The Elgar Companion to the Law and Practice of the International Civil Aviation Organization

Name: The Elgar Companion to the Law and Practice of the International Civil Aviation Organization
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781035315970
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Author: Ludwig Weber
ISBN: 9781035315970

By Ludwig Weber

Edward Elgar Publishing July 2025

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ISBN-13: 9781035315970
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: July 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This comprehensive Companion presents a unique overview of the law and practice of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the UN’s specialized agency for global civil aviation.

Providing valuable insider insights, the Companion covers the objectives, structure and fields of work of ICAO. Its chapters discuss the organization’s indispensable role in the formulation and implementation of rules, policies, technical standards and recommended practices across the 193 member States, addressing major challenges such as fostering aviation safety and security, reducing emissions, upgrading air navigation services and protecting the flying public against cyber threats. Expert authors explain the major principles of the Convention on International Civil Aviation and its main technical Annexes, generating an insightful summary of applicable worldwide rules, standards and recommended practices.

The Elgar Companion to the Law and Practice of the International Civil Aviation Organization is an important read for scholars and practitioners in air transport regulation and public international law. Accessible yet rigorous, it is also an invaluable tool for all those wishing to familiarize themselves with the work of ICAO.

Editor’s introduction ix; PART I HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; 1.
Historical background 2: Ludwig Weber; PART II ICAO AS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION; 2.
Chicago Convention of 1944 12: Ludwig Weber; 3.
Status of ICAO and membership issues 29: Ludwig Weber; 4.
Organizational Structure 46: Ludwig Weber; 5.
Treaty-making and treaty practice of ICAO 62: Ludwig Weber; PART III FUNCTIONS AND RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES OF ICAO; 6.
Standard-setting functions and audit functions 78: Ludwig Weber; 7.
Dispute settlement functions 87: Ludwig Weber; PART IV International Regulation of Air Navigation; 8.
Global Aviation Safety Plan and Global Air Navigation Plan 96: Ludwig Weber and Eshaan Bansal; 9.
Personnel licensing and airworthiness of aircraft 114: Manfred Kruell and Eshaan Bansal; 10.
Operation of aircraft and Rules of the Air 137: Vijay Singh and Sanchi Dhamija; 11.
Aircraft nationality and registration 155: Laura Triana Castano; 12.
Aerodromes and operational safety 175: Arun Rao; 13.
Air navigation services 194: Francis Schubert; 14.
Aircraft accident and incident investigation 219: Caj Frostell; 15.
Search and rescue 233: Cay Boquist and Mario Kühn; 16.
Universal Aviation Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) 254: Haile Belai; PART V INTERNATIONAL REGULATION OF AIR TRANSPORT; 17.
International Air Services Transit Agreement 279: Ludwig Weber; 18.
Freedoms of the air and commercial traffic rights 293: Asma Al Mheiri and Chi Ho (Jason) Chan; 19.
Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements on commercial traffic rights 313: Shefali Juneja; 20.
The role of ICAO in the regulation of international air transport 331: Vincent Correia; 21.
Liberalization of international air transport 347: Artur Eberg; 22.
Consumer protection and accessibility 366: Joseph Wilson and Sofia Saïm; 23.
Taxes and charges 389: Nitin Sarin and Priyam Jinger; 24.
Joint financing arrangements 402: Roderick Heitmeyer and Eshaan Bansal; 25.
Facilitation 414: Vivek Pattanayak and Eshaan Bansal; 26.
Traveller Identification Programme (ICAO TRIP) 426: Shefali Juneja; PART VI AVIATION SECURITY; 27.
Acts of unlawful interference and international aviation security: conventions; Ludwig Weber; 28.
Annex 17 and related aviation security measures 456: Ludwig Weber; PART VII ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; 29.
Aviation emissions 472: Beatrice Dragomir; 30.
CORSIA greenhouse gas reduction scheme 500: Beatrice Dragomir; 31.
CORSIA implementation 526: Beatrice Dragomir; PART VIII TECHNICAL COOPERATION; 32.
Technical cooperation 551: Manfred Krüll; PART IX UNMANNED AVIATION; 33.
Unmanned aviation 571: Di Mei; PART X PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC; 34.
Public health and the Covid-19 pandemic 586: Vivek Pattanayak and Judith Jahnke; PART XI PERSONNEL MATTERS; 35.
Status of ICAO personnel 606: Vivek Pattanayak and Nishith Mishra; 36.
Career and non-career personnel and future of ICAO staff 624: Vivek Pattanayak and Nishith Mishra; PART XII Financial Matters; 37.
Programme and Financial Management 639: Salleppan Kandasamy; PART XIII ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS; 38.
Administrative matters: Vivek Pattanayak and Judith Jahnke; PART XIV ICAO IN THE 21ST CENTURY; 39.
ICAO in the 21st century 676: Ludwig Weber