Hammarskjöld, Å. Keywords: International organizations | Immunities | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | Immunités | ABSTRACT A. Hammarskjold presents in an introductory chapter what are the international functions and who are the interested persons, and what could constitute for a general regulation of the subject. He discusses in depth the functions of general interest and then the immunities. He focuses on the solutions brought by positive law, and presents a synthesis of the state of positive inter…

Suy, E. Keywords: Observe | International organizations | Mots clefs: Observateurs | Organisations internationales | ABSTRACT E. Suy, Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, devotes his course to the Status of Observers in International Organizations. The aim of the course is to exactly describe the current forms of status of observers (in 1977) and to assess the impact of the new forms of participation on the effectiveness of international organizations as well as on democracy in international relations…

Giraud, Emile Keywords: International organizations | Secretariat | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | Secrétariat | ABSTRACT The intention of Emile Giraud, in making this study, is to investigate the conditions for the effectiveness of the Secretariat of an International Institution. After an introduction to some general aspects of international organizations and their secretariats, the author examines in the first chapter the role of the Secretariat of the international organization. The author then …

Boisson de Chazournes, Laurence Keywords: International organizations | Institutions and organs | Regional organizations | International economic organizations | Relations | European Union | International organizations | World Trade Organization | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade | Regional trade agreements | Regionalism | African Union | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | Institutions et organes | Organisations régionales | Organisations internationales économiques | Relations | Union européenne | Organisations internationales | Organisation mondial…

J. Dupuy, R. Keywords: International organizations | Relations | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | Relations | ABSTRACT The purpose of Rene-Jean Dupuy's research in this course is two-fold: it is not only intended to verify whether the organizations have, in their mutual relations, jurisdictions similar to those of States among themselves, but also to know whether there are certain problems that are not found in the organization-state relationship. The author successively examines the technical and normative aspects of the law of relations between organizations. L'obj…

Lalive, J.-F. Keywords: International organizations | Sovereign immunities | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | Immunités judiciaires | ABSTRACT Jean-Flavien Lalive points out that an extremely vast subject of the jurisdictional immunity of States is both annoying and fascinating. It is annoying because it has been a source of considerable confusion and misunderstanding on the part of the domestic courts. But it is fascinating for the lawyer because it makes him discover a situation in a completed course…

Rapisardi-Mirabelli, A. Keywords: International organizations | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | ABSTRACT A. Rapisardi-Mirabelli points out that the legal institutions, known as International Unions, were the first, scattered, and rudimentary cores of an organization of the League of States. The author begins with a general presentation of this phenomenon. He then replies to the remarks that international Unions were merely collective treaties with the accession clause. The author later studies t…

H. Robertson, A. Keywords: European integration | European Communities | Rights relating to literary and artistic works | Council of Europe | Europe | International organizations | European Coal and Steel Community | Mots clefs: Intégration européenne | Communautés européennes | Propriété littéraire et artistique | Conseil de l'Europe | Europe | Organisations internationales | Communauté européenne du charbon et de l'acier | ABSTRACT A.H. Robertson focuses on the Legal Problems of European Integration in this course. After a chapter dealing with the institut…

Ténékidès, Georges Keywords: Political systems | International organizations | Mots clefs: Systèmes politiques | Organisations internationales | ABSTRACT Georges Tenekides writes in the introduction to his course that the political regime of States dominates from its shadow the interplay of relationship between sovereign entities, even the normal or abnormal process of the relationship. The subject addressed by the author raises the problems, which are often political, sociological, and psychological. After a his…

Tammes, A.J.P. Keywords: International organizations | Decisions | Public international law | Sources of law | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | Décisions | Droit international public | Sources | ABSTRACT A.J.P. Tammes devotes a course to the Decisions of International Organs as a Source of International Law. The author begins with a study of the introduction of a new legislative technique, which is not retained as a source of international law by Article 38 of the Statute of the ICJ. The author next focuses on hyb…

