Abstract
This article is a contribution to scholarship on the teaching of international law, in general, and in Nordic countries, in particular. The article draws on lessons from international law as situated and embedded in national and regional politics and systems of governance. That is, although international law is international, it is approached and implemented differently depending on situation and location. The article emphasizes that contemporary teaching of international law should engage with how situation and location matters for how international law is approached and it should also reflect contemporary global challenges. The article uses the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan as an example, as well as experiences from teaching international law with the help of a peacemaking role-play focused on the conflict in Afghanistan.
Highlights
Three Lessons and an Aim In his opening statement to the UN General Assembly in 2014, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon noted that ‘the world’s fasten your seat belt sign is illuminated’
It provided me with an opportunity to reflect on what my European crisis management and Afghan experience have meant for how I think about international law and how I teach it
We ask the mainstream to consider women’s lives when applying or developing the law; we critique the assumptions of international legal principles; and we argue for an expanded referential universe
Summary
Three Lessons and an Aim In his opening statement to the UN General Assembly in 2014, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon noted that ‘the world’s fasten your seat belt sign is illuminated’. Citing ongoing conflicts in places such as the Central African Republic, Ukraine, Mali, Iraq and Syria, the Secretary-General noted that it “...had been a ‘terrible year’ for the principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter” and that it “...may seem as if the world is falling apart.” (UN doc GA/11560). He called for political leadership that sowed the seeds
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