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At a time when the United Nations is playing a decisive role in coping with world problems which affect the lives of millions of people, fair play - a combination of observance of the rules, respect for the defenceless, and prevention of adverse behaviour - is the condition under which human cooperation becomes both possible and necessary.

With a view to this, to help these essential features cross the arbitrary and artificial barriers to realize the UN's potential as a positive force in the world, UNJustice devotes itself to no other task with more dedication than to the very task it got its name from: encouraging fair play in the United Nations system of administration of justice.

French Review of Public Administration: a study on the reform of the UN internal justice system

15 March 2009

Unfortunately, the theory and practice by which justice is served in the UN system of organizations has attracted considerable attention generally only following high profile scandals. And yet, an effective justice system is one of the most urgent tasks facing the United Nations.

With pressure for the reform of the Organization increasing, the debate about the UN internal justice system has intensified. In order to understand better this important and still unfamiliar issue, the prestigious Revue Française d’Administration Publique (French Review of Public Administration) has published a study by Yannick Radi, which takes a close and comprehensive look at the reform process of the UN justice system. The title of the study, which in French, is “La réforme du système de justice interne de l'Organisation des Nations Unies” (Reforming the UN internal justice system).

The full article can be downloaded from the CAIRN website at:

http://www.cairn.info/revue-francaise-d-administration-publique-2008-2-p-307.htm