human Rights and the Environment¿Using Macro Legal Analysis to Develop a Legal Framework That Coherently Addresses the Root Causes of Corporate Human Rights Violations and Environmental Degradation¿,. Sustainability. Available at https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/22/12709 . 2021
- Voigt, Christina . "The legitimacy of human rights courts in environmental disputes¿. Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, Vol. 6 No. 2, September 2015, pp. 131¿138 (Editorial). Available at https://www.academia.edu/62225700/Editorial_The_legitimacy_of_human_rights_courts_in_environmental_disputes . 2015
- FIDH . Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses A Guide for Victims and NGOs on Recourse Mechanisms, 3rd Ed. . FIDH. Available at https://www.fidh.org/en/issues/business-human-rights-environment/business-and-human-rights/updated-version-corporate-accountability-for-human-rights-abuses-a . 2016
- Maihold, Günter; Müller, Melanie; Saulich, Christina; and Schöneich, Svenja . ¿Responsibility in Supply Chains. Germany¿s Due Diligence Act Is a Good Start¿ . SWP Comment. Available at https://www.academia.edu/85250220/Responsibility_in_supply_chains_Germanys_due_diligence_act_is_a_good_start?sm=b&b=vector&rhid=28720493757 . 2021
- S. Deva and D. Birchall . Research Handbook on Human Rights and Business. Macquarie Law School, Sydney, Australia / London South Bank University, UK.. 2020
De Puy Kamp, Nina . Supply Chain Accountability Through Extraterritorial Tortious Litigation . Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Available at https://www.academia.edu/76497504/Supply_Chain_Accountability_Through_Extraterritorial_Tortious_Litigation?sm=b&b=vector&rhid=28720606801 . 2020
FIDH . Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses A Guide for Victims and NGOs on Recourse Mechanisms, 3rd Ed. . FIDH. Available at https://www.fidh.org/en/issues/business-human-rights-environment/business-and-human-rights/updated-version-corporate-accountability-for-human-rights-abuses-a . 2016
FIDH . Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses A Guide for Victims and NGOs on Recourse Mechanisms, 3rd Ed. . FIDH. Available at https://www.fidh.org/en/issues/business-human-rights-environment/business-and-human-rights/updated-version-corporate-accountability-for-human-rights-abuses-a . 2016

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.