Jiménez De Aréchaga, Eduardo Keywords: United Nations | Security Council | International disputes | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Conseil de sécurité | Différends internationaux | ABSTRACT Eduardo Jimenez de Arechaga points out in the introduction to his course that Article 1, Paragraph 1, of the Charter of the United Nations defines the purpose of the United Nations as follows: "To maintain international peace and security”. The same paragraph indicates the means to achieve this goal: collective measures of prevention and …

Herndl, Kurt Keywords: United Nations | Security Council | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Conseil de sécurité | ABSTRACT Kurt Herndl, UN Deputy Secretary-General for Human Rights, intends to comment in his course on the role, functions, and procedures of the UN Security Council in the light of his practice, from an essentially pragmatic point of view and taking into account the most recent developments. After some reflections on the collective security system, the author studies the Security Council as a collective b…

Pellet, Alain Keywords: Public international law | Development of international law | International Law Commission | International Court of Justice | United Nations | General Assembly | Security Council | Mots clefs: Droit international public | ABSTRACT In this inaugural conference of the public international law session 2007, Alain Pellet, Professor at the University of Paris X - Nanterre, attempts to clarify the following theme: how does international law adapt to the changing needs of the international society? The question is …

Pinto, Mónica Keywords: United Nations | Security Council | Charter | Use of force | International relations | Self-defence | International Court of Justice | Case-law | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Conseil de sécurité | Chartre | Force | Relations internationales | Défense légitime | Cour internationale de Justice | Jurisprudence | ABSTRACT The course of Mrs. Monica Pinto, Professor at the University of Buenos Aires, proposes to retrace the history of the characterizations of the use of force in the light of the jurisprudence of international court…

Sicilianos, Linos-Alexandre Keywords: United Nations | Security Council | Charter | Use of force | International relations | Collective security | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Conseil de sécurité | Charte | Force | Relations internationales | Sécurité collective | ABSTRACT In the introduction to his course, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, Associate Professor at the University of Athens, notes that the theme of the Security Council's authorization to use force lies at the centre of two contradictory trends that mark contemporary evolution of…

Gowlland-Debbas, Vera Keywords: United Nations | Security Council | Collective security | International peace and security | International responsibility | State responsibility | Criminal liability | Individual responsibility | Sanctions | Charter of the United Nations (San Francisco, 26 June 1945); | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT Through the Security Council non-military actions, this course looks upon questions that appears concerning responsibility. Sanctions taken under the Chapter VII shows links between responsibility and the practice of the …