DZ: "it is believed the UNSC can legislate international law by imposing requirements legally binding on UN member states" It is, is it? Consider the IDF. Everyone who serves in the IDF is bound by int'l humanitarian law i.e. they are "war criminals" if they violate those laws. Soldiers are also bound by Israeli law to obey an order from IDF HQ, because to refuse is "insubordination". Question: Does that mean that an IDF HQ order to its soldiers becomes a part of int'l humanitarian law? Answer: No, because Ashkenazi has no authority to LEGISLATE. His authority only allows him to order his soldiers around. Now, substitute "UN" for "IDF" "UNSC" for "IDF HQ" "Member States" for "Soldiers". Get it? A UNSC resolution is an order, it is not a law. And it is "binding" because the UN Charter gives the UNSC the right to "sanction" a member state for insubordination, not because the UNSC has a right to ?legislate int?l law?.