How Did They Become Law?: A Jurisprudential Inquiry about the Outcome Principles of Historic United Nations Environmental Conferences
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: HOW DID THEY BECOME LAW? 57plenipotentiaries held in Rome from June 15 to July 17, 1998 concluded the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, a treaty establishing the first permanent international criminal court, which is recognized as a source of international law in a strict sense.5 On the other hand, UN Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names, which have been convened every five years since 1967, produced resolutions containing standards in the field of nomenclature that are merely technical and recommendatory in nature.6 There are also UN conferences, which failed to produce a meaningful outcome.7 For instance, the UN Conference on Territorial Asylum held in Geneva from January 10 to February 4, 1977 was initially expected to produce an international convention.However, participants could not reach a consensus and ended up only with the record of proceedings in a report.8 Conferences not just by the UN, but by other intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations have gone through the congruent path with similarly varied outcomes.
Author: Woong Kyu Sung
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2690937490