The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Treaties
The United Nations is a vital part of the international order. Yet this book argues that the greatest contribution of the UN is not what it has achieved (improvements in health and economic development, for example) or avoided (global war, say, or the use of weapons of mass destruction).
It is, instead, the process through which the UN has transformed the structure of international law to expand the range and depth of subjects covered by treaties.
This handbook offers the first sustained analysis of the UN as a forum in which and an institution through which treaties are negotiated and implemented. Chapters are written by authors from different fields, including academics and practitioners; lawyers and specialists from other social sciences (international relations, history, and science); professionals with an established reputation in the field; younger researchers and diplomats involved in the negotiation of multilateral treaties; and scholars with a broader view on the issues involved.
The volume thus provides unique insights into UN treaty-making. Through the thematic and technical parts, it also offers a lens through which to view challenges lying ahead and the possibilities and limitations of this understudied aspect of international law and relations.
- Part I: Evolution - UN Treaty-Making in Practice and in Theory
- 1. The UN Charter and Its Evolution
- Ian Johnstone
- 2. Treaty-Making in International Organizations: International Relations Theory
- Shirley Scott
- 3. Treaty-Making at the United Nations: The View from the Secretariat
- Stephen Mathias
- 4. The Role of Treaties in Pursuing the Objectives of the UN Charter
- Christian Tams
- 5. The Place of Treaties in the Codification and Progressive Development of International Law
- Giorgio Gaja
- 6. The Choice of a Treaty: Hard Law vs Soft Law
- Alan Boyle
- Part II: Practice - Scholarly and Practitioner Accounts of UN Treaty-Making
- A. International Peace and Security
- 7. United Nations Weapons Control Treaties
- Barry Kellman
- Creating from Chaos: Practitioner Reflections on Multilateral Treaty-making
- Daniel Prins
- 8. Terrorism
- Pierre Klein
- Terrorism : Practitioner Reflection
- Rohan Perera
- 9. The Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
- Tanja Masson-Zwaan & Roberto Cassar
- B. Economic and Social Development
- 10. Environment and Sustainable Development
- Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger & Alexandra Harrington
- 11. The ILO's standard setting: The first one hundred years
- George P. Politakis
- 12. Women
- Hilary Charlesworth
- 13. Drugs and Crime
- Martin Jelsma & David Bewley-Taylor
- 14. Trade and Development
- Makane Moïse Mbengue
- 15. Culture
- Tullio Scovazzi
- 16. The Practice of UN Treaty-making Concerning Science
- Sam Johnston
- 17. Health
- Allyn Taylor
- Health: Practitioner Comment
- Gian Luca Burci
- 18. Intellectual Property
- Edward Kwakwa
- C. Human Rights
- 19. The Human Rights Treaty Body System
- Jane Connors
- 20. The Covenants
- Bertrand G. Ramcharan
- 21. The Committees on Human Rights and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Helen Keller & Corina Heri
- 22. United Nations Treaty-making: Refugees and Stateless Persons
- Guy S Goodwin-Gill
- 23. International Criminal Law and UN Treaties
- Salvatore Zappalà
- International Criminal Law: Practitioner Reflection
- Hirad Abtahi & Philippe Kirsch
- D. International Law
- 24. Law of Treaties
- Malgosia Fitzmaurice
- Law of Treaties: Practitioner Reflection
- Lionel Yee
- 25. Law of the Sea
- Yoshifumi Tanaka
- Negotiating the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: A Practitioner's Reflection
- Tommy Koh
- 26. Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations and Specialized Agencies
- Davinia Aziz & Alison See
- 27. Diplomatic and Consular Relations
- Sanderijn Duquet & Jan Wouters
- 28. International Commercial Arbitration
- Corinne Montineri
- 29. Responsibility of States and International Organizations
- Pierre Bodeau-Livinec
- Part III: Technique - Innovation in Treaty-Making at the United Nations
- 30. The Negotiation of Multilateral Treaties at the United Nations: a negotiator's view
- Michael Wood
- 31. The Participation of Non- State Actors in the Multilateral Treaty Process
- Philippa Webb
- 32. Participation of International Organizations in UN Treaties
- Jan Klabbers
- 33. The role of the United Nations in promoting transparency in the international treaty framework
- Jonathon Agar & Christel Mobech
- 34. The Secretary-General of the United Nations as depositary of multilateral treaties
- Arancha Hinojal-Oyarbide
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
ISBN: | 9780190947842 |
Author(s) | Chesterman, S and Malone, DM |
Format | Hb |
Publication Date | 30/07/2019 |
Publication Date | 30/09/2019 |