Now in its sixth year, the ""Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law"" has become a forum for essays in international law related to the UN. These essays again cover a variety of topics - from opening the International Court of Justice to the Security Council's authorization of enforcement action by Regional Organisations, from financial mechanisms in Environmental Agreements to questions of impunity under international human rights law and the prosecution of human rights offenders.;Other subjects covered include, for example, the UNESCO Convention on Underwater Cultural Heritage, ITLOS and its first six years, and the International Criminal Court. The status of the Taliban under International Law and contemporary questions of submarine warfare are also subject of analysis.
