Full Description
This comprehensive Companion presents a unique overview of the law and practice of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the UN 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.
Contents
Contents
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
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3 Status of ICAO and membership issues 29
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4 Organizational Structure 46
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5 Treaty-making and treaty practice of ICAO 62
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PART III FUNCTIONS AND RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES OF ICAO
6 Standard-setting functions and audit functions 78
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7 Dispute settlement functions 87
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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
