UN Security Council Reform and the Right of Veto : A Constitutional Perspective
Series
Legal Aspects of International Organization
ISBN
90-411-0592-1
Type
book
Date Issued
1998
Author(s)
Abstract
This book is a contribution to the discussion of a constitutional reform of the United Nations, a discussion rekindled by the end of the Cold War and the significant involvement of the UN in international peacemaking and peacekeeping since the Kuwait crisis. Like the new debate, the work focuses on the Security
Council, its composition and possible enlargement, its decision-making process and competences, and its relationship with the General Assembly and the International Court of Justice. Particular regard is given to the right of veto of the permanent members of the Security Council, which is seen as the central, and most problematic, feature of the present constitution of the UN. The work describes and analyzes the reform discussion as it has taken place at the UN since 1991. The different proposals made by governments, NGOs and individual scholars are evaluated by applying a number of standards and concepts ensuing from a perception of the UN Charter as constitution of the international community. Thus, the study advances a comprehensive constitutional theory of the UN and redefines the place of the Charter in contemporary international law. Its author was awarded a prize by the Faculty of Law of Humboldt University for having submitted the best dissertation in law in 1997-98.
Council, its composition and possible enlargement, its decision-making process and competences, and its relationship with the General Assembly and the International Court of Justice. Particular regard is given to the right of veto of the permanent members of the Security Council, which is seen as the central, and most problematic, feature of the present constitution of the UN. The work describes and analyzes the reform discussion as it has taken place at the UN since 1991. The different proposals made by governments, NGOs and individual scholars are evaluated by applying a number of standards and concepts ensuing from a perception of the UN Charter as constitution of the international community. Thus, the study advances a comprehensive constitutional theory of the UN and redefines the place of the Charter in contemporary international law. Its author was awarded a prize by the Faculty of Law of Humboldt University for having submitted the best dissertation in law in 1997-98.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Publisher
Kluwer Law International
Publisher place
The Hague / London / Boston
Number
32
Start page
12
End page
421
Pages
410
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
234651