THE STATE. The legal status of the state before international law; Emergence of new states; Transformations of states. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER SUBJECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. The international subjectivity of international organizations; Categories of international organizations; Competences and responsibilities of international organizations. NON-STATE ACTORS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW. International personality; The status of the individual as a non-state actor in international law and international human rights law; Non-state actor in IHL. THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON IN INTERNATIONAL LAW. The evolving subjectivity of the individual person international law; International protection of human rights; International protection against the most serious crimes of concern to the international community. SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. UNILATERAL ACTS. Background; Definition and nature; Requirements; The vexed question of revocation. INTERNATIONAL TREATIES. Treaty-making process; Reservations; Provisional applications and coming into forcé of international treaties. CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. Custom and international law; International custom: concept and elements; Typology of international customary rules. THE APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. INCORPORATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW INTO DOMESTIC LEGAL SYSTEMS. Relationship between international law and domestic legal systems; Incorporation of international law into domestic legal systems; Implemetation of international law by domestic legal systems. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSABILITY OF THE STATE. International responsability of the state for wrongful acts; International responsability for activities not prohibited by international law; International responsability of international organizations. FUNCTIONS OF CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL LAW. INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DIPLOMACY, THE ORGANS OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN STATES. Convergence between international law and diplomacy; Relations between states: regulation and organs; Diplomatic law. PERSONAL COMPETENCES ON THE STATE. General remarks; Nationality and international law; Legal regime of foreigners. THE LAW OF THE SEAS. Maritime áreas; International regulation: the law of the seas; The competences of the state over maritime áreas. THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND INTERNATIONALLY PROTECTED SPACES. International environmental law: origin and nature; General characteristic of international environmental law; Spaces out of the scope the state jurisdicition. THE MANINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. THE PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES. Characterisitcs of international dispute settlement techniques; Preventive settlement; Diplomatic settlement. THE CONTROL OF THE USE OR FORCE. The prohibition of the use of force; The un system of collective security; International humanitarian law. LANDMARKS CASES. INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DIPLOMACY. Approaching the concept of diplomacy; Approaching the concept of international law. THE CASE CONCERNING UNITES STATES DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR STAFF TEHERAN (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. IRAN). The facts; The pase of provisional measures; Jurisdiction. REPARATION FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS. Advisory opinión of 11 april 1949. MILITARY AND PARAMILITARY ACTIVITIES IN AND AGAINST NICARAGUA (NICARAGUA V. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA). Judgments of 26 november 1984 ( jurisdiction and admissibility) and 27 june 1986 (merits).