UN Charter

Question 1

Article 2(4)

Answer 1

heart of the UN charter or the cornerstone of peace in IL

all states legally engaged not to resort to a threat or use of force in their IR against the territorial integrity or political independence of another country

Question 2

Article 2(3)

Answer 2

peaceful settlement of disputes

Question 3

Article 33

Answer 3

means of judicial settlement of dispute

peaceful settlement mechanisms

Question 4

Article 2(7)

Answer 4

respect for domestic affairs and non-intervention

UN cannot interfere to internal matters of a state

founding fathers did not want to create a super-state out of the UN

Question 5

Article 39

Answer 5

defines threats to peace and security which allows us to impose sanctions or use of force

qualifies coercive recourse and the pre-condition for the recourse to coercive measures (Art 41 and Art 42)

Question 6

Chapter 6, Article 33

Answer 6

great diversity of peaceful settlement mechanisms that states can activate

Question 7

Article 38

Answer 7

legal sources ICJ judges use during peaceful settlement of disputes showing it is not arbitration meaning it is pre-fixed

Question 8

Article 41

Answer 8

UN SC’s power to adopt non-military coercive measures

measures not involving the use of force
- diversity of measures that can be imposed

e.g. limitation/interruption of diplomatic representations (embassies) and consular services, arms embargo, selected embargoes, general embargoes, etc.

Question 9

Article 42

Answer 9

UN SC’s power to use military coercive measures and force

Question 10

Article 23

Answer 10

UN SC also made up of 10 countries elected from regional groups

Question 11

Article 27(3)

Answer 11

veto article for the UN SC from a permanent member

Question 12

Chapter 6

Answer 12

peaceful settlement of disputes

aims to prevent the emergence of a threat to peace and prevent a danger from arising

Question 13

Chapter 7

Answer 13

coercive powers of the UN SC

actions with respect to threats to peace, breaches of peace and acts of aggression

activated if the threat to peace has already emerged

Question 14

Article 40

Answer 14

predatory phase, provisional measures, non-obligatory/not mandatory process of launching coercion

Question 15

Article 25

Answer 15

obligation for member states to comply with sanctions and agree to submit to the SC

legal basis of the SC prerogative to impose sanctions

Question 16

Article 103

Answer 16

priority of the UN Charter that prevails over any other treaties states might have (primacy of obligations deriving from the charter)

Question 17

Article 1

Answer 17

maintenance of international peace and security

cooperation of states