Includes bibliographical references and index.

The UN Charter and its evolution / Ian Johnstone -- Treaty-making in international organizations : international relations theory / Shirley Scott -- Treaty-making at the United Nations : the view from the Secretariat / Stephen Mathias -- The role of treaties in pursuing the objectives of the UN Charter / Christian Tams -- The place of treaties in the codification and progressive development of international law / Giorgio Gaja -- The choice of a treaty : hard law vs soft law / Alan Boyle -- United Nations weapons control treaties / Barry Kellman -- Creating from chaos : practitioner reflections on multilateral treaty-making / Daniel Prins -- Terrorism / Pierre Klein -- Terrorismá : practitioner reflection / Rohan Perera -- The peaceful uses of outer space / Tanja Masson-Zwaan & Roberto Cassar -- Environment and sustainable development / Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger & Alexandra Harrington -- The ILO's standard setting : the first one hundred years / George P. Politakis -- Women / Hilary Charlesworth -- Drugs and crime / Martin Jelsma & David Bewley-Taylor -- Trade and development / Makane Moïse Mbengue -- Culture / Tullio Scovazzi -- The practice of UN treaty-making concerning science / Sam Johnston -- Health / Allyn Taylor -- Health : practitioner comment / Gian Luca Burci -- Intellectual property / Edward Kwakwa -- The human rights treaty body system / Jane Connors -- The covenants / Bertrand G. Ramcharan -- The committees on human rights and economic, social, and cultural rights / Helen Keller & Corina Heri -- United Nations treaty-making : refugees and stateless persons / Guy S. Goodwin-Gill -- International criminal law and UN treaties / Salvatore Zappalà -- International criminal law : practitioner reflection / Hirad Abtahi & Philippe Kirsch -- Law of treaties / Malgosia Fitzmaurice -- Law of treaties : practitioner reflection / Lionel Yee -- Law of the sea / Yoshifumi Tanaka -- Negotiating the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea : a practitioner's reflection / Tommy Koh -- Privileges and immunities of the United Nations and specialized agencies / Davinia Aziz & Alison See -- Diplomatic and consular relations / Sanderijn Duquet & Jan Wouters -- International commercial arbitration / Corinne Montineri -- Responsibility of states and international organizations / Pierre Bodeau-Livinec -- The negotiation of multilateral treaties at the United Nations : a negotiator's view / Michael Wood -- The participation of non- state actors in the multilateral treaty process / Philippa Webb -- Participation of international organizations in UN treaties / Jan Klabbers -- The role of the United Nations in promoting transparency in the international treaty framework / Jonathon Agar & Christel Mobech -- The Secretary-General of the United Nations as depositary of multilateral treaties / Arancha Hinojal-Oyarbide.