The United Nations Security Council and the Authorisation of Force : Form, Character and Nature.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Svicevic, Marko, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Studies in international law (Stockholm, Sweden)

Studies in international law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Security, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages)

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Hart Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

A meticulous study of the United Nations Security Council's authorisation of the use of force, to better understand its application in the African context.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Contents

Table of UN Security Council Resolutions

1. Introduction

I. UN Security Council Authorisation of Force: Of Forms and Consequences

II. The UN Charter System of Collective Security and UN Security Council Authorisation of Force

III. Analytical Framework of the Study

IV. The Interpretation of UN Security Council Resolutions

V. Chapter Overview

2. Explicit Authorisation to UN Member States

I. Introduction

II. Explicit Authorisation During the Cold War Era

III. Explicit Authorisation after the Cold War Era

IV. 'Combined' Authorisation of Force to Multiple Entities

V. Conclusion

3. Explicit Authorisation to Regional Organisations and Regional Peacekeeping Initiatives

II. Authorisation to the African Union

III. Authorisation to the European Union

IV. Authorisation to the Economic Community of West African States

V. Combined Authorisation of Force: Resolutions Adopted on Chad and the Central African Republic

VI. Conclusion

4. Explicit Authorisation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

II. Resolutions Adopted on the Former Yugoslavia, Including Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo

III. Resolutions Adopted on the Situation in Afghanistan

IV. Resolution 1973 (2011) | NATO Enforcement Action in Libya

5. Explicit Authorisation to UN Peacekeeping Missions

II. Explicit Authorisation to UN Peacekeeping Missions

III. Explicit Authorisation: 'All Necessary Measures' and 'Take the Necessary Actions/Measures'

IV. 'Mandated Authorisation' of Force

6. The (In)admissibility of Implicit UN Security Council Authorisation

II. The Nature of Implicit Authorisation.

III. The Incompatibility and Inadmissibility of Implicit Authorisation

IV. Alleged Practice of Implicit Authorisation

7. The (In)admissibility of Retroactive UN Security Council Authorisation

II. Doctrinal Debates and the (In)admissibility of Retroactive Authorisation

III. Alleged UNSC Practice of Retroactive Authorisation

IV. Comparison of Cases and the Inability to Deduce an Established Practice

8. Contemporary Developments Challenging the Need for Prior Explicit Authorisation

II. Decentralised Collective Security: African Regional and Sub-Regional Security Frameworks

III. The Right of Self-Defence and its Intersection with UN Security Council Authorisation

IV. Between Ambiguity for Unanimity and Abdication of Responsibility

9. Conclusion

II. Explicit Authorisation as a Well-Established Practice

III. Exceptions to Prior Explicit Authorisation?

IV. Contemporary Developments and Practice Challenging the Need for UNSC Authorisation?

V. Concluding Observations

Index.

ISBN:

1-5099-7128-9

1-5099-7126-2

1-5099-7127-0

OCLC:

1520507100