United Nations

In everyday language, the law refers to laws that rule and guide humans. Every society has its own set of traditional means of carrying out social events. These are precise and unmistakable. Otherwise, a significant amount of time would be lost dealing with the friction. 

Laws are a type of unwritten code enforced by religious leaders or public opinion pressure. These social norms might occasionally take on such importance for the sake of public welfare that punishment is required for those who break them. These practices, therefore, cease to be solely social and take on a political character, becoming laws of the nation. These laws then effectively become society’s mandates. Their transgressions are sanctioned.

The UN

The United Nations was established in 1945 because the League of Nations, which had previously existed, failed to achieve its goals by failing to avert World War II. 51 countries signed the United Nations Charter in 1945 to maintain international peace and security. The United Nations now has 192 members and several peacekeeping missions. 

The UN is an organisation that promotes social, cultural, and democratic development and human rights by maintaining international peace and security-building cordial ties among nations. It has several sub-organisations that look into these matters specifically. 

While the UN’s original charter declares the importance of global peace, the organisation works on pertinent issues to ensure that its goals are met and coordinated efforts for a safer world for all such as :

• Advocacies related to the environment
• Sustainable development goals
• Disaster relief, terrorism
• Disarmament of weapons and non-proliferation treaties
• Democracy
• Human rights
• Gender equality
• Women’s rights
• Governance of States
• Economic prosperity and social development
• Health and more. 

What gives the United Nations to rule countries?

In its preamble, the UN Charter states that its goal is “to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained.” Since then, the organisation has worked on developing international law, peace, and harmony. 

This work is done in a variety of ways, including by courts, tribunals, treaties, international courts as well as by the Security Council, which uses peacekeeping missions, sanctions, and authorises the use of force if it is deemed necessary when there is a threat to international peace and security. 

These powers to the UN are granted by the UN Charter, which is an international treaty, and it is binding on all member States. From providing sovereign power to States to the prohibition of force within international laws and relations, the UN Charter has codified the basic concepts of international relations.

The International Court of Justice

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is an organisation concerning law and justice. It was created in 1945 by the United Nations Charter and began operations in April 1946. 

The United Nations’ main judicial organ is located at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands). It is the highest authority on the law in the whole world. It resolves legal disputes between States and issues advisory opinions on legal issues presented by authorised United Nations institutions and specialised agencies in conformity with international law. It has 193 state parties.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is an international court with two types of jurisdictions: legal disputes between States (contentious cases) and requests for advisory opinions on legal issues addressed to it by United Nations organisations and specialised bodies (advisory proceedings). 

Only members of the United Nations who have become parties to the statute of the court or who have accepted the jurisdiction under specified conditions can become parties to disputed matters. States cannot have permanent representatives at this international court. They will have to contact the registrar through their country’s foreign minister or an ambassador based in the Netherlands. The International Court of Justice has one of the highest institutional standings globally and procedural mechanisms whose potential and abundance are usually overlooked.

The Power of the ICJ

The International Court of Justice is an important part of the charter’s machinery for peaceful dispute resolution as well as the overall system for maintaining international peace and security that is established. The contribution of the court to the UN’s institutional law was threefold. 

By establishing the organisation’s legal standing as an international organisation and the extent of powers with which it was entrusted, its jurisprudence had served to cement the organisation’s function and place in the international legal order. The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine severely violated the UN Charter and its laws. 

One of the most crucial factors in transforming humanity from brutes to intellectual and unique creatures is the rule of law.

Conclusion

The law explains what is good and wrong and how we, as humans, should act to build a harmonious society while maintaining our liberties. A solid, robust, and fair system of lofty laws that guarantees equal and just freedom to all country residents is essential to a prosperous nation. 

Because a government is the backbone of a country and its laws, a strong government is just as necessary as a firm law system. No nation will prosper if there is no order and morality. Interestingly, order and morality are the two things that are the most significant parts of the law. And, The United Nations, since its inception, has been doing just that, protecting the laws of individuals as well as nation-states.