We anticipate substantially similar courses in 2001, possibly with one additional course as described below, or French for credit. In particular participants will study how the internationally recognized corpus of humanitarian law applies to war situations causing massive displacement of population. The history of states and groups concerned will be briefly reviewed with particular attention to ethnic, gender, and religious factors. In this course students will study the emergence of the field of international development in the post World War II period and examine the place of the United Nations and related international organizations in this field. The course will look at how Third World movements, and academic communities are implicated in the various development perspectives from modernization to sustainable development.
Geneva abounds in intergovernmental organizations.
Each student will be assigned an international or non-governmental organization based on his or her interest. The structure, activities and impacts of these organizations provide a rich subject matter for the study. Students will be responsible for contacting people in the organization, setting up and conducting interviews, gathering documentation about the organization, and doing other necessary research to develop an understanding of the organization and its place in the field of international development. Students will meet as a group Monday and Friday morning with the faculty members to visit the various international organizations where students will be briefed on the organizations' history, their mandate and their principal activities. The group will hold a seminar on Wednesday mornings to discuss issues of methodology as well as theoretical issues raised by the field excursions.