The legal basis of the legitimacy of security council resolution

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This study articulates the legal basis of the legitimacy of security council resolutions, after tracing the development of the idea of “legitimacy”, in the law means the conformity of the conduct or text, judgment, legal rule, or customary rule.

in this regard, the legitimacy of security council resolutions requires that to be in accordance with the charter and Jus Cogens.

the Security council is bound by a set of legal rules that form the legal framework of international legitimacy ; these rules are represented in the texts of the united nations charter as a document constitutional for this organization.

the study concludes that the security council resolutions should be issued in accordance with international law and applicable to states and international organizations.

these rules or norms, along with the provisions of the charter, constitute the legal basis for the resolutions issued by the security council in the maintenance of international peace and security.

for two reasons : first, the charter is an international treaty and cannot contradict the rules of international law.

secondly, it cannot distinguish between achieving peace and law, because the security council often relies on some principles of international law as the basis for its work.