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Cases and Materials on the Law of International Organizations

Introduction to international organizations Definition of an international organization International organizations as a field of study Overview of this textbook Law of treaties Treaties regarding international organizations Special rules in the law of treaties applying to international organizations Treaties adopted within an international organization Adherence to treaties Reservations to treaties Invalidity of treaties Interpretation of treaties Creation and dissolution Creation of an international organization International legal personality Identifying international legal personality Objective and relative international legal personality Agreement under international law by subjects of international law Meaningful independence Certain objectives Dissolution of an international organization Membership Types of members Qualification for membership Statehood Other substantive requirements Assessing qualifications Procedural law of the decision on qualification Succession to membership Representation and credentials Suspension or termination of membership Extinction of the state Suspension of membership Termination of membership Powers Sources of powers Express attribution of powers Implied powers Inherent powers Balance of powers with member states Other limitations on powers ISSUES OF ULTRA VIRES ACTS Legal effects of acts Basis for legal effect Legal value of the act Binding legal effect United Nations Security Council United Nations General Assembly International Court of Justice Non-binding legal effect Organs Definition of organs “Family” structure Principal organs Limited competences Institutional balance Judicial review Subsidiary organs Independence Judicial review of a principal organ Function of the organ Privileges and immunities Legal basis for privileges and immunities Jurisdiction Privileges and immunities Justification for privileges and immunities of international organizations Functional necessity for independence Limitations of the functional theory Privileges and immunities enjoyed by different actors International organizations State representatives Employees of international organizations Experts on mission Waiver Responsibility Responsibility in international law Possibility for responsibility General and special rules of responsibility General rules on responsibility of international organizations Existence of a binding international obligation Attribution of an internationally wrongful act Internationally wrongful act Attribution of the act Other modes of responsibility Circumstances precluding wrongfulness Consequences of responsibility Subsidiary responsibility for member states

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