International Law and International Organizations:
the United Nations and International Financial Institutions
NYU Law School has attached major importance to scholarly and policy work on the United Nations since 1945. Many of the late Professor Thomas Franck's 30+ books dealt with UN legal issues, as do major works of Professors Andreas Lowenfeld and Theodor Meron. The IILJ continues this strong tradition.
Global Administrative Law in the Operations of International Organizations
A symposium published in the International Organizations Law Review (2009), edited by Laurance Boisson de Chazournes, Lorezo Casini and Benedict Kingsbury. These and other papers were discussed at a conference convened by the IILJ, IRPA and the University of Geneva: Practical Legal Problems of International Organizations: A Global Administrative Law Perspective on Public/Private Partnerships, Accountability, and Human Rights. Participants included legal councel of the ILO, WHO, WIPO, WTO, IFAD, and other major international organizations.
Security Council and the Rule of Law
A major report was the culmination of a series of panel discussions on "The Role of the Security Council in Strengthening a Rules-Based International System", convened by the Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN and the IILJ.
Role of the UN Secretary General
Various IILJ publications regarding this topic.
Legal and Governance Obligations of Fragile States
Professors Benedict Kingsbury, Kevin Davis and a group of colleagues and students are working with the World Bank on issues concerning states at risk, crises, and emergency powers of international organizations, in connection with the World Development Report 2011.
Recent publications by IILJ faculty on UN issues include:
Professor Jose Alvarez' publications; Global Professor Simon Chesterman's publications; Adjunct Professor David Malone's publications.
Adam Roberts and Benedict Kingsbury, eds, United Nations, Divided World (Chinese edition, 2010).
Benedict Kingsbury and Lorenzo Casini, Global Administrative Law Dimensions of International Organization Law. IOLR 6 (2009) 319-58.
Benedict Kingsbury and Richard Stewart, Legitimacy and Accountability in Global Regulatory Governance: The Emerging Global Administrative Law and the Design and Operation of Administrative Tribunals of International Organizations, in K Papanikolaou & M Hiskaki (eds.), International Administrative Tribunals in a Changing World (Esperia, 2008).
Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman, International human rights in context : law, politics, morals : text and materials (Oxford University Press, 2008) 3rd ed.
Simon Chesterman, Thomas M. Franck and David M. Malone, Law and Practice of the United Nations: Documents and Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2007.
Jose Alvarez, International Organizations as Law-Makers (Oxford University Press, 2005)
