The Role of the International Court of Justice as the Principal Judicial Organ of the United Nations

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-90-411-2026-7
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 40, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 857 g

Reihe: Legal Aspects of International Organizations

The Role of the International Court of Justice as the Principal Judicial Organ of the United Nations is a thought-provoking and valuable addition to the existing literature on the ICJ. The book's originality lies in that it provides both the student and practitioner of international law and relations with a comprehensive evaluation of important but hitherto neglected aspects of the work of the World Court: its contribution to the functioning of the UN system; its role in interpreting and developing the institutional law of the UN and in clarifying its purposes and principles, particularly in the settlement of international disputes; the Court's advisory and contentious competencies and their interrelationship as well as the extent of its supervisory powers over decisions emanating from other UN organs such as the Security Council. The book concludes with practical suggestions on how to develop the Court's role into a better organisation of justice to enable it to face new challenges for the future.

`Principal among the author's suggestions is to grant the Secretariat of the UN, as represented by its Secretary General, the power to request advisory opinions of the Court on any legal question related to its activity in the service of the Organisation, in the same way as the other principal organs of the UN. This would be perfectly in line with the increased recognition of the Secretary General's and the UN's "contribution to a better organised and more peaceful world", for which they were recently awarded the Nobel Peace prize in December 2001.

From the Foreword by Mohammed Bedjaoui

Autoren/Hrsg.

Amr, Mohamed Sameh M

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht

Über Autor(innen)

Mohamed Sameh Amr is Senior Lecturer of Public International Law, Cairo University, teaching international institutional law and public international law. Dr Amr is currently Deputy Permanent Delegate of Egypt to UNESCO in Paris.