The UN Friendly Relations Declaration at 50

Jorge E. Viñuales holds the Harold Samuel Chair at the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and of Clare College. He is also a Member (Associé) of the Institut de Droit International. At Cambridge, he founded and directed the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG). Professor Viñuales has published many studies on international law, and he has wide experience as counsel, expert and adjudicator.

• Introduction: the fundamental principles of international law - an enduring ideal? Jorge E. Viñuales; 1. The system of the Friendly Relations Declaration Georges Abi-Saab; 2. The historical origins and setting of the Friendly Relations Declaration Samuel Moyn and Umut Özsu; Part I. The Principles of the Friendly Relations Declaration: 3. The prohibition of the use of force Olivier Corten; 4. Peaceful settlement of international disputes Shotaro Hamamoto; 5. The duty not to intervene in matters within domestic jurisdiction Dire Tladi; 6. Co-operation Laurence Boisson de Chazournes and Jason Rudall; 7. Self-determination Marcelo G. Kohen; 8. Sovereign equality Martti Koskenniemi and Ville Kari; 9. Good faith Guillaume Futhazar and Anne Peters; Part II. Fundamental Principles of International Law Beyond the Friendly Relations Declaration: 10. Human rights protection as a principle Eibe Riedel; 11. The fundamental principles of international humanitarian law Jia Bing Bing; 12. Prevention of environmental harm Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli and Jorge E. Viñuales; 13. Freedoms in common areas Tullio Treves; 14. Principles governing the global economy Jürgen Kurtz, Jorge E. Viñuales and Michael Waibel; 15. The Friendly Relations Declaration at 50 Pierre-Marie Dupuy; Appendix - Friendly Relations Declaration.

'The edited volume musters an impressive array of some of international law's most prominent scholars and offers valuable food for thought for addressing today's manifold delicate challenges … The UN Friendly Relations Declaration at 50 achieves [the] goal of moving away from specialism and taking a more generalist perspective formidably. Such a perspective shift is indeed much needed and the lucid analyses of the fundamental principles of the international legal order are certain to make very meaningful contributions to international legal scholarship.' Benedikt Behlert, Die Friedens-Warte