englischWhat does accountability of international organisations mean? What does it mean for transnational corporations? How can they be held accountable? This book analyses and compares the accountability frameworks of both types of institutions—their rationales, conceptualisations and mechanisms. [...]

englischChina's Engagement with the United Nations (UN) has greatly increased under the leadership of Hu Jintao. The economic and political developments in China have led to a pluralization of foreign policy actors. Against this background, the analysis positions itself between the research fields [...]

Wie setzen Unternehmen aus verschiedenen Ländern die Global Compact-Prinzipien zu Menschenrechten, Arbeitsnormen, Umwelt und Korruptionsbekämpfung um? Welchen Beitrag leisten Unternehmen zur Durchsetzung von Normen, nachdem deren verbindliche Festschreibung auf internationaler Ebene bisher [...]

englischThe United Nations Association of Germany (DGVN) has been working for the United Nations since 1952. It informs, reports and advertises. But what does that mean exactly and how does the association pursue its objectives? On the occasion of the association's 65th anniversary, this anthology [...]

englischIn order to understand the ambivalent relationship between the US and the UN better, it is necessary to examine the role of the US Permanent Representative to the UN in New York. This dissertation shows that the role of the US Ambassador to the UN is highly relevant. Depending on his or her [...]

englischThis work examines the question of how, in a world with more than 190 countries, in which we can anticipate that states (or their representatives) will argue differently on both an international level and with regard to their national legal systems, the universalisation of social human [...]

englischThe book is a portrait of the scholarly work of the political scientist Helmut Volger. Volger has dealt with the topic United Nations since the middle 1980s in monographs, anthologies and an encyclopedia under his editorship as well as in articles in scholarly journals and lectures. Since [...]

englischThe study analyses which factors determine the decision-making process of the UN Security Council for military operations mandates in the tenure of UN Secretary-General Boutros-Boutros Ghali (1992-1996).

The process-analysis conducted demonstrates that central parameters are less of [...]

englischThis publication deals with the often lamented coordination deficit among international relief organizations (mainly UN, NGOs, and Red Cross/Crescent Movement) in responding to humanitarian crises.

The author starts by reviewing the relevant literature and identifying the most important [...]

englischDestruction of cultural heritage for ideological reasons, in particular by non-state actors, is challenging the accomplishments of cultural heritage law. As a result of a global increase in cultural cleansing, state failure and fundamentalist violence, this book focuses on the major legal [...]