The scientific, organizational, and diplomatic endeavors of V. Koretsky at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) exhibit a multifaceted character and necessitate renewed evaluation in light of contemporary demands. The scholar’s diverse legal concepts call for further inquiry, modern interpretation and advancement.

The purpose of this article is to conduct a scholarly examination of V. Koretsky’s academic, organizational, diplomatic, and judicial activities in historical, theoretical-legal, and internationallegal contexts, with particular attention to his perspectives on establishing a just global order and sustainable international peace.

Volodymyr Mikhaylovich Koretsky was an eminent jurist, educator, organizer of academic legal scholarship, diplomat, Judge of the International Court of Justice, and its Vice-President.

 His entire life and professional activity stand as a testament to unwavering dedication to Ukraine and the advancement of legal science. Having received an outstanding university education in law, he commenced his career by teaching and conducting research on issues of civil law, and, following the Civil War, turned to the study of the methodology of legal science. During the 1920s and the first half of the 1930s, he combined scholarly and pedagogical pursuits with public service in republican state agencies. Concurrently, he engaged in robust research in the field of private international law.

In the 1930s, he took an active role in establishing higher legal education in Kharkiv, serving as Vice-Rector and Head of the Law Faculty while concurrently fulfilling professorial responsibilities. He chaired the Department of the History of State and Law at the Kharkiv Juridical Institute and, in 1939, defended his doctoral dissertation on the distinctive features of Anglo-American doctrine and international law. Following the attainment of his doctoral degree, all subsequent research by the scholar remained inextricably tied to the development of theories in private international law, international economic law, and public international law.

After V. Koretsky was elected an Academician, he entered his Kyiv period. He founded the Institute of State and Law and the Department of International Law and Comparative Jurisprudence. Under his leadership, the institute was transformed from a modest research sector into a leading, advanced academic institution. During the 1950s and 1960s, V. Koretsky simultaneously engaged in scientific, organizational, and teaching activities alongside diplomatic service: he participated in three sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, served as an advisor to the representative of the USSR to the UN Security Council, worked on the UN Committee on the Progressive Development and Codification of International Law, the UN Commission on Human Rights, and the UN International Law Commission, and contributed as a co-drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He took part in numerous forums held under the auspices of the UN. The pinnacle of Koretsky’s diplomatic endeavors was his election as a member of the International Court of Justice in The Hague (1960–1970) and his tenure as Vice-President of that Court (1968–1970).

In the 1960s and 1970s, V. Koretsky’s scholarly work focused on the study of sovereignty, the international legal personality of republics, and the establishment of a stable international legal order based on principles of peace, security, and stability. He was actively engaged in public affairs in Ukraine, promoting the achievements of domestic legal scholarship abroad. His academic and diplomatic endeavors were duly recognized both nationally and internationally. He received the highest honors of the union and republican governments, was elected a member of numerous foreign academies and international associations, and his name was memorialized in the institute he founded, as well as through the posthumous publication of selected works.

Bibliography

Authored books 
1. Boguslavskij M, Mezhdunarodnoe chastnoe pravo (2-e izd., Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija 1982) (in Russian). 
2. Koreckij V, “Obshhie principy prava” v mezhdunarodnom prave (Izd-vo AN USSR 1957) (in Russian). 
3. Koreckij V, Anglo-saksonskie pravdy (Har’k. jurid. in-t 1947) (in Russian). 
4. Koreckij V, Deklaracii prav i objazannostej gosudarstv (Izd-vo AN USSR 1962) (in Russian). 
5. Koreckij V, Immunitet vo Frankskom gosudarstve: Lekcija po kursu istorii gosudarstva i prava (Tashk. jurid. in-t 1944) (in Russian). 
6. Koreckij V, Lekcii po istorii gosudarstva i prava (Jurizdat 1947) (in Russian). 
7. Koreckij V, Ocherki anglo-amerikanskoj doktriny i praktiki mezhdunarodnogo chastnogo prava (Jurizdat 1948) (in Russian). 
8. Koreckij V, Sud femov: Lekcija po kursu istorii gosudarstva i prava (Tashk. jurid. in-t 1944) (in Russian). 
9. Koreckij V, Sud i sudebnyj process vo Frankskom gosudarstve: Lekcija po kursu istorii gosudarstva i prava (Tashk. jurid. in-t 1944) (in Russian). 
10. Koreckij V, Voennyj stroj Frankskogo gosudarstva: Lekcija po istorii gosudarstva i prava (Har’k. jurid. in-t 1947) (in Russian). 

