UDTR Global Rights of Nature Radar

Fiduciary Internationalism: Reimagining the Trusteeship Council as a Representative Organ for the Voiceless

Identification

Public canonical key

doi:10.58733/imhfd.1932172

Authors

Abdulkadir Nacar

Reported year

2026

Reported language

tr

Source type

article

First detected

2026-11-09T19:04:47.729888+00:00

Last metadata observation

2026-11-09T19:04:47.729888+00:00

Last HTTP verification

Not checked

Institutions reported by the source

Atatürk University

Reported affiliation countries

TR

Documentary abstract — original language

The Trusteeship Council, originally established under Chapter XIII of the UN Charter to supervise trust territories and guide them toward self-government or independence, has become largely dormant since the completion of decolonization. This article argues that the Council, rather than being treated as a historical relic, can be reconceptualized as a functional institutional mechanism to address persistent representation gaps in international adjudication. By drawing on the Roman law concept of mandatum and situating the proposal within broader doctrinal debates on actio popularis and locus standi, the study explores how the Trusteeship Council could serve as a neutral representative body for non-state actors, including stateless peoples, climate-displaced populations, and multinational corporations.The article analyses the fundamental structural limitations within the existing international legal framework, especially the traditional state-centric approach to locus standi before international courts and tribunals, including the ICJ and proposes an institutional solution that preserves the Charter framework while enhancing procedural access to justice. Through doctrinal analysis of the UN Charter, relevant jurisprudence, and institutional practice, the article demonstrates that repurposing the Trusteeship Council could bridge the divide between the formal recognition of rights and their effective real-world enforcement. Ultimately, this article proposes a pragmatic reform that strengthens the inclusiveness of international law without requiring radical institutional overhaul.

Identifiers

OPENALEX

W7221508871

DOI

10.58733/imhfd.1932172

Documentary context

Documentary family

Scholarship

Source-reported types

article

Natural entities mentioned

Territory

Entity mentions are not evidence of legal recognition. Jurisdiction studied is separate from author affiliation country.

Sources

OpenAlex · Record 1 · Record 2

• DOI · https://doi.org/10.58733/imhfd.1932172
• OpenAlex · https://openalex.org/W7221508871

Documented bibliographic relations

Source-declared references and links; they do not establish legal support or UGLC qualification. Up to 20 outgoing references are displayed.

• openalex:w1502675713 · CITES
• openalex:w1587294828 · CITES
• openalex:w1591824486 · CITES
• openalex:w1603558427 · CITES
• openalex:w184048257 · CITES
• openalex:w1974077382 · CITES
• openalex:w1980685203 · CITES
• openalex:w1989785158 · CITES
• openalex:w2047237130 · CITES
• openalex:w2061593266 · CITES
• openalex:w2062719916 · CITES
• openalex:w2115884402 · CITES
• openalex:w2131740028 · CITES
• openalex:w2146215071 · CITES
• openalex:w2159381544 · CITES
• openalex:w2364961045 · CITES
• openalex:w2484023255 · CITES
• openalex:w2487921602 · CITES
• openalex:w2492797061 · CITES
• openalex:w2493120921 · CITES

0 incoming references within the detected corpus

Documentary status

Relevance pending

Library

This identity is not yet included in the Legal Library.