The UN Charter and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties require interpreting treaties and settling international disputes in conformity with the principles of justice and international law. This contribution discusses procedural and substantive principles of justice which the...

This paper discusses the basic constitutional problem of modern international law since the UN Charter: How can the power-oriented international legal system based on "sovereign equality of states" be reconciled with the universal recognition of "inalienable" human rights deriving from respect...