Cadence of the Doctrine of the Unlimited Powers of the Security Council in the Light of the Ascent of the European Court of the Justice

The United Nations Security Council is the most powerful institutional body ever established at the global level. In today’s international law, there can be little doubt that the international community as a whole attaches special importance and effects to peremptory norms of general international law (jus cogens) and endows them with high status. The interaction between those highranking norms and the powers of the Security Council is therefore among the most central issues of international law Respect to fundamental Human Rights is jus cogens. The Security Council can never be entitled to infringe upon human rights embodied in universal human rights instruments Kadi decision has given preference to human rights standards over United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions stemming from the Resolution 1267 (1999) sanctions regime. This study subsequently illuminates how the respective human rights limits to the Security Council’s enforcement powers could be enforced by judicial review.