Faculty of Law, Governance and Public Affairs

01Departments

• 01

  Department of Law

  Constitutions, rights, migration and justice.

  6 disciplinesOne subject of the Academy, with its fields, courses and communities of practice.4 coursesA set of lessons with an outline, written and reviewed by peers; it carries no academic credit.

• 02

  Department of Political Science

  Power in the states where Kurds live: who holds it, who contests it and what checks it.

  6 disciplines2 courses

• 03

  Department of Civic Life and Deliberation

  Public life in the homeland, the region and the diaspora, and dialogue across divides.

  2 disciplines9 courses

02Disciplines

Department of Law 6

• ProposedA proposal only, which exists once the governing body the charter names decides.

  Constitutional law

  How constitutions share and limit power, including federalism, autonomy and language rights.

  0 courses4 fieldsA narrower topic within a discipline.

• Open

  International human rights law

  The rights every person holds, the UN and regional systems that protect them, and how violations are documented.

  1 course5 fields

• Open

  Migration, refugee and nationality law

  Asylum, residence and citizenship, and how people become stateless and regain a nationality.

  3 courses4 fields

• Proposed

  Transitional justice

  How societies face past mass abuses: truth, trials, reparation and memorials.

  0 courses5 fields

• Proposed

  International criminal law

  Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes: the law, the evidence and the courts that try them.

  0 courses4 fields

• Proposed

  Criminology

  Crime and its causes, including hate crime, trafficking and transnational repressionActs by a state to watch, pressure or harm people who live outside its borders, including their families at home..

  0 courses4 fields

Department of Political Science 6

• Proposed

  Comparative politics

  Political systems, parties and movements compared across countries, with every side named.

  0 courses4 fields

• Proposed

  International relations

  States, alliances and conflicts in the Middle East and beyond, and the place of non-state communities in them.

  0 courses4 fields

• Proposed

  Public administration and governance

  How local and national governments are organised, and how to keep public services honest.

  0 courses4 fields

• Open

  Democracy and the rule of law

  Rule of law, independent courts and fair elections, and the institutions that hold power to account.

  1 course4 fields

• Open

  Peace and conflict studies

  Why armed conflicts begin and how peace processes end them, with civilians at the centre.

  1 course4 fields

• Proposed

  Political theory

  What makes power legitimate: democracy, pluralism, nationalism and self-determination, as argued from many sides.

  0 courses4 fields

Department of Civic Life and Deliberation 2

• Open

  Civic education

  Rights, institutions and lawful participation in each state where Kurds live, from the homeland to the diaspora.

  8 courses4 fields

• Open

  Deliberation and dialogue

  How people who disagree, across dialects, faiths and movements, can reason together and decide fairly.

  1 course4 fields

03Classification

Where the faculty sits in the international lists of fields.

04Courses

A completion recordA record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.

05Communities of practice

• Community of practice: Project Preparation, Safeguards and Procurement

  A proposed community of practiceA group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area. on how projects are prepared, safeguarded and procured.

  Proposed