Between Legal Legitimacy and Structural Illegitimacy: A Study of the Board of Peace in Light of UN Security Council Resolution 2803

This article examines the legality of the “Board of Peace” in light of UN Security Council Resolution 2803 through an analysis that combines both textual and contextual dimensions. It shows that this entity, despite its unbalanced nature and its pronounced concentration of power, does not explicitly violate the rules of positive international law. However, the study reveals a fundamental paradox: while the project appears legally valid in form, it raises a structural issue in terms of the values upon which the international order is founded. In this context, the article proposes the use of the concept of “objectivized natural law” to highlight the role of general principles in assessing such phenomena. It concludes that the Board of Peace reflects the limits of international law when confronted with institutional arrangements that are formally lawful yet undermine its underlying normative foundations.