Soft law at the crossroad between international law and international politics: On the effect of the UN General Assembly’s ‘Uniting for Peace’ resolution under the law of the treaties (국제법과 국제정치의 접점으로서 소프트로의 역할 - 유엔 총회 ‘평화를 위한 단결’ 결의의 조약법상 효과를 중심으로 -)

Hyun Jung KIM (김현정); Kim， So-Yeon (김소연)

Soft law at the crossroad between international law and international politics: On the effect of the UN General Assembly’s ‘Uniting for Peace’ resolution under the law of the treaties

DONG-A LAW REVIEW
2017, (76), pp.135-165
Publisher : The Institute for Legal Studies Dong-A University
Research Area : Social Science > Law
Received : July 31, 2017
Accepted : August 30, 2017
Published : August 31, 2017

Hyun Jung KIM ¹, Kim， So-Yeon ¹

¹연세대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This paper aims to explore a role of soft law situated at the intersection between international law and international politics. For an interdisciplinary study between law and politics, particular attention is to be paid to the effect of the UN General Assembly’s resolutions as an important example of soft law. These resolutions are political instruments without legally binding force; however, they may have normative implications on state behavior and hard law. Therefore, this paper examines values of the General Assembly’s ‘Uniting for Peace’ resolution (A/RES/377(V)) under the law of the treaties, one of the most traditional fields of international law. In particular, the values of the resolution are explored in relation to the interpretation of the UN Charter. Can this instrument be considered as subsequent agreement or practice under Article 31(3) of the Vienna Convention of Law of the Treaties, or as supplementary means of interpretation under Article 32 of the Convention? This paper deals with this question by analyzing the scope of the General Assembly’s ‘secondary’ responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security and conditions for exercising such responsibility under the resolution 377(V).

KEYWORDS

Soft law, UN General Assembly, UN Charter, Law of the Treaties, Treaty Interpretation, Subsequent agreement, Subsequent practice

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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