Müllerson, Rein Keywords: International organizations | Political systems | Democracy | Governance | European Union | United Nations | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe | Russian Federation | Central Asia | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | Systèmes politiques | Démocratie | Gouvernance | Union européenne | Organisation de la sécurité et la coopération en Europe | Fédération de Russie | Asie centrale | ABSTRACT Rein Muellerson, Professor at King's College of London, devotes his course to the role of institutions, international law, …

Dolzer, Rudolf Keywords: Energy | Energy policy | International organizations | Sovereignty | Natural resources | International co-operation | Energy Charter Treaty (Lisbon, 17 December 1994) | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The point of this course is to understand how the existing energy markets function, and who are the actors. States have seen their role evolving in the markets as, since 1945, sovereignty over national resources has become essential for them. The current markets have specific rules reflecting the importance of Sta…

J. Hahn, Hugo Keywords: Europe | International organizations | Competence | European Coal and Steel Community | European Economic Community | European Atomic Energy Community | Treaties | Community law | Mots clefs: Europe | Organisations internationales | Compétence | Communauté européenne du charbon et de l'acier | Communauté économique européenne | Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique | Traités | Droit communautaire | ABSTRACT Hugo Hahn devotes his course to Constitutional Limitations in the Law of International Organizations. By constitution, it m…

Bindschedler, D. Keywords: International organizations | Statutes | Dispute resolution | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | Statuts | Règlement de litiges d ordre juridique | ABSTRACT Denise Bindschedler writes that it becomes indispensible to examine to what extent and by what means the respect of the legal rule is assured within international organizations. The progressive institutionalization of the international company should in fact be accompanied by reinforcement of the legal protection of subjects partic…

Seyersted, Finn Keywords: International organizations | Non-State actoRelations | Choice of law | International civil servants | Individuals | Nongovernmental organizations | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | Entités non-étatiques | Relations | Choix de la loi applicable | Fonctionnaires internationaux | Individus | Organisations non-gouvernementales | ABSTRACT According to Finn Seyersted, there exists a common law for international organizations at three levels of relationships: the internal level, the international level, and the…

Dominicé, Christian Keywords: International organizations | Sovereign immunities | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | Immunités judiciaires | ABSTRACT The concept of immunity from jurisdiction must be interpreted in a broad sense as applying to all forms of proceedings before national authorities. Most of the bilateral and multilateral agreements dealing specifically with the privileges and immunities of international organizations contain a provision on the personality or legal capacity of the organizat…

Monaco, Riccardo Keywords: International organizations | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | ABSTRACT Riccardo Monaco, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Rome, begins his course on the principles governing the structure and functioning of international organizations by presenting some introductory notes on the phenomenon of international organization. The author then examines the questions related to the structure of international organizations and the functioning of the o…

Boutros-Ghali, B. Keywords: International organizations | Member states | Equality | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | Etats membres | Egalité | ABSTRACT Boutros Boutros-Ghali writes that in the framework of the law of international organizations, the principle of equality of States is presented in three different ways: substantive equality of the member States of the international organization (this is Sully's project); absolute or functional legal equality of the member States of the international organiz…

L. Kunz, Josef Keywords: Development of international law | Public international law | International organizations | Mots clefs: Développement du droit international | Droit international public | Organisations internationales | ABSTRACT Josef Kunz writes in 1955 that we speak a lot about “crisis of the law of nations” among laymen, statesmen, and even among the representatives of the science of the law of nations. For some, it is a source of resignation, for the others it is a source of hope. It is not surprising, therefore,…

B. Potter, Pitman Keywords: International organizations | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | ABSTRACT Pitman B. Potter starts his course on the Development of the International Organization Between 1815 and 1914 by presenting its relationships with law. He then studies the development of the world’s state system. He then focuses on diplomacy and negotiation of treaties and international law, and then on international conference. He then presents what an international federation could be by particularly reflecting on the issues of value. Pitman B. Potter commence so…