Inicjatywy na rzecz pokoju i ochrony praw człowieka ONZ. Sukcesy czy porażki?
UN initiatives for peace and protection of human rights. Successes or failures?

Author(s): Aleksandra Kacała
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to examine the initiatives undertaken by the United Nations, to identify its greatest successes and failures and to recommend changes to increase the efficiency of the Organization.To answer these problems, author researches a history and structure of the United Nations. The article analyses the most important indirect measures of the UN as an international legislation and universal structure created in Dumbarton Oaks. Moreover, aspect of the UN’s direct actions has been examined as well.Although international community witnesses many UN’s failures, the long-term effects constitute the success of the Organization. Main recommendations for the United Nation is to reform procedure in the principal organs, update the Charter and to analyse the financial aspects of multiplication of the internal structures. Finally, international cooperation must be subordinated to one overarching principle – respect of the international rule of law.

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