INL 436: Use of Force in International Law

This course will provide students with exposure to the international laws and policies that focuses on counterterrorism efforts and will survey the wide range of legal issues implicated by such efforts within Saudi Arabia and abroad. Issues to be addressed will also include international and domestic law applicable to counterterrorism activities, the authorities that can use force, offensive operations overseas, surveillance of terrorists, capture, detention, and interrogation of terrorism suspects, prosecutions in military commissions and domestic courts, immigration matters, and other legal authorities for addressing terrorism issues. Moreover, this course will help answer the critical question of how to design and execute peacekeeping operations that assist new leaders to provide effective governance and new security forces to control borders, police cities and protect citizens.