July 3rd, 2015 By Michelle McKenna – Senior Fellow The 70th Anniversary of the United Nations offers the perfect opportunity to reflect on its successes and failures. Undoubtedly the world is far more secure today through the existence of the ...
Read More »Reform Proposals III – Working Methods and Judicial Review
Reform of the Security Council must include reform of the way in which it works in practice, as well as changes to the membership
Read More »Reform Proposals II – The Veto Power
The veto power blocks the Council from being able to take decisive action, as demonstrated by Kosovo and, more recently, Syria
Read More »Reform Proposals I – Enlargement and Composition
Most states agree that the size of the Security Council needs to be enlarged in order for it to become more representative of the world today
Read More »Challenges to Reforming the Security Council
The biggest obstacle to achieving comprehensive Security Council reform is that it may require an amendment to the UN Charter
Read More »Benefits of reforming the UNSC
There is one major issue that faces the Security Council: legitimacy.
Read More »Risks of failing to reform the UNSC
If the Security Council fails to reform it is ultimately doomed to fail.
Read More »Introduction: Reforming the UN Security Council
When the UN was formed, 22% of its members were in the Security Council; now that figure lies at only 8%.
Read More »The UNSC Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security: An Effective Framework?
The Women, Peace and Security framework aims to improve women’s rights in conflict and post-conflict situations
Read More »Bashir Still at Large: Head of State Immunity before the ICC
Almost ten years from the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) referral of the situation in Darfur, in Resolution 1593, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) the humanitarian situation in Darfur remains volatile.
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