COVID-19 and the Scope of the UN Security Council’s Mandate to Address Non-Traditional Threats to International Peace and Security

Erin Pobjie

doi:10.17104/0044-2348-2021-1-117

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- Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1–6 Editorial Armin von Bogdandy, Anne Peters Armin von Bogdandy, Anne Peters 1–6
- 7–22 Comment 7–22
  - The Importance of Having Rights Anne Peters Anne Peters
- 23–46 In Focus: Relaunch of the ZaöRV/HJIL as an Open Access Journal 23–46
  - Opening Access, Closing the Knowledge Gap? Analysing GC No. 25 on the Right to Science and Its Implications for the Global Science System in the Digital Age Raffaela Kunz Raffaela Kunz
- 47–264 Abhandlungen 47–264
  - 47–88 Exploring the Autonomy of the European Union Legal Order Koen Lenaerts, José A. Gutiérrez-Fons, Stanislas Adam Koen Lenaerts, José A. Gutiérrez-Fons, Stanislas Adam 47–88
  - 89–116 The Role of International Law in Vaccinating Against COVID-19: Appraising the COVAX Initiative Armin von Bogdandy, Pedro A. Villarreal Armin von Bogdandy, Pedro A. Villarreal 89–116
  - 117–146 COVID-19 and the Scope of the UN Security Council’s Mandate to Address Non-Traditional Threats to International Peace and Security Erin Pobjie Erin Pobjie 117–146
  - 147–234 Constitutions and Contagion – European Constitutional Systems and the COVID-19 Pandemic Angelo Jr Golia, Laura Hering, Carolyn Moser, Tom Sparks Angelo Jr Golia, Laura Hering, Carolyn Moser, Tom Sparks 147–234
  - 235–264 Give a Court an Inch and It Will Take a Yard? The Exercise of Jurisdiction over Incidental Issues Fabian Simon Eichberger Fabian Simon Eichberger 235–264
- 265–292 Buchbesprechungen 265–292
  - 265–270 Craven, Matthew/Pahuja, Sundhya/Simpson, Gerry (eds.): International Law and the Cold War (2019) Ned Richardson-Little Ned Richardson-Little 265–270
  - 271–276 Casey, Christopher A.: Nationals Abroad: Globalization, Individual Rights, and the Making of Modern International Law (2020) Ntina Tzouvala Ntina Tzouvala 271–276
  - 277–280 Swatek-Evenstein, Mark: A History of Humanitarian Intervention (2020) Jacob Katz Cogan Jacob Katz Cogan 277–280
  - 281–286 Ferrari, Guiseppe Franco (ed.): Judicial Cosmopolitanism. The Use of Foreign Law in Contemporary Constitutional Systems (2019) Sebastian Graf von Kielmansegg Sebastian Graf von Kielmansegg 281–286
  - 287–292 Frankenberg, Günter: Autoritarismus. Verfassungstheoretische Perspektiven (2020) Claudio Franzius Claudio Franzius 287–292
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Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg Journal of International Law , page 117 - 146

COVID-19 and the Scope of the UN Security Council’s Mandate to Address Non-Traditional Threats to International Peace and Security

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Erin Pobjie

DOI
- doi.org/10.17104/0044-2348-2021-1-117
- ISSN: 0044-2348
- ISSN online: 2942-3562
Abstract

In Resolution 2532 (2020), the UN Security Council characterised the COVID-19 pandemic as an endangerment to international peace and security and, for the first time, demanded a general ceasefire and humanitarian pause in armed conflicts across the globe. This article analyses the resolution and its broader implications. In particular, it examines the significance of the Council’s characterisation of the COVID-19 pandemic, the binding powers of the Security Council for addressing threats to international peace and security which are not ‘threats to the peace’, and the implications for the Council’s mandate and the collective security framework. This article argues that the concept of ‘international peace and security’ under Article 24(1) of the United Nations (UN) Charter – rather than Article 39 ‘threats to the peace’ – is fundamental to the delimitation of the Security Council’s mandate and powers for addressing non-traditional threats to international peace and security such as pandemics and the climate crisis.
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