International Law Law

The Charter of the United Nations: A Commentary, 4th Edition

Edited by Bruno Simma · Daniel-Erasmus Khan · Georg Nolte · Andreas Paulus · Nikolai Wessendorf
Oxford University Press May 2024

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ISBN-13
9780192864536
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
May 2024
Format
Hardback (2 volumes) , 2606 pages
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Since the third edition of this commentary on the Charter of the United Nations was published in 2012, the text of the Charter has not changed DL but the world has. Central pillars of the international order enshrined in the UN Charter are facing serious challenges, notably the prohibition of the use of force. Human rights, too, have come under increasing pressure, now also from contemporary information technology. Global warming poses fundamental challenges for the world community as a whole in its effort to stabilize global ecosystems.

Fully updated, the commentary takes up these and other developments. It features new chapters on Climate Change and the Human Rights Council. The commentary remains the authoritative, article-by-article account of the legislative history, interpretation, and practical application of each and every Charter provision. Written by a team of distinguished scholars and practitioners, this book combines academic research with the insights of practice. It is an indispensable tool of reference for all those interested in the United Nations and its legal significance for the world community. The Commentary will be crucial in combining solid legal foundations with new directions for the development of international law and the United Nations in the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents

Volume I
Preface
Introduction
Abbreviations
Text of the Charter
Text of the ICJ Statute
The History of the United Nations
The Interpretation of the Charter
Preamble
I: Purposes and Definitions
II: Membership
III: Organs
IV: The General Assembly
V: The Security Council
VI: Pacific Settlement of Disputes
VII: Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression
VIII: Regional Arrangements
Volume II
IX: International Economic and Social Co-operation
X: The Economic and Social Council
XI: Declaration regarding Non-Self-Governing Territories
XII: International Trusteeship System
XIII: The Trusteeship Council
XIV: The International Court of Justice
XV: The Secretariat
XVI: Miscellaneous Provisions
XVII: Transitional Security Arrangements
XVIII: Amendments
XIX: Ratification and Signature
Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly
Table of Cases
Index

About the Author

Edited by Bruno Simma, Judge at the International Court of Justice, The Netherlands, Daniel-Erasmus Khan, Professor of Public Law, European Law, and International Law, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany,Georg Nolte, Professor of Public International Law, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, Germany, and Andreas Paulus, Judge at Germany's Constitutional Court

Assistant Editor Nikolai Wessendorf

Bruno Simma is a Judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. He was formerly Professor of International Law and European Community Law and Director of the Institute of International Law at the University of Munich and Professor of Law at the University of Michigan.

Daniel-Erasmus Khan is Professor of Public Law, European Law, and International Law at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich.

Georg Nolte is Professor of Public International Law at the Humboldt University in Berlin.

Andreas Paulus is a Judge at Germany's constitutional court. He was formerly Professor of Public and International Law at the University of Gottingen and co-director of its Institute of International and European Law.

 

