- Concepts of peace, security and conflict and their evolution. - Analysis of threats and risks to international peace and security. - Terrorism in International Law: the discussion on the concept of terrorism and international action against terrorism. - The international collective security system: peaceful settlement of disputes, the international legal regime on the use of force (self-defence and Security Council authorization), international conflict management (conflict prevention, peace-keeping, peace-enforcement and peace-building). - The legal protection of human beings in armed conflicts: ILHR and IHL, International Criminal Court, relations between peace and justice considering victims rights and their consequences for peace processes.

THEORETICAL PRACTICAL CLASSES Knowledge and concepts students must acquire. Student receive course notes and will have basic reference texts to facilitatefollowing the classes and carrying out follow up work.Students partake in exercises to resolve practical problems and participatein workshops and an evaluation tests, all geared towards acquiring the necessary capabilities.Subjects with 6 ECTS are44 hours as a general rule/ 100% classroom instruction. TUTORING SESSIONS Individualized attendance (individual tutoring) or in-group (group tutoring) for students with a teacher. Subjects with 6 credits have 4 hours of tutoring/ 100% on- site attendance. STUDENT INDIVIDUAL WORK OR GROUP WORK Subjects with 6 credits have 98 hours/0% on-site.