People's Academy of International Law -- Course 1A English: UN Charter -- genesis and principles

This course has an anti-imperialist, people and earth-centered view of international law, designed to support practitioners and movements. Course materials and education will be in English, French, Spanish. Register and learn more: https://peoplesacademy.net/register The Charter, its genesis, essential principles and relevance today History of the Charter, the role and respective positions of the allied powers, and the antifascist resistance, controversial issues of its drafting including the absence of a right of peoples to self-determination Aims and principles – Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; UN definition of “rule of law” Sovereign equality and non-intervention in domestic affairs Prohibition of the Use of Force and exceptions, the possibility of restriction by Right to Peace Multilateralism Modes of conflict settlement between States Faculty for Class 1A: Marjorie Cohn Phyllis Bennis Jeanne Mirer