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Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice

Author : United Nations

Publisher : UN

Page : 112 pages

File Size : 26,17 MB

Release : 2015-08-30

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 9789210016513

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The Charter of the United Nations was signed in 1945 by 51 countries representing all continents, paving the way for the creation of the United Nations on 24 October 1945. The Statute of the International Court of Justice forms part of the Charter. The aim of the Charter is to save humanity from war; to reaffirm human rights and the dignity and worth of the human person; to proclaim the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small; and to promote the prosperity of all humankind. The Charter is the foundation of international peace and security.



Charter of the United Nations

Author : Ian Shapiro

Publisher : Yale University Press

Page : 276 pages

File Size : 18,78 MB

Release : 2014-04-28

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0300182538

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This volume contains the full text of the United Nations Charter and the Statute of the International Court of Justice, as well as related historical documents. They are accompanied by ten original essays on the Charter and its legacy by distinguished scholars and former high-level UN officials. The commentaries illuminate the early and ongoing roles of the United Nations in responding to international crises, debates about the UN’s architecture and its reform, and its role in global governance, climate change, peacekeeping, and development. A concise and accessible introduction to the UN for students, this collection also offers important new scholarship that will be of interest to experts.



The United Nations Charter as the Constitution of the International Community

Author : Bardo Fassbender

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 26,21 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Law

ISBN : 9004175105

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The a oeconstitutionalizationa of international law is one of the most intensely debated issues in contemporary international legal doctrine. The term is used to describe a number of features which distinguish the present international legal order from a oeclassicala international law, in particular its shift from bilateralism to community interest, and from an inter-state system to a global legal order committed to the well-being of the individual person. The author of this book belongs to the leading participants of the constitutionalization debate. He argues that there indeed exists a constitutional law of the international community that is built on and around the Charter of the United Nations. In this book, he explains why the Charter has a constitutional quality and what legal consequences arise from that characterization.





The Essential UN.

Author : United Nations

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 13,58 MB

Release : 2018

Category : Human rights

ISBN : 9789211013726

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"Everything you always wanted to know about the United Nations in one book! This primer to the United Nations is designed for all global citizens. It covers the history of the UN, what it does and how it does it. As the world's only truly global organization, the United Nations is where countries meet to address universal issues that cannot be resolved by any one of them acting alone. From international peace and security to sustainable development, climate change, human rights, and humanitarian action, the United Nations acts on our behalf around the world." --



Admission to the United Nations

Author : Thomas D. Grant

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 364 pages

File Size : 14,29 MB

Release : 2009-04-07

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9047427092

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The United Nations began as an alliance during World War II. Eventually, however, the UN came to approximate a universal organization - i.e., open to and aspiring to include all States. This presents a legal question, for Article 4 of the Charter contains substantive criteria to limit admission of States to the UN and no formal amendment has touched that part of the Charter. This book gives an up-to-date account of admission to the UN, from the 1950s ‘logjam’ through on-going controversies like Kosovo and Taiwan. With reference to Charter law, the book considers how Article 4 came to accommodate universality and what the future of a universal organization in a world of politically diverse States might be.





The Authority of the Security Council Under Chapter VII of the UN Charter

Author : David Schweigman

Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Page : 384 pages

File Size : 34,85 MB

Release : 2001-05-30

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 9789041116413

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This volume discusses the legal limits to the authority of the Security Council under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. The interest in this topic regained importance when the Security Council started to play an increasingly active role after a period of dormancy between 1945 and 1990. The work describes various approaches to Charter interpretation, provides an overview of the Council's powers under the Charter and surveys the Council's recent practice with regard to the maintenance of international peace and security. Subsequently the sources and contents of the limits to the Council's authority are analyzed. This is followed by an analysis of the role of the International Court of Justice, which includes an overview of the main obstacles to, and possibilities of, judicial review by the Court of Council decisions taken under Chapter VII. Finally, the work discusses recent proposals to enhance the Council's legitimacy.



'Armed Attack' and Article 51 of the UN Charter

Author : Tom Ruys

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 617 pages

File Size : 24,49 MB

Release : 2010-11-25

Category : Law

ISBN : 113949483X

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This book examines to what extent the right of self-defence, as laid down in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, permits States to launch military operations against other States. In particular, it focuses on the occurrence of an 'armed attack' - the crucial trigger for the activation of this right. In light of the developments since 9/11, the author analyses relevant physical and verbal customary practice, ranging from the 1974 Definition of Aggression to recent incidents such as the 2001 US intervention in Afghanistan and the 2006 Israeli intervention in Lebanon. The notion of 'armed attack' is examined from a threefold perspective. What acts can be regarded as an 'armed attack'? When can an 'armed attack' be considered to take place? And from whom must an 'armed attack' emanate? By way of conclusion, the different findings are brought together in a draft 'Definition of Armed Attack'.



The United Nations and Decolonization

Author : Nicole Eggers

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 219 pages

File Size : 13,64 MB

Release : 2020-07-27

Category : History

ISBN : 135104401X

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Differing interpretations of the history of the United Nations on the one hand conceive of it as an instrument to promote colonial interests while on the other emphasize its influence in facilitating self-determination for dependent territories. The authors in this book explore this dynamic in order to expand our understanding of both the achievements and the limits of international support for the independence of colonized peoples. This book will prove foundational for scholars and students of modern history, international history, and postcolonial history.