V.M.Koretsky at the United Nations. Codification and Progressive Development of International Law (To the 130th Anniversary of his Birth)

Abstract

On the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the birth of Academician V. M.Koretsky his activity at the United Nations is highlighted, which covers the period 1946–1970 in its structures of the codification and progressive development of international law. These are bodies like the General Assembly, the Committee on Progressive Development of International Law and Its Codification, the International Law Commission, the Human Rights Commission and its Editorial committee for the preparation of the draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. His participation in a number of international conferences held within the UN and also his work as a Judge of the UN International Court of Justice (1961–1970) are shown. The life path of the Scholar and the role in the creation of the Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, which rightly bears his name, are traced. The comparison of the largest in the history of international relations codification and progressive development of international law, which carried out in conditions of raising legal awareness of the peoples in connection with the end of World War II and the creation of the United Nations, with the current period of instability in international relations threatening the peoples of World War III is made. The current state of international relations is characterized by the decline of authority of international law and the erosion of the international legal order established by the UN Charter as a consequence of the crisis of the liberal economy and related globalization of international relations