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5 - The Use of Force in the UN Collective Security System: Maintenance and Restoration of International Peace and Security through Collective Measures

from Part II - Scope and Content of the Contemporary jus ad bellum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2023

Terry D. Gill  and
Kinga Tibori-Szabó
Terry D. Gill
Affiliation:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Kinga Tibori-Szabó
Affiliation:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
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Summary

Chapter 5 examines the powers of the UN Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security and how the notion of collective security has developed since the Charter was adopted. It also looks at the role of peacekeeping and regional organizations within the overall context of collective security.

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UN collective security systemenforcement powerspeacekeepingR2P
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The Use of Force and the International Legal System , pp. 74 - 93
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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