The Elgar Companion to the Law and Practice of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weber, Ludwig.

Contributor:

Wilson, Joseph.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar Companions to the Law and Practice of the un Agencies and Bodies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeronautics, Commercial--Law and legislation.

Aeronautics, Commercial.

International Civil Aviation Organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar, 2025.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Editor's Introduction

Part I: Historical background

1. Historical background / Ludwig Weber

Part II: Icao as international institution

2. Chicago convention of 1944 / Ludwig Weber

3. Status of icao and membership issues / Ludwig Weber

4. Organizational structure / Ludwig Weber

5. Treaty-making and treaty practice of icao / Ludwig Weber

Part III: Functions and related responsibilities of icao

6. Standard-setting functions and audit functions / Ludwig Weber

7. Dispute settlement functions / Ludwig Weber

Part IV: International regulation of air navigation

8. Global aviation safety plan and global air navigation plan / Ludwig Weber and Eshaan Bansal

9. Personnel licensing and airworthiness of aircraft / Manfred Kruell and Eshaan Bansal

10. Operation of aircraft and rules of the air / Vijay Singh and Sanchi Dhamija

11. Aircraft nationality and registration / Laura Triana Castano

12. Aerodromes and operational safety / Arun Rao

13. Air navigation services / Francis Schubert

14. Aircraft accident and incident investigation / Caj Frostell

15. Search and rescue / Cay Boquist and Mario Kühn

16. Universal aviation safety oversight audit programme (usoap) / Haile Belai

Part V: International regulation of air transport

17. International air services transit agreement / Ludwig Weber

18. Freedoms of the air and commercial traffic rights / Asma Al Mheiri and Chi Ho (Jason) Chan

19. Bilateral and multilateral agreements on commercial traffic rights / Shefali Juneja

20. The role of icao in the regulation of international air transport / Vincent Correia

21. Liberalization of international air transport / Artur Eberg

22. Consumer protection and accessibility / Joseph Wilson and Sofia Saïm

23. Taxes and charges / Nitin Sarin and Priyam Jinger

24. Joint financing arrangements / Roderick Heitmeyer and Eshaan Bansal

25. Facilitation / Vivek Pattanayak and Eshaan Bansal

26. Traveller identification programme (icao trip) / 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 / Ludwig Weber

Part VII: Environmental protection

29. Aviation emissions / Beatrice Dragomir

30. Corsia greenhouse gas reduction scheme / Beatrice Dragomir

31. Corsia implementation / Beatrice Dragomir

Part VIIi: Technical cooperation

32. Technical cooperation / Manfred Krüll

Part IX: Unmanned aviation

33. Unmanned aviation / Di Mei

Part X: Public health and the covid-19 pandemic

34. Public health and the covid-19 pandemic / Vivek Pattanayak and Judith Jahnke

Part Xi: Personnel matters

35. Status of icao personnel / Vivek Pattanayak and Nishith Mishra

36. Career and non-career personnel and future of icao staff / Vivek Pattanayak and Nishith Mishra

Part Xii: Financial matters

37. Programme and financial management / 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 / Ludwig Weber.

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ISBN:

1-03-531598-X

OCLC:

1526061111