http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/6ff125bdf75dda2c https://verfassungsblog.de/united-nations-summit-of-the-future-attention-rule-of-law/ The Rule of Law and the United Nations Summit of the Future - What conceptual shifts in UN landmark documents tell us about unwritten principles in global governance Birkenkötter, Hannah eng 2024-07-10 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Rule of Law UN General Assembly United Nations Vereinte Nationen | New York NY unwritten principles Vereinte Nationen | New York NY Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Is the rule of law an unwritten principle for the UN system? Today, rule of law language has been gradually replaced by a new paradigm of ‘inclusivity’. The rule of law debate within the UN was centered on a thick understanding of the rule of law, highlighting substantive values rather than procedural guarantees. Absent a consented definition of the term, the rule of law was never considered to be an unwritten principle for the UN system.