An International Organization can be defined, following the International Law Commission, as an “organization established by a treaty or other instrument governed by international law and possessing its own international legal personality.” International Organizations generally have States as members, but often other entities can also apply for membership.
This Research Guide is intended as a starting point for research on International Organizations. It provides the basic legal materials available in the Peace Palace Library, both in print and electronic format. Handbooks, leading articles, bibliographies, periodicals, serial publications and documents of interest are presented in the Selective Bibliography section. Links to the PPL Catalogue are inserted. The Library’s classification index code 130a. International Organizations and subject heading (keyword) International Organizations are instrumental for searching through the Catalogue. Special attention is given to our subscriptions on databases, e-journals, e-books and other electronic resources. Finally, this Research Guide features links to relevant websites and other online resources of particular interest.
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Primarily focused on the theoretical aspects of international organization, this book provides an in-depth examination of competing theories through thematic chapters, asking, Do international organizations matter? What are their effects on international relations? Where do they fit into the international relations literature? How should we study them? This book addresses these questions by looking at four distinctions to be found in the theoretical literature on international organizations. The distinctions are those between sovereignty and globalization, between power and interdependence, between efficiency and ideas, and between regimes and institutions. These theories are then applied to specific international organizations, including the United Nations and other organizations that deal with issues including international and human security, human rights and humanitarian aid, the international political economy and development, and the global environment. Intended to fill the gap between introductory textbooks and primary sources of theory, this newly revised and updated edition of International Organization is useful for upper-level international relations courses with a significant emphasis on theory.
O Direito das Organizações Internacionais do jurista Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade, Professor Emérito de Direito Internacional da Universidade de Brasília e do Instituto Rio Branco, Ex Presidente da Corte Interamericana de Brasília e atual Juiz da Corte Internacional de Justiça da Haia, alcança sua quinta edição, revista ampliada e atualizada, em um momento histórico particularmente denso, com implicações profundas para o futuro imediato da comunidade internacional organizada. O autor desenvolve um estudo aprofundado e atualizado dos problemas jurídicos comuns às Organizações Internacionais: personalidade jurídica, interpretação de poderes, de limitaçõesde competências, capacidade de celebrar tratados, estruturas e funcionamento, processo decisório, natureza e efeitos jurídicosdas resoluções, privilégios e imunidades, segurança coletiva e preservação dapaz internacional, dentre outros. Com base também em sua própria e vasta experiência internacional, o professor CançadoTrindade examina, ademais, a extensão da atuação das Organizações Internacionais a nova áreas da atividade humana, e seu empenho na busca da realização do ideal da justiça internacional. Enfim, analisa as perspectivas das cartas constitutivas das Organizações Internacionais. O exame da matéria atem-se tanto à teoria como à prática internacional, abordando numerosos exemplos que se estendem desde a adoção da Carta das Nações Unidas (1945) até o conflito armado no Iraque (2003) e desenvolvimentos mais recentes. O autor sustenta a necessidade de um regime jurídico de controle da legalidade dos atos (e Omissões) tanto dos Estados-Membros como dos órgãos políticos internacionais. Em perspectiva histórica, sustenta o autor, além disso, que o Direito das Organizações Internacionais vem contribuindo à satisfação das necessidades da comunidade internacional como um todo, e, tem evoluído rumo a formação e consolidação de um novo jus gentium neste inicio do século XXI, o direito universal da humanidade. Como assinalou em seu Prefacio á primeira edição (1990), o embaixador G.E.do Nascimento e Silva, ”O Professor CançadoTrindade acrescenta á sua já volumosa e consagrada obra o presente livro, em que uma vez mais revela o seu trabalho de scholar”.
This exciting new text illustrates and advances the argument that International Organizations (IOs) need to be taken seriously as actors in world affairs. Bringing together an international line-up of distinguished contributors, the text examines recent theories that suggest how IOs are able to set their own policies and implement them in meaningful ways. The chapters review these theoretical positions and then present a series of case studies which focus on how these theories play out when IOs are charged with solving global problems: including development, peacekeeping and environmental policy coordination. Examining and analysing both positive and negative examples of this independence, this text is a valuable resource on the topic of the internal workings of IOs, providing the richest and most focused textbook so far dealing with the capacity of IOs for independent action in international politics. It is essential reading for all students of international organizations.
Le débat sur le conflit entre les immunités et le droit au procès équitable a pris toute son ampleur après les décisions décevantes de la CEDH, jugeant que les immunités constituent une limitation légitime et proportionnée au droit d’accès au juge. Or, il résulte de l’étude des fondements, sources et régimes des immunités et du droit au procès équitable que leur conflit dépasse leur antinomie étymologique : les immunités portent atteinte au droit d’accès au juge dans sa substance même. L’imprécision et l’incohérence du régime des immunités étatiques aussi bien que l’absence de voie de recours alternative aux immunités des organisations internationales portent atteinte au droit d’accès concret et effectif au tribunal. Néanmoins, le conflit entre les immunités étatiques et le droit au procès équitable est moins problématique que le conflit entre ce dernier et les immunités des organisations internationales. Contrairement aux immunités étatiques qui n’ont qu’une source nationale, il existe un véritable conflit de normes de valeur égale entre le droit au procès équitable, droit fondamental en droit interne et international, et les immunités des organisations internationales, régies par des conventions internationales. La résolution du conflit entre le droit des immunités et le droit au procès équitable, qui ne mérite pas de se réaliser par le sacrifice de l’un au profit de l’autre et inversement, requiert l’intervention du législateur, compte tenu de la fonction politique des immunités et des principes de l’état de droit. Une conciliation qui prend en compte les intérêts légitimes poursuivis par les droits en conflit est possible. Le droit au procès équitable ne doit plus constituer un motif d’exclusion des immunités. Il doit désormais servir à définir le régime des immunités des états et des organisations internationales. Si un déni de justice subsiste, le justiciable ne sera pas pour autant désarmé. Son droit de recours au juge sera préservé ; il pourra agir contre l’état du for pour rupture de l’égalité devant les charges publiques.
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The scope of powers of international institutions has always been surrounded by a sense of ambiguity. This has its source in the nature of the two main legal tools with which to construct powers; the doctrines of attributed/conferred powers and implied powers. This book illustrates the function of the two doctrines in a discourse on powers. Special attention is also paid to the move to a constitutional vocabulary as a way of transcending the dichotomy at the heart of diverging constructions of powers. Constitutionalization claims, the book argues, can be reproductions of different images of the proper extent of powers. The book is a reminder of the political nature of any construction of powers of international institutions.
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This timely book, with carefully selected contributions from many eminent international law scholars and practitioners, offers a rich theoretical as well as practical approach to understanding contemporary international organizations, especially in light of increased emphasis on issues of reform, constitutionalism and globalization. It speaks to key issues in the field with erudition and clarity. Among the issues comprehensively discussed are: personality, privileges and immunities, responsibility, decision-making procedures and dissolution and succession of international organizations. This book will be of great utility not only to international organizations and their staff, but also to academics, policy makers and those concerned with the very important and specialized field of international organizations law.
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Oestreich, J.E., International Organizations as Self-Directed Actors: a Framework for Analysis, London, Routledge, 2012.
El-Sawah, S.M.A., Les immunités des états et des organisations internationales: immunités et procès équitable, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2012.
Labbers, J.A.M. and A. Wallendahl (eds.), Research Handbook on the Law of International Organizations, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2011.
Engström, V., Constructing the Powers of International Institutions, Leiden, Nijhoff, 2012.
Barkin, J.S., International Organization: Theories and Institutions, New York, NY, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Cançado Trindade, A.A., Direito das organizações internacionais, Belo Horizonte, Del Rey, 2012.
