Elgar Companion to the Law and Practice of the International Civil Aviation Organization

Edited by Ludwig Weber, Former Director, Legal Bureau, International Civil Aviation Organization; Adjunct Professor, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, with Associate Editor, Joseph Wilson, Sessional Lecturer, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

• ContentsEditor’s introduction ixPART I HISTORICAL BACKGROUND1 Historical background 2Ludwig WeberPART II ICAO AS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION2 Chicago Convention of 1944 12Ludwig Weber3 Status of ICAO and membership issues 29Ludwig Weber4 Organizational Structure 46Ludwig Weber5 Treaty-making and treaty practice of ICAO 62Ludwig WeberPART III FUNCTIONS AND RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES OF ICAO6 Standard-setting functions and audit functions 78Ludwig Weber7 Dispute settlement functions 87Ludwig WeberPART IV International Regulation of Air Navigation8 Global Aviation Safety Plan and Global Air Navigation Plan 96Ludwig Weber and Eshaan Bansal9 Personnel licensing and airworthiness of aircraft 114Manfred Kruell and Eshaan Bansal10 Operation of aircraft and Rules of the Air 137Vijay Singh and Sanchi Dhamija11 Aircraft nationality and registration 155Laura Triana Castano12 Aerodromes and operational safety 175Arun Rao13 Air navigation services 194Francis Schubert14 Aircraft accident and incident investigation 219Caj Frostell15 Search and rescue 233Cay Boquist and Mario Kühn16 Universal Aviation Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) 254Haile BelaiPART V INTERNATIONAL REGULATION OF AIR TRANSPORT17 International Air Services Transit Agreement 279Ludwig Weber18 Freedoms of the air and commercial traffic rights 293Asma Al Mheiri and Chi Ho (Jason) Chan19 Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements on commercial traffic rights 313Shefali Juneja20 The role of ICAO in the regulation of international air transport 331Vincent Correia21 Liberalization of international air transport 347Artur Eberg22 Consumer protection and accessibility 366Joseph Wilson and Sofia Saïm23 Taxes and charges 389Nitin Sarin and Priyam Jinger24 Joint financing arrangements 402Roderick Heitmeyer and Eshaan Bansal25 Facilitation 414Vivek Pattanayak and Eshaan Bansal26 Traveller Identification Programme (ICAO TRIP) 426Shefali JunejaPART VI AVIATION SECURITY27 Acts of unlawful interference and international aviation securityconventionsLudwig Weber28 Annex 17 and related aviation security measures 456Ludwig WeberPART VII ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION29 Aviation emissions 472Beatrice Dragomir30 CORSIA greenhouse gas reduction scheme 500Beatrice Dragomir31 CORSIA implementation 526Beatrice DragomirPART VIII TECHNICAL COOPERATION32 Technical cooperation 551Manfred KrüllPART IX UNMANNED AVIATION33 Unmanned aviation 571Di MeiPART X PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC34 Public health and the Covid-19 pandemic 586Vivek Pattanayak and Judith JahnkePART XI PERSONNEL MATTERS35 Status of ICAO personnel 606Vivek Pattanayak and Nishith Mishra36 Career and non-career personnel and future of ICAO staff 624Vivek Pattanayak and Nishith MishraPART XII Financial Matters37 Programme and Financial Management 639Salleppan KandasamyPART XIII ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS38 Administrative mattersVivek Pattanayak and Judith JahnkePART XIV ICAO IN THE 21ST CENTURY39 ICAO in the 21st century 676Ludwig Weber

‘An impressive and comprehensive work, edited and co-authored by one of the most renowned figures in aviation law. The choice of topics and co-authors perfectly reflect the current state of aviation law. An essential read for anyone who wants to understand the historical, present and future role of ICAO.’