Cairo, April 9, 2025, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Egypt Branch) had the pleasure of holding a seminar organized by the branch in cooperation with the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) about: “The Crisis of International Law Within the Developments of the International System Since the Adoption of the UN Charter” on Wednesday 9 April,2025.
Speaker: Ambassador Ahmed Fathalla, Member of the UN International Law Commission and Former Chairman of the UN Human Rights Committee.
Seminar Moderator: Ambassador Mohamed Mostafa Kamal, MCiarb, Former Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lawyer, and Arbitrator.
The ultimate goal of the United Nations Charter is to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war through the purposes outlined in Article 1, foremost among them the maintenance of international peace and security, and the necessity this entails to adhere to the principles contained in Article 2. These principles include sovereign equality, the peaceful settlement of disputes, refraining from the threat or use of force, and non-interference in internal affairs. These will be the focus, along with a brief mention of the UN’s role in economic, social, and human rights issues, as these are also among its purposes.
This requires a careful reading of the Charter’s provisions and their subsequent development and interpretation, in addition to the mechanisms for developing international law and their effectiveness.
