Master's Degree in International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights and Operational Law

Skills

Royal Decree 1027/2011, of July 15, establishes the Spanish Framework of Qualifications for Higher Education, known as MECES, and the description of its levels, whose purpose is to allow the classification, comparability and transparency of the qualifications of higher education in the Spanish educational system, which serves as a reference to facilitate mobility of people in the European space of higher education and in the international labor market. Thus, the third level corresponds to Master's degrees that are characterized as "advanced, specialized or multidisciplinary education, oriented to academic or professional specialization, or to promote initiation in research tasks", and whose characteristics are defined in the following descriptors:

• Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context.
• That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
• That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
• That students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that sustain them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way.
• That students have the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or self-directed.

General Skills

• That students are able to know, understand and evaluate the trends in operational, human and humanitarian law in international fields, and incorporate it into the strategic orientation of the projects of their organization.
• That students are able to correctly identify and classify the different tools of operational, human and international humanitarian law, in order to know how to select the most appropriate in each scenario that demands their application.
• That students are able to know the principles of international operational, human and humanitarian law, for the elaboration of models of its application.
• That students are able to master and apply with judgment the search, obtaining, evaluation, organization and networking, with optimal use and in accordance with the current legal framework, the information of operational, human and international humanitarian law.
• That students are able to know techniques and strategies to lead projects that are conditioned by international operational, human and humanitarian law.
• That students are capable of undertaking innovative projects that enhance teamwork, innovative capacity and generate and share knowledge and experience in the field of international operational, human and humanitarian law.
• That students are able to understand and master the formulation, bases and good practices of planning a project, in what refers to: scope, time, cost, resources, provisioning, communications, stakeholders and risks in the field of law operational, human and international humanitarian.
• That students are capable of managing the cultural change in the organization, in the field of international operational, human and humanitarian law.

Specific Skills

Likewise, students must have acquired the following specific Skills upon finishing the Master's degree:

• Explain, specify and apply the specific object, evolution, characteristics and principles and norms of international law, human rights and international humanitarian law.
• Compare and apply the codification processes of human rights and international humanitarian law, both globally, through the work of the United Nations, and at the regional level.
• Distinguish, categorize and interpret the differences between civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights with regard to their legal nature and political implications, as well as the impact of such differences on the acceptance of each one of them by the States and in the techniques for controlling their respect.
• Assess and interpret, for professional application, the characteristics, characteristics, progress and limitations of the mechanisms established by the main international instruments for the protection of civil and political and economic social and cultural rights.
• Evaluate and professionally integrate the main procedures and bodies for monitoring the respect of human rights of the United Nations (including the Human Rights Committee, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Human Rights Council, etc.) and of the Council of Europe (European Court of Human Rights).
• Use and interpret the specific international legal regime applicable during hostilities and the protection of victims of armed, internal and international conflicts and other forms of violence against persons deprived of liberty and displaced persons due to situations of organized violence.
• Relate, for professional application, the policy of the international community in order to prevent and suppress crimes of international law through the establishment of international criminal tribunals and, in particular, to know how the International Criminal Court works, which refers to its composition, organization and competence, as well as the position of Spain in this regard.
• Apply with a high specialization the theoretical knowledge to practical cases for legal advice to subjects and actors of international relations, especially to individuals, victims of violations of some of their human rights.
• Apply and demonstrate the knowledge and other Skills acquired in the Master's degree, to the performance of research work at a higher level, in the fields of international humanitarian law and operational law.

Professors

Luis Armando García Segura Undergraduate degree in Law from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra of Santo Domingo in 2007, Cum Laude and Master's degree in Business Law from the University of Nebrija. Doctorate in Law from the Antonio de Nebrija University, Cum Laude with Distinction. Practicing lawyer of the Bar Association of Madrid and Lawyer of the Bar Association of the Dominican Republic. Associate member of the American Bar Association. He has worked both for the public and private sectors in education and Law issues. Juan Cayón Peña Rector of Nebrija University. Undergraduate degree and Doctorate of Law from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas - ICADE. Higher Graduate in Legal Sciences and Associate's degree from the School of Legal Practice of this same University, Higher Diploma in French Language and Civilization from the University of Sorbonne (Paris). Professor of Philosophy of Law, Morals and Politics, as well as different subjects related to Information Law in several Universities. He has published numerous articles and is co-author of several monographs. Corresponding Academician of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, Patron of the Elías de Tejada Foundation and Erasmus Pércopo and member of the International Society of Aquinas and the International Union of Catholic Jurists. Practicing lawyer. From 2004 to the present, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Law, Morals and Politics at the Antonio de Nebrija University, where he has also been appointed Vice-Rector of International Programs and Secretary General in 2005. Gracia Abad Quintana PhD in Political Science from the Complutense University of Madrid. Diploma of Advanced Studies in International Relations. Undergraduate degree in Political Science, specializing in International Relations. Accredited by ACAP. Postdoctoral researcher at the Dept. of Policy and International Relations of Royal Holloway, University of London (November 2007-November 2009). Professor of undergraduate, postgraduate and specialization courses at several Spanish universities: Complutense University of Madrid, Saint Louis University Madrid, University of Salamanca and CEU San Pablo University, among them. Her research interests include international organizations, integration processes and multilateralism, international security and international relations in East Asia. Author and co-author of numerous publications on her areas of interest.

Adela M. Alija Garabito PhD in History from the Complutense University of Madrid. Undergraduate Degree in Geography and History. Accredited by ACAP. Specialist in Contemporary History and History of International Relations. Her main lines of research are: The foreign policy of Spain in the 20th century, History of international relations in the 20th century, relations between Spain and Latin America and the History of European integration. Member of the Spanish Commission for the History of International Relations (CEHRI) and the Association of Contemporary History (AHC). She is a member of the Interuniversity Group for the History of International Relations (GHistRI) and is a Lead Researcher of the Nebrija Group of International Relations, Cooperation and Integration in Regional Areas (RICINTAR). Juan Carlos Fernandez Doctor in Psychology from the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Senior Technician in Prevention of Occupational Risks with three specialties and University Expert in Management of People in Global Environments from the Camilo José Cela University of Madrid, Spain. He has been a professor in several universities and head of studies and coordinator of the HR and security unit of Bureau Veritas University Center (Madrid, Spain). He has participated in several research projects on educational technologies and on knowledge and globalization. He has published several books and multiple articles in national and international scientific journals.