Edited books 
11. Denisov V, ‘Zhiznennyj i tvorcheskij put’ V. M. Koreckogo’, Vladimir Mihajlovich Koreckij (K Sytnik, P Tron’ko i dr. redkol, Naukova dumka 1984) (in Russian). 
12. Denysov V, ‘V. M. Koretskyi – fundator Instytutu’, Flahman ukrainskoi yurydychnoi nauky: Do 60-richchia Instytutu derzhavy i prava NANU. 1949–2009 (Ju Shemshuchenko red, In-t derzhavy i prava im. V. M. Koretskoho NAN Ukrainy, Yurydychna dumka 2009) (in Ukrainian). 
13. Grazhdanskij kodeks sovetskih respublik: Tekst i prakticheskij kommentarii (Har’kov 1923) [st. 1–4, 7–9, 44–51] 18–23, 49–54 (in Russian). 
14. Koreckij V, ‘Istorija sistematizacii norm mezhdunarodnogo morskogo prava’, V Koreckij, G Tunkin (red), Ocherki mezhdunarodnogo morskogo prava (Gosjurizdat 1962) 3–46 (in Russian). 
15. Koreckij V, Izbrannye trudy. Kn. 1 (In-t gosudarstva i prava 1989) (in Russian). 
16. Koreckij V, Izbrannye trudy. Kn. 2 (In-t gosudarstva i prava 1989) (in Russian). 
17. Koreckij V, Izbrannye trudy. Kn. 3 (Yu Shemshuchenko, V Denisov, I Usenko i dr. redkol., NAN Ukrainy. Institut gosudarstva i prava im. V. M. Koreckogo, Juridichna dumka 2015) (in Russian). 
18. Natsionalna yurydychna akademiia Ukrainy imeni Yaroslava Mudroho. 1804–2009 (V Tatsii holov. red, 2009) (in Ukrainian). 
19. Vladymyr Mykhailovych Koretskyi (K Sыtnyk, P Tronko y dr. redkol, Naukova dumka 1984) (in Ukrainian). 

