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This course delves into the key analytical components of the concept of 'negotiating for humanity.' It provides an exploration of current approaches to international negotiations, while emphasizing the importance of novel ideas and practices that can better address the distinctive challenges of negotiating for humanity. The course will analyze lessons drawn from the negotiations of international regimes in the fields of sustainable development, climate change, ozone layer depletion, weapons of mass destruction, migration, among others, to identify approaches that can inform current global debates and future processes of negotiation for humanity. Through systems thinking, immersive training simulations and interactive negotiation exercises, the course will contribute to the students’ understanding of the processes and instruments the international system needs to implement in order to address global problems, as we approach debates on such topics as human migration, climate change, inequality, ocean pollution, the human rights protection challenges stemming from emerging technologies, outer space navigation and cleanup of orbit debris, technologies in new weapons systems, and the creation of an effective regime to deal with pandemics.