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The 'International Community' as a Legal Notion
[working paper]
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Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research (KHK/GCR21)
Abstract The 'international community' is omnipresent in international debates. It is a point of reference. Much international action is undertaken in its name. And many a catastrophe - from Aleppo to climate change - is portrayed as a failure of the international community. As is clear from these random ref... view more
The 'international community' is omnipresent in international debates. It is a point of reference. Much international action is undertaken in its name. And many a catastrophe - from Aleppo to climate change - is portrayed as a failure of the international community. As is clear from these random references, the functions, meanings and content of the concept of 'international community' are fluid: it is as appealing as it is evasive - and in fact, often it appeals precisely because it is evasive, and because a wide range of diverse, sometimes competing, meanings and expectations are projected onto it. The working paper seeks to unveil some of the functions, meanings and expectations projected upon the notion of 'international community'. While it focuses on debates in one particular field, viz. international law, its themes are of significance to a wider audience.... view less
Keywords
UNO; charter; international law; UN Security Council
Classification
Law
Free Keywords
international community; society; law-making
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
City
Duisburg
Page/Pages
37 p.
Series
Global Cooperation Research Papers, 21
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14282/2198-0411-GCRP-21
ISSN
2198-0411
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed