222 KUTAFIN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW PRESSING ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW GLASNOST IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL: THE VALUE OF TRANSPARENCY By Devika Hovell (The United Kingdom) Author Associate Professor, Department of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science. d.c.hovell@lse.ac.uk Abstract The article focuses on the question of transparency in Security Council sanctions decision-making. <...> The link between transparency and legitimacy has been established in influential literature. <...> It is only by understanding the ‘why’ of transparency in the Security Council setting (namely the way in which it contributes to the legitimization of the Council’s authority) that we can adequately answer the ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘when’ and ‘how’ questions. <...> The author proposes three preliminary justifications for Security Council authority: (i) the purposive justification; (ii) the polity justification; and (iii) the princely justification. <...> This value-based analysis recognizes that the Security Council’s legitimate authority is predicated on the availability of public justifications that demonstrate the purposive and representative foundations of Council decision-making, while respecting the fundamental interests of the permanent members. <...> Where www.kulawr.ru Volume 2 Оctober 2016 Issue 2(6) Devika Hovell Glasnost in the Security Council: The Value of Transparency 223 constructed with appropriate attention to the ‘why’ of transparency, both disclosure and non-disclosure can be justified in terms of a transparency framework that ultimately supports and enhances the legitimate authority of the UN Security Council. <...> Keywords Transparency, Security Council, decision-making, publicity, deliberative democracy, legitimacy, public institution, justification of authority 10.17803/2313-5395.2016.2.6.222―253 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction .223 II. <...> The ‘Why’ of Transparency . 225 A. Legitimacy, the Publicity Principle and the un Security Council . 228 B. Understanding Security Council Authority . 231 i. <...> The Who, What When and How of Transparency: Transparency in Security Council Sanctions Decision-Making .244 A. The ‘Who’ of Transparency: Relationship to Target . 245 B. The ‘What’ of Transparency: Relationship to Justification . 245 C. The ‘When’ of Transparency: Relationship to Time . 247 D. The ‘How’ of Transparency: Relationship to Expertise .248 IV. <...> In Andrea Bianchi’s opening chapter to his co-edited collection on Transparency in International Volume 2 Оctober 2016 Issue 2(6) www.kulawr.ru 224 KUTAFIN UNIVERSITY LAW <...>