Master's seminar - International law of new technologies

Master's seminars

International law of new technologies is a seminar devoted to the directions of development of international legal regulations relating to new techniques and technologies as well as interactions between law, modern techniques and technologies and contemporary social and civilizational phenomena. Its purpose is to present international legal regulations in the field of e.g. telecommunications law, internet, space and satellite techniques, aviation techniques (drones), artificial intelligence.

The assumption of the seminar is to indicate the mechanisms of creating international law of new technologies in its historical and social context; explanation of the origin and purpose of specific legal solutions; acquiring the ability to critically refer to the presented legal solutions, substantive assessment of positions and opinions presented on the international arena in the discussed area.

Classroom

International law of new technologies is a seminar devoted to the directions of development of international legal regulations relating to new techniques and technologies as well as interactions between law, modern techniques and technologies and contemporary social and civilizational phenomena. It covers topics in the field of telecommunications, satellite and space techniques (communications, navigation, remote sensing, satellite television), aviation techniques (operation of unmanned aerial vehicles), the Internet, artificial intelligence. The seminar aims to familiarize students with the impact of international law of new technologies on human rights (e.g. the right to privacy, the right to the protection of personal data), humanitarian law, modern armed conflicts (e.g. legal aspects of remote military operations or military operations conducted by machines ), ways of conducting international negotiations, diplomacy. It is also closely related to air, space and sea law.

A. Renenger, Satellite Tracking and the Right to Privacy, Hastings Law Journal 2001-2002, vol. 53

Z. Kulińska-Kępa "Human rights (with particular regard to the right to privacy) and satellite navigation" (w:) K.Myszona-Kostrzewa "Legal and political aspects of the Use of European Satellite Navigation Systems Galileo and EGNOS" Warsaw 2018;

I Marboe, Human Rights Consideration for Space Activities, in: In Heaven as on Earth? The Interaction of Public International Law on the Legal Regulation of Outer Space, S. Hobe, S. Freeland (eds.), Cologne 2013, p. 135-149.

F. G.von der Dunk , Legal Aspect of Navigation. The Case for Privacy and Liability: An Introduction for Non-lawyers, Coordinates, May 2015, vol. 11, No. 5, p. 9.

J. Kulesza, Międzynarodowe prawo internetu, 2014

M. Adamski, J. Rachel, Bezzałogowe statki powietrzne, Dęblin 2013;

N. Grzesik, Zaawansowane systemy uzbrojenia lotniczego, Dęblin 2011;

A. Kuptel, Zastosowanie bezzałogowych systemów powietrznych w aspekcie militarnym, Warszawa 2014;

W. Misztalski, Z. Świątnicki, R. Wantoch-Rekowski, Inteligentne roboty wojskowe, Warszawa 2001;

M. Szuniewicz (red.), Automatyzacja i robotyzacja współczesnego pola walki wyzwaniem dla prawa międzynarodowego, Gdynia 2015 .

Students know and understand

- legal regulations in the field of selected fields (provided for in the program of the seminar) of international law of new technologies;

- the specificity of international law as a separate legal system;

- jurisprudence of international courts and mechanisms of binding and applying international law in the internal legal order;

- causes and ways of creating international law of new technologies;

- mechanisms of functioning of the international law of new technologies in international relations;

- dependencies that exist between particular branches of international law;

- terminology relevant to international law;

- the specificity of the functioning of contemporary international law in relations between its subjects;

- challenges posed to the international law of new technologies by contemporary international relations and the development of technology;

- requirements of compliance of Polish law with international law and EU law.

presentations, active participation in classes, participation in discussions