The International Civil Aviation Organization, International Air Transport and Final Provisions The Commentary to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation 1944

This book provides a systematic and authoritative analysis of Parts II, III, and IV of the Chicago Convention, addressing its institutional, operational, commercial and treaty framework. Covering Articles 43–96, the volume examines the establishment, structure, and functions of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); the legal architecture supporting international air transport; and the Convention’s final provisions on dispute settlement, war, Annexes, treaty relations, ratification, amendment, adherence and denunciation. Each provision is analyzed in its historical, doctrinal, institutional and practical context, with reference to ICAO materials, relevant case law, academic literature and contemporary State and industry practice. More than eighty years after its adoption, the Chicago Convention continues to provide the constitutional framework for international civil aviation. Its institutional machinery and treaty mechanisms remain central to the development of standards, the coordination of international air transport and the resolution of legal and regulatory questions arising from a changing aviation sector. Bringing together contributions from leading experts, including perspectives from ICAO, this volume clarifies the operation, interpretation and continuing significance of the Convention’s institutional and final provisions for scholars, practitioners, regulators, diplomats and students of international air law.