Existing Legal Limits to Security Council Veto Power in the Face of Atrocity Crimes

In this book, the author outlines three independent bases for the existence of legal limits to the veto by UN Security Council permanent members while atrocity crimes are occurring. The provisions of the UN Charter creating the veto cannot override the UN''s ''Purposes and Principles'', nor jus cogens (peremptory norms of international law). There are also positive obligations imposed by the Genev...