Gross, Leo Keywords: United Nations | International Court of Justice | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Cour internationale de Justice | ABSTRACT Leo Gross dedicates his course to the conduct of the International Court of Justice, to the perception of its role in international relationships, and to the expectations of the members of the United Nations regarding the role played by the Court in the political system of the United Nations, mainly in contact with the transformation of the objectives of the Charter in legal and political realities. Leo Gross consacre son cours au comportement…

L. Bindschedler, Rudolf Keywords: United Nations | Competence | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Compétence | ABSTRACT Rudolf Bindschedler begins his course by making general remarks on the division of powers. He next examines, within the framework of the United Nations, the division of formal powers and later examines the division of substantive powers. The author also discusses the powers of the United Nations toward non-member States and other international organizations. Rudolf Bindschedler commence son cours en formulant des remarques générales sur la répartition d…

Villani, Ugo Keywords: United Nations | Regional organisations | Peace keeping | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Organisations régionales | Maintien de la paix | ABSTRACT Professor Ugo Villani, Professor at the University of Bari, starts from the observation that as far as international organizations are concerned, the question of the search for balance between a “universal” dimension and a “regional” dimension was raised immediately at the birth of the first organization intended to guarantee peace between States: the Leagu…

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…

Ermacora, Felix Keywords: United Nations | Charter | Human rights | Jurisdiction | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Charte | Droits de l homme | Juridiction | ABSTRACT The course of Felix Ermacora is based on a problem of crucial significance related to the relations between national law and international law, and more particularly, to the law of international organizations. The author, in the first instance, focuses on domestic jurisdiction in general. He then studies the general aspects of human rights in connection with dome…

Klein, Pierre Keywords: United Nations | Terrorism | International peace and security | International politics | Use of force | International relations | Human rights | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Terrorisme | Sécurité internationale | Politique internationale | Force | Relations internationales | Droits de l'homme | ABSTRACT Pierre Klein, Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles, begins his course by identifying the very notion of terrorism to report on the impact of terrorism on international law. He then takes a step backward and plac…

Daillier, Patrick Keywords: United Nations | Armed conflicts | Intervention | Peacekeeping | Peacebuilding | North Atlantic Treaty Organization | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Conflits armés | Intervention | Maintien de la paix | Construction de la paix | Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord | ABSTRACT Multinational peacemaking operations following armed conflicts, the subject of the course of Patrick Daillier, Professor at the University of Paris X - Nanterre, cover a number of different realities under the same name. To prove that this…

Ténékidès, Georges Keywords: United Nations | Racial discrimination | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Discrimination raciale | ABSTRACT The course of Georges Tenekides, a member of the European Commission of human rights and the UN Committee for elimination of all forms of racial discrimination, is fundamentally the result of his experience in the Committee of United Nations for the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination, supplemented by a critical and multidisciplinary analysis. After the indispensable pr…

Müllerson, Rein Keywords: International organizations | Political systems | Democracy | Governance | European Union | United Nations | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe | Russian Federation | Central Asia | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | Systèmes politiques | Démocratie | Gouvernance | Union européenne | Organisation de la sécurité et la coopération en Europe | Fédération de Russie | Asie centrale | ABSTRACT Rein Muellerson, Professor at King's College of London, devotes his course to the role of institutions, international law, …

Boutros-Ghali, Boutros Keywords: United Nations | Economic development | Peacekeeping | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Développement économique | Maintien de la paix | ABSTRACT Boutros Boutros-Ghali explains in the introduction of his opening lecture that international law is subject to internal conflicts in three areas: conflict between urgency and duration, between unilateralism and multilateralism, and between positive order and prospective order. Mr. Boutros-Ghali concludes his lecture by explaining that sometimes will…

Liu, Fou-Tchin Keywords: United Nations | International police | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Police internationale | ABSTRACT In this discourse, Fou-Tchin Liu, Former United Nations Assistant-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs, draws attention to the importance and limitations of UN peace-keeping operations in a bipolarized world. However, by way of encouragement and conclusion, he points out that the Treaty of Paris of 1783, which has enabled reconciliation between Great Britain and the United State…

Conforti, Benedetto Keywords: United Nations | Consent | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Consentement | ABSTRACT Benedetto Conforti, Professor at the University of Naples, begins his course on the Role of the Agreement in United Nations’ System with a presentation on respect for the principle of legality by the United Nations bodies. He then examines the challenges of Member States to legality of resolutions and the role of the agreement in the United Nations system. He deals with the effects of UN resolutions “acc…

Robinson, Jacob Keywords: United Nations | Charter | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Charte | ABSTRACT The purpose of Jacob Robinson's course is not to give a complete picture of the changes that have taken place in the first thirteen years of the existence of the United Nations, but to illustrate with some examples the metamorphosis of the organization. He examines the transition from a coalition to a universal community, from a community of purpose to an instrument of national policies, from an enforcement agency…

Thierry, Hubert Keywords: International Court of Justice | United Nations | Resolutions | Mots clefs: Cour internationale de Justice | Nations Unies | Résolutions | ABSTRACT Hubert Thierry, Professor at the University of Paris X-Nanterre, emphasizes in the introduction to his course that the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice should be recognized as the authority for judicial interpretation of law on behalf of the international community, and to affirm that this is a privileged source of knowledge of int…

Castañeda, Jorge Keywords: United Nations | Resolutions | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Résolutions | ABSTRACT The economy of the study proposed by Jorge Castaneda is based on the practice of the United Nations bodies as well as on the attitude of States toward the practice. The basic subject is the resolutions of the bodies of the United Nations, and especially the bodies of the General Assembly. He thus identifies certain groups or types of resolutions which, in accordance with the realities emerging from the o…

Simma, Bruno Keywords: Bilateralism | International obligations | International law | United Nations | Charter | International community | Constitutionalism | Mots clefs: Bilatéralisme | Obligations internationales | Droit international | Nations Unies | Charte | Communauté internationale | Constitutionnalisme | ABSTRACT Earlier, traditional international law was left entirely in the hands of sovereign States, predicated on their bilateral legal relations. However, now, community interest has permeated the body of international law. In …

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…

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…

M. Chinkin, Christine Keywords: United Nations | Human rights | International responsibility [p201] M. Chinkin, Christine BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE [p205] Christine Mary Chinkin, born 1949 in Kent, United Kingdom. Founding Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics and Political Science, a William W. Cook Global Law Professor at the University of Michigan (since 1999), and a member of the Bar of England and Wales and Matrix Chambers. Previous positions include Professor of International …

Antonio Pastor Ridruejo, José Keywords: United Nations | Human rights | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Droits de l homme | ABSTRACT In this course, José Antonio Pastor Ridruejo examines the interplay of politics and law in the special public procedures initiated by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, through a comprehensive approach of harmoniously integrating the data provided in addition to the legal sciences through political science and the data of international relations. The author thus examines the ins…