This course gives an overview over the main areas of public international law. It presents the legal foundations of the legal coordination and cooperation within the international community and between the most important international organizations, especially in the field of peace keeping, peace enforcement and conflict resolution.

The lecture deals with questions of competence and the security policy instruments in the federal state, conveys the basic principles of police law and deals with the management of extraordinary situations. Special topics are the army, civil protection, the intelligence service, cooperation (within Switzerland and abroad), the legal status of army members and private security providers.