Journal articles 
20. Denysov V, ‘V. M. Koretskyi v Orhanizatsii Ob’iednanykh Natsii. Kodyfikatsiia i prohresyvnyi rozvytok mizhnarodnoho prava (do 130-richchia vid dnia narodzhennia)’ [2021] 32 Pravova derzhava 20–29 (in Ukrainian).
21. Denysov V, ‘Zhyttia v im’ia nauky. Do 120-richchia vid dnia narodzhennia V. M. Koretskoho’ [2010] 21 Pravova derzhava 600 (in Ukrainian). 
22. Koretskyi V, ‘Aktsyonernoe obshchestvo yly tovaryshchestvo s ohranychennoi otvetstvennostiu’ [1923] 4 Vestnyk vneshnei torhovly Ukraynы 1–10 (in Russian).
23. Koretskyi V, ‘K voprosu ob yspolnenyy obiazatelstv (Nekotorыe uroky noveishei hermanskoi sudebnoi praktyky)’ [1922] 5/7 Vestnyk sovetskoi yustytsyy 27–35 (in Russian). 
24. Koretskyi V, ‘Mezhdunarodnoe khoziaistvennoe pravo: (Oryentyrovka v poniatyy)’ [1928] 22 Vestnyk sovetskoi yustytsyy 664–671 (in Russian). 
25. Koretskyi V, ‘Mezhdunarodnoe radyopravo’ [1928] 2 Sbornyk statei kafedrы “Problemы sovremennoho prava” y pravovoho fakulteta Kharkovskoho ynstytuta narodnoho khoziaistva 123–142 (in Russian). 
26. Koretskyi V, ‘O proekte Fylda: (Yz ystoryy proektov kodyfykatsyy mezhdunar. prava)’ [1956] 4 Sov. hosudarstvo y pravo 110–115 (in Russian). 
27. Koretskyi V, ‘Ohovorka o vzaymnosty v mezhdunarodnom chastnom prave’ [1925] 19 Vestnyk sovetskoi yustytsyy 731–734 (in Russian). 
28. Koretskyi V, ‘Pervaia sessyia Komyssyy mezhdunarodnoho prava’ [1949] 8 Sov. hosudarstvo y pravo 12–29 (in Russian). 
29. Koretskyi V, ‘Problema “osnovnыkh prav y obiazannostei hosudarstv” v mezhdunarodnom prave’ [1958] Sovetskyi ezhehodnyk mezhdunarodnoho prava 74–92 (in Russian). 
30. Koretskyi V, ‘Problemы chastnoho mezhdunarodnoho prava v dohovorakh, zakliuchennыkh Sovetskymy respublykamy s ynostrannыmy hosudarstvamy’ [1922] Sbornyk statei po voprosam vneshnei torhovly y эkonomyky 158–171 (in Russian). 
31. Koretskyi V, ‘Pryntsyp otkrыtыkh dverei (open door)’ [1927] 14 Vestnyk sovetskoi yustytsyy 487–490 (in Russian). 
32. Koretskyi V, ‘Savyny v mezhdunarodnom chastnom prave (k 65-letyiu so dnia smerty)’ [1926] 4 Vestnyk sovetskoi yustytsyy 154–158 (in Russian). 
33. Koretskyi V, ‘Terrytoryalnыe predelы yspolnytelnoi sylы sudebnыkh reshenyi (po hrazhdanskym delam)’ [1924] 7 Vestnyk sovetskoi yustytsyy 175–178 (in Russian). 
34. Koretskyi V, ‘Unyformyzm v prave’ [1927] Sbornyk statei, posviashchennыi pamiaty V.F. Hordona 91–109 (in Russian). 
35. Koretskyi V, ‘Vlyianye obespechenyia bumazhnыkh deneh na yspolnenye obiazatelstv’ [1923] 1/3 Narodnoe khoziaistvo Ukraynы 138–146 (in Russian). 
36. Koretskyi V, ‘Vopros o vlyianyy obestsenenyia deneh na yspolnenye obiazatelstv v hermanskoi yurysprudentsyy’ [1924] 8/9 Narodnoe khoziaistvo Ukraynы 21–24 (in Russian). 
37. Koretskyi V, ‘Zakonodatelstvo Lytovskoi respublyky v oblasty hrazhdanskoho prava y protsessa’ [1922] 1 Эkonomycheskyi biulleten 106–113 (in Russian). 
38. Usenko I, ‘Do istorii zasnuvannia Instytutu derzhavy i prava imeni V. M. Koretskoho NAN Ukrainy: novi fakty i dokumenty’ [2020] 31 Pravova derzhava 38–40 (in Ukrainian). 

Encyclopedias and dictionaries 
39. Babii B, Koretskyi V, Tsvietkov V (red), Yurydychnyi slovnyk (Holovna redaktsiia URE 1974) (in Ukrainian). 
40. Koretskyi V, ‘Mizhnarodno-pravova sub’iektnist Ukrainskoi RSR’, Ukr. rad. entsykl., t. 17 (1965) 626–628 (in Ukrainian). 
41. Koretskyi V, ‘Suverenitet’, Ukr. rad. entsykl., t. 14 (1963) 144–146 (in Ukrainian).