Full Description
The Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law (UNYB), founded in 1997, appears under the auspices of the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law. The first part, 'The Law and Practice of the United Nations', concentrates on the legal fundamentals of the UN, its Specialized Agencies and Programmes. The second part, 'Legal Issues Related to the Goals of the United Nations', analyses achievements with regard to fulfilling the main objectives of the UN. The UNYB addresses both scholars and practitioners, giving them insights into the workings, challenges and evolution of the UN.
Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Part 1: The Law And Practice of the United Nations
75 Years of International Law-Making at the United Nations
Miguel de Serpa Soares
The Future of the UN Human Rights Council: Insights at the Inter-Luminated Juncture of Thought and Experience
Obiora C. Okafor
The State's Duty to Consult Indigenous Peoples: Where Do We Stand 30 Years after the Adoption of the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention No. 169?
Maria Victoria Cabrera Ormaza and Martin Oelz
The Right of Political Participation of Indigenous Peoples and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Daniela Arrese
Engaging the UN Security Council in Low-Intensity Geo-Political Conflicts: Case Study of the Blockade Against Qatar
Ilias Bantekas
The International Criminal Court: Between International Ius Puniendiand State Delegation
Frédéric Mégret
Public Assemblies between the UN System and the Comparative Jurisprudencebr/>
Islam Mohammed
Part 2: Legal Issues Related to the Goals of the United Nations
Adapting the Human Rights System to the Cyber Age
Alena F. Douhan
Taking Embodiment Seriously: Constitutional Law, the Economy and the Forms of Underdeterminacy
Stephan F.H. Ollick
Empirical Research on Constitutional Drafting Processes Following War or Internal Disturbances in Iraq, Tunisia, Kosovo and Sudan
Habiba Abubaker
Human Rights Treaties and the Law of State Succession in the Event of Secession
Naiade el-Khoury
'Guardian of the Solemn Pact' - The Role of the Constitutional Court in South Africa's Constitutional Transition
Brynne Guthrie
Constitutional Bases to the Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union
Malgosia Fitzmaurice and Mercedes Rosello
Brexit and Britain's Changing Constitution
Rainer Grote
Book Reviews
Aria Nakissa, The Anthropology of Islamic Law: Education, Ethics and Legal Interpretation at Egypt's al-Azhar (OUP 2019), 328 pages, ISBN 9780190932886
Siraj Khan
T. Markus Funk and Andrew S. Boutros (eds), From Baksheesh to Bribery: Understanding the Global Fight Against Corruption and Graft(OUP 2019), 745 pages, ISBN 978-01-9-0232399
Raquel Saavedra
Index
