The Practical Expansion of UN Security Council Jurisdiction (1945-2011)

This paper seeks to reveal the extent to which the activities of UN Security Council are compatible with its defined jurisdiction in the UN Charter. For this purpose the activities of Security Council from 1945 to 2011 have been compared with the regulations of UN Charter. The outcomes demonstrate that the Security Council has expanded its jurisdiction in practice, that is, the Security Council has done some activities which have not been predicted in the UN charter. Also it has done some activities which are in contradiction with the rules of Charter and the other regulations of international law.