Judging its own case – the abuse of the veto power by Russia
| dc.contributor.author | Kleczkowska, Agata | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-08T13:01:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-08T13:01:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | The research for this article was completed in September 2023. For the purpose of Open Access, the author has applied a CC-BY public copyright licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) version arising from this submission. | |
| dc.description.abstract | After 24 February 2022, the international community expressed unprecedented solidarity with Ukraine and condemnation for Russia. With one exception however: the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) did nothing to address the flagrant violations of international law committed by Russia, continuing its pattern of inaction since 2014. In its capacity as a UNSC permanent member, Russia has been able to paralyze the organ’s work by exercising its right to veto. This short comment seeks to answer the question about the legitimacy of the veto power today, as well as to search for alternative solutions which would allow the UNSC to act despite the abuse of this power by one of the UNSC's permanent members. The paper starts with a discussion of the origins of the right to veto and its practice, paying special attention to the use of this right by Russia against resolutions concerning the armed conflict in Ukraine. Next, the paper examines whether Russia’s right to veto could be circumvented by analysing plans for UNSC reform; suspension and expulsion procedures within the UN; the use of credentials to exclude Russia from the UNSC works; and shifting to the UN General Assembly powers. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The research for this article was funded in whole by the National Science Centre, Poland within the research project ‘Retorsions in public international law’ (registration number: 2020/39/B/HS5/03383). | |
| dc.identifier.citation | A. Kleczkowska, Judging its own case – the abuse of the veto power by Russia, "Czech Yearbook of Public & Private International Law" 2023, vol. 14, pp. 491-498 [AAM version]. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://e-bp.inp.pan.pl/handle/123456789/904 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Czech Yearbook of Public & Private International Law | |
| dc.rights.license | CC-BY | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | right of veto | |
| dc.subject | Russia | |
| dc.subject | Ukraine | |
| dc.subject | United Nations Security Council | |
| dc.title | Judging its own case – the abuse of the veto power by Russia | |
| dc.type | Article |