Article 39 of the United Nations Charter

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article of an international treaty provision of the United Nations Charter

Article 39 of the United Nations Charter is the provision that empowers the UN Security Council to determine the existence of threats to or breaches of the peace and acts of aggression, and to decide on measures to maintain or restore international peace and security.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Article 39 of the United Nations Charter canonical	6
Article 39 of the UN Charter	2
Article 39 of the Charter of the United Nations	1
United Nations Charter Article 39	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of an international treaty ⓘ provision of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
adoptedAt	San Francisco Conference ⓘ surface form: United Nations Conference on International Organization
adoptedIn	San Francisco ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United Nations member states ⓘ
authorityType	discretionary power of the Security Council ⓘ
bindingNature	enables adoption of decisions binding under Article 25 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
chapterTitle	Action with respect to threats to the peace, breaches of the peace, and acts of aggression ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Nations ⓘ
dateOfDocument	1945-06-26 ⓘ
definesRoleOf	United Nations Security Council in maintaining international peace and security ⓘ
effectiveDate	1945-10-24 ⓘ
empowersBodyToDecideOn	measures to maintain international peace and security ⓘ measures to restore international peace and security ⓘ
empowersBodyToDetermine	existence of any act of aggression ⓘ existence of any breach of the peace ⓘ existence of any threat to the peace ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
hasKeyword	act of aggression ⓘ breach of the peace ⓘ measures to maintain or restore international peace and security ⓘ threat to the peace ⓘ
hasLegalEffect	binding on all United Nations member states when invoked by the Security Council ⓘ
hasSubject	United Nations Security Council powers ⓘ collective security ⓘ international peace and security ⓘ
interpretedBy	International Court of Justice ⓘ surface form: International Court of Justice (indirectly, through advisory opinions and case law on the Charter)
isFoundationFor	subsequent Security Council resolutions under Chapter VII ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasisFor	authorization of use of force by the United Nations Security Council ⓘ binding decisions of the United Nations Security Council under Chapter VII ⓘ imposition of sanctions by the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
legalSystem	international law ⓘ
locatedInDocumentSection	Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
normType	primary rule on determination of threats to peace ⓘ
partOf	Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
relatedTo	Article 40 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ Article 41 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ Article 42 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
requires	prior determination of a threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression before enforcement measures under Articles 41 and 42 ⓘ
scope	situations constituting threats to or breaches of international peace and security ⓘ
usedBy	United Nations Security Council resolutions on conflicts and crises ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter → composedOf → Article 39 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

UN Security Council Resolution 1373 → legalBasis → Article 39 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 39 of the UN Charter

United Nations Security Council Resolution 83 → relatedDocument → Article 39 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter Article 39

Article 48 of the United Nations Charter → relatedTo → Article 39 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 41 of the United Nations Charter → relatedTo → Article 39 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

United Nations Security Council resolutions → legalBasis → Article 39 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

UN Security Council Resolution 1540 → legalBasis → Article 39 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Resolution RC/Res.6 → references → Article 39 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 39 of the UN Charter

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3314 (Definition of Aggression) → interprets → Article 39 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

subject surface form: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3314

this entity surface form: Article 39 of the Charter of the United Nations

Article 40 of the United Nations Charter → relatedTo → Article 39 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