The Impact of Peremptory Norms on the Interpretation and Application of United Nations Security Council Resolutions

The United Nations Security Council is the most powerful institutional body ever established at the global level. Its existence and powers, as based on the United Nations Charter, Firmly evidence the support of the entire international community. At the same time, the will of the international community as a whole can be expressed at different levels and in different ways. In today's international law, there can be little doubt that the international community as a whole attaches special importance and effects to peremptory norms of general international law (jus cognes) and endows them with high status. The interaction between those high-ranking norms and the powers of the Security Council is therefore among the most central issues of international law. Bearing all this in mind, this article will examine the scope and legal effects of the legal limitations imposed on the Security Council by the operation of peremptory norms.