Cambridge University Press The Legal Status of Territories Subject to Administration by International Organisations

Review "...comprehensive and well-documented account of the legal quagmire associated with organizational administration of the many troubled territories analyzed in this book..." --ASIL Newsletter [ISSUE #39: May 2009] Product Description The international community's practice of administering territories in post-conflict environments has raised important legal questions. Using Kosovo as a case study, Bernhard Knoll analyses the identity of the administrating UN organ, the ways in which the territories under consideration have acquired partial subjectivity in international law and the nature of legal obligations in the fiduciary exercise of transitional administration developed within the League of Nations' Mandate and the UN Trusteeship systems. Knoll discusses Kosovo's internal political and constitutional order and notes the absence of some of the characteristics normally found in liberal democracies, before proposing that the UN consolidates accountability guidelines related to the protection of human rights and the development of democratic standards should it engage in the transitional administration of territory. Book Description An examination of the international community's practice of administering territories in post-conflict environments. About the Author Bernhard Knoll is currently an Adviser to the Director to the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw.