The UN Charter: the International Legal Order and the Basic Principles of International Law

The article analyzes the Charter of the United Nations and the prevailing norms of international law, through the prism of basic principles thereof which constitute the foundation of the international legal orders, and the challenges the human society, the international community and contemporary world order in whole faced due to various geopolitical, political, economic, social, environmental, civilizational, formational, structural, systemic, etc. reasons of global effect in the course of latest decades. The global challenges cannot but affect international (interstate) relationships and international law, which are based on the United Nations’ Charter and the principles enshrined therein 80 years ago, qualified as “basic” ones. It is natural to approach them from the point of view issuing from essential qualities, efficiency and potential that were endowed therewith by the creators, i.e. the UN member states.