Reinvigorating the United Nations and its actions against war and transnational crimes

Session Submission Type: Author meets critics

Abstract

The book "Reinvigorating the United Nations" (Routledge, Sept. 2024), co-edited by Prof. M. Kornprobst (Diplomatic Academy, Vienna) and Dr. hab. S. Redo (The UN Studies Association), addresses current globally critical structural and programmatic developments jeopardizing UN's ability to bring to justice the perpetrators of war and transnational crimes. The panel: (a) reviews the book's contributors practical suggestions for how to reinvigorate the United Nations in the area of countering war crimes, corruption and organized crime, and (b) projects its ideas and recommendations into the forthcoming deliberations of the UN "Summit for the Future" (22-23 Sept. 2024), as per its draft agenda, whereby the book will be officially launched at the ancillary event.

Subtopic

• Topic 7: Comparative and Historical Perspectives / Transnational Crime and Justice (Organized Crime WG)

Critics

• Jay Albanese, Virginia Commonwealth University

• Miklós Lévay, Széchenyi István University

• Wojciech Zalewski, University of Gdansk, Law Faculty, Poland

Book Author

• Slawomir Redo, United Nations Studies Association