Now in its seventh year, the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law has become a much sought-after forum for essays in international law related to the UN. Volume seven is divided into two parts. The first part comprises topics like the wars against the Taliban and Iraq with an emphasis on the use of force and rules in armed conflict, as well as the question of so-called Rogue States and how to deal with them, or how to proceed with the Security Council Reform after a decade of failed attempts to reform it. The second part deals with the ICC and international criminal law. This...

This publication constitutes the first scholarly periodical to focus on activities of the United Nations in the field of international law. It recognizes the recent increased impact of the development of the World Organization, its Specialized Agencies and other aspects of the United Nations System, as well as their effect on the shaping of international relations.

Now in its tenth year, the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law has become a much sought after forum for essays in international law related to the UN. Volume 10 (2006) contains articles on topics such as the reform of the United Nations and the future of its Charter; wrongdoing of international civil servants; international law and military operations in space; trade in agriculture and human rights; world cultural heritage protection; and questions of an Internationalized Pouvoir Constituant. This is only a selection and shows the variety of topics. This volume is...

Now in its sixth year, the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law has become a much sought-after forum for essays in international law related to the UN. These essays again cover a variety of topics: from opening the International Court of Justice to Third States to the Security Council's authorization of enforcement action by Regional Organisations, from Financial Mechanisms in Environmental Agreements to questions of impunity under international human rights law and the prosecution of human rights offenders. The new volume also contains essays e.g. on the UNESCO Convention on...

This publication constitutes the first scholarly periodical to focus on activities of the United Nations in the field of international law. It recognizes the recent increased impact of the development of the World Organization, its Specialized Agencies and other aspects of the United Nations System, as well as their effect on the shaping of international relations.

For more than 10 years now, the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law has become a much sought after forum for essays in international law related to the UN. Volume 12 (2008) again contains articles dealing with a variety of topics such as Security Council Powers and the Exigencies of Justice after War and Revitalising the United Nations Human Rights Special Procedures Mechanisms as a Means of Achieving and Maintaining International Peace and Security; as well as an article on the topic of the Principle of Non-Refoulement at Sea and the Effectiveness of Asylum...

If public law is about constituting, maintaining and regulating governance, as some contend, then how does this play out on the international level?," asks Jan Klabbers, in his contribution Global Governance before the ICJ: Re-reading the WHA Opinion. William Schabas deals with the questions surrounding the "Complementarity" issue in respect of referrals to national jurisdictions by the ICTR. These are just two outstanding examples of a variety of topics covered in Volume 13 (2009) of the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law. Also dealt with are Self-Judging Clauses in International...

"World Wide Warfare - Jus ad bellum and the Use of Cyber Force", one of the most hotly debated issues of this time, is just one out of a variety of interesting topics being dealt with in Vol. 14 (2010) of the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law. As in previous years the Yearbook offers in-depth articles on issues such as Human Rights, UN organs and Commissions as well as questions of international law in connection with the United Nations. The core of authors proves to be a well balanced mix between young scholars and professors from all over Europe.

Volume 15 (2011) of the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law commemorates Dag Hammarskjold - the 2nd and until today most prominent Secretary-General of the United Nations - who died in office on 18 September 1961, being underway in Africa, to negotiate peace. Carl Bildt stated that "Hammarskjold's view that the United Nations embodied the 'edge of development of human society' and worked on the 'brink of the unknown' remains an inspiring vision." And he is correct in saying "that the United Nations will still be the main forum for the international dialogue." Volume 15 reflects...

As in previous years the Yearbook offers in-depth articles on issues such as Human Rights, UN organs and Commissions as well as questions of international law in connection with the United Nations. The core of authors proves to be a well balanced mix between young scholars and professors from all over Europe.