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Mission: Impossible? Reforming the UN Charter to Limit the Veto

In: Journal of International Peacekeeping
Author:
Tamsin Phillipa Paige Senior Lecturer, Deakin Law School, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia, t.paige@deakin.edu.au

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Online Publication Date:
03 Aug 2022
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Abstract

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has once again brought the question of the limits of the veto by the P5 in the UN Security Council into the spotlight. This short piece examines the possibility of the veto power of the P5 being restricted and the possibility of reform of the UN Charter to restrict or abolish the veto. After concluding that the drafting of the Charter makes these approaches unworkable it then considers the possibility of the UN being reformed under a new Charter that has a more equitable Security Council – concluding that such an approach is functionally impossible.

Title:
Mission: Impossible? Reforming the UN Charter to Limit the Veto
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/18754112-25020007
Language:
English
Pages:
187–194
Keywords:
UN Security Council; veto; Permanent Five Members; Rule of law v Rule by law; UN Charter Reform
In:
Journal of International Peacekeeping
In:
Volume 25: Issue 2
Publisher:
Brill | Nijhoff
E-ISSN:
1875-4112
Print ISSN:
1875-4104
Subjects:
International Organizations, International Law, International Relations, International Relations

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