http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/785c67efc0f18db5 https://verfassungsblog.de/remaking-the-united-nations/ Remaking the United Nations - Back to an Old Debate Mann, Itamar eng 2026-01-14 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 International Law Reform Trump United Nations Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 It has long been recognised that the institutional structure of the United Nations—most centrally, the veto power of the permanent members of the Security Council—is deeply problematic. What is now at stake is not whether the United Nations can be improved, but whether it can continue to function when its most powerful members openly exempt themselves from its core commitments. We have reached the point when the Charter’s principles require rethinking the UN’s institutional form.