Contributors: 
Jan-Michael Arend 
Dr. Helmut Aust - Humboldt University Berlin 
Dr. Philip Bittner - Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (Austria) 
Prof. Michael Bothe - University of Frankfurt 
Prof. Jürgen Bröhmer - Murdoch University (Australia) 
Dr. Konrad Bühler - Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (Austria) 
Eleni Chaitidou - International Criminal Court 
Prof. Simon Chesterman - National University of Singapore 
Prof. Rudolf Dolzer - University of Bonn 
Prof. Oliver Dörr - University of Osnabrück 
Christian Ebner - Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (Austria) 
Dr. Christophe Eick - Foreign Office (Germany) 
Prof. Bardo Fassbender - University of the Bundeswehr Munich 
Prof. Ulrich Fastenrath - University of Dresden 
Dr. Thomas Fitschen - Foreign Office (Germany) 
Dr. Carl-August Fleischhauer 
Prof. Rudolf Geiger - University of Leipzig 
Gilles Giacca - Geneva academy of international humanitarian law and human rights 
Prof. Thomas Giegerich - University of Kiel 
Dr. Reinhard Hilger - Foreign Office (Germany) 
Prof. Stephan Hobe - University of Köln 
Ingrid Jahn-Koch - Foreign Office (Germany) 
Prof. Stefan Kadelbach - University of Frankfurt 
Prof. Eckart Klein - University of Potsdam 
Prof. Robert Kolb - University of Geneva (Switzerland) 
Prof. Markus Kotzur - University of Hamburg 
Dr. Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof - University of Bonn 
Prof. Nico Krisch - Hertie School of Governance Berlin 
Prof. Philip Kunig - Freie University of Berlin 
Dr. Oliver Landwehr - United Nations Office (Vienna) 
Johann Ruben Leiß - University of Göttingen 
Matthias Lippold - University of Göttingen 
Prof. Siegfried Magiera - German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer 
Dr. Ernst Martens - Foreign Office (Berlin) 
Prof. Werner Meng - Saarland University 
Gregor Novak - University of Vienna (Austria) 
Dr. Karin Oellers-Frahm - Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law Heidelberg 
Prof. Stefan Oeter - University of Hamburg 
Anja Papenfuß - United Nations Association of Germany 
Prof. Anne Peters - University of Basel (Switzerland) 
Prof. Albrecht Randelzhofer - Freie University of Berlin 
Prof. Dietrich Rauschning - University of Göttingen 
Prof. August Reinisch - University of Vienna (Austria) 
Prof. Thilo Rensmann - University of Dresden 
Prof. Georg Ress - Saarland University 
Prof. Eibe H. Riedel - University of Mannheim 
Donald Riznik - University of the Bundeswehr Munich 
Prof. Volker Röben - Swansea University (UK) 
Prof. Stefanie Schmahl - University of Würzburg 
Prof. Sabine Schorlemer- von - University of Dresden 
Prof. Hans-Joachim Schütz - University of Rostock 
Prof. Theodor Schweisfurth - Viadrina University Frankfurt/Oder 
Dr. Wolfgang Stoeckl - United Nations (New York) 
Prof. Tobias Stoll - University of Göttingen 
Prof. Stefan Talmon - University of Bonn 
Prof. Christian Tams - University of Glasgow (UK) 
Thomas Thomma - Foreign Office (Germany) 
Helmut Tichy - Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (Austria) 
Prof. Christian Tietje - University of Halle-Wittenberg 
Prof. Christian Tomuschat - Humboldt University Berlin 
Dr. Mindia Vashakmadze - University of Göttingen 
Prof. Christoph Vedder - University of Augsburg 
Prof. Christian Walter - University of Munich 
Dr. Susanne Wasum-Rainer - Foreign Office (Germany) 
Dr. Georg Witschel - Foreign Office (Germany) 
Dr. Peter Woeste - Foreign Office (Germany) 
Prof. Rüdiger Wolfrum - Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law Heidelberg 
Prof. Andreas Ziegler - University of Lausanne (Switzerland) 
Prof. Andreas Zimmermann - University of Potsdam 
Dr. Markus Zöckler - University of Munich

Reviews

Review(s) from previous edition

"The project Simma has put together is excellent and will be very useful ... Simma has gathered virtually all of the leading experts and ... this will be a definitive work. Tom Franck, Professor of International Law, New York University

"The book may be recommended as an important source of information on the interpretation and application of the UN Charter over years. Simma and his colleagues should be praised for their coherent presentation of the Commentary." - Netherlands International Law Review

"This massive volume will be familiar to some readers in its earlier German version, first published in 1991. It now appears in an excellent English translation which does full justice to the quality of the scholarship of some 60 German-speaking international lawyers...a book whose encyclopaedic quality will make it a standard reference work on what remains for international lawyers probably the most important treaty of the twentieth century...a series of essays that are informative and authoritative and often range well beyond the confines of the Charter itself...the whole work has clearly benefited from very high editorial standards. It deserves a wide readership and will prove an essential text for any international law library." - International and Comparative LawQuarterly

"...remarkably accessible. The reader is guided through the legislative history, general meaning and specific problems. This combination of detail and clarity combine to produce an invaluable work of reference for practitioners and a fascinating study for any academic." - Law Quarterly Review

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