Information on United Nations Law
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Key facts and figures about the United Nations:
Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman and Henry J. Steiner, International Human Rights in Context: Law, Politics, Morals, Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 2007.
Simon Chesterman, Thomas M. Franck and David M. Malone, Law and Practice of the United Nations: Documents and Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2007.
Adam Roberts and Benedict Kingsbury, United Nations, Divided World: The UN's Roles in International Relations, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 1993.
Further references and teaching materials on the United Nations
Special issue of the Journal of International Law and Politics (2008) on Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda:
Preface
- Benedict Kingsbury & J.H.H. Weiler, Studying the Armed Activities Decision, 40 N.Y.U. J. Int’L L. & Pol. (Special Issue) 1 (2008).
Articles
- Simone Halink, All Things Considered: How the International Court of Justice Delegated Its Fact-Assessment to the United Nations in the Armed Activities Case, 40 N.Y.U. J. Int’L L. & Pol. (Special Issue) 13 (2008).
- Stephanie Barbour & Zoe A. Salzman, “The Tangled Web”: The Right of Self-Defense Against Non-State Actors in the Armed Activities Case, 40 N.Y.U. J. Int’L L. & Pol. (Special Issue) 53 (2008).
- Andrej Lang, “Modus Operandi” and the ICJ’s Appraisal of the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement in the Armed Activities Case: The Role of Peace Agreements in International Conflict Resolution, 40 N.Y.U. J. Int’L L. & Pol. (Special Issue) 107 (2008).
- Robert Dufresne, Reflections and Extrapolation on the ICJ’s Approach to Illegal Resource Exploitation in the Armed Activities Case, 40 N.Y.U. J. Int’L L. & Pol. (Special Issue) 171 (2008).
