Inventing the Rule of Law for the United Nations

Abstract

I. The Secretary-General’s 2004 Report to the Security Council: Rule of Law as Concept and Common Language 1. Towards a Common Understanding of the Rule of Law for the United Nations a. Elements of the Rule of Law b. The Normative Basis for the United Nation’s Work on the Rule of Law c. The Rule of Law at the 2005 World Summit d. Concept, Definition or Common Language? II. To Whom it Does Concern: The Rule of Law and Human Rights 1. The Normative Foundation of the Rule of Law in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Covenants and Other Human Rights Instruments 2. The 1993 World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna: Strengthening Institutions that Uphold the Rule of Law 3. The General Assembly after Vienna: The Rule of Law as Essential Factor in the Protection of Human Rights 4. The Rule of Law as Conceptual and Operational Framework for the United Nation’s Human Rights Programme – Another Description of the Rule of Law III. The Rule of Law in the Administration of Justice 1. The Normative Basis: Standards without a Term 2. The General Assembly and Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: The Rule of Law as Latecomer to the Scene 3. Close Encounter: The Tenth UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna 2000