International has no enforcer and states can refuse to be brought to the ICJ
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League of Nations: General Assembly
met once a year and decided on policy
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League of Nations: Council
4 permanent members (Britain, France, Italy and Japan) and 4 (later 9) members elected by GA to settle international disputes
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League of Nations: Secretariat
prepared agenda and published reports
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Why did the LoN fail?
absence of great powers e.g. USA, too ambitious, states not truly committing, bad decision making processes (unanimity), powerless
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UN: General assembly
assembly of representatives of member states
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UN: Security council
5 permanent council - US, Russia, China, UK and France
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UN: Economic and social council
economic, social and environmental issues discussed
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UN: Trusteeship council
supervises and prepares territories for self-governance
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UN: International court of justice
settles legal disputes between states and gives legal advice to the UN and its agencies
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UN: Secretariat
carries out the day to day work of the organisations
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How many states are in the UN (start - present)
53-193
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What is the responsibility to protect (R2P)
doctrine in 2005 that in the event of a massive humanitarian crisis, when host governments are unable or unwilling to respond other states have an obligation to relieve suffering (Grieco 2019)
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