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International Organizations
The Law of International Institutions
A. Legal Instruments
Covenant of the League of Nations, League of Nations, Official Journal, 1st year, No. 1, February 1920, p. 3.
Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice, San Francisco, 26 June 1945. Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, New York, 13 February 1946, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1, p. 15. Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies, New York, 21 November 1947, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 33, p. 261. Universal Declaration on Human Rights, Paris, 10 December 1948. General Assembly resolution 1386 (XIV) of 20 November 1959 (Declaration of the Rights of the Child). Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Rome, 17 July 1998, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2187, p. 3.
B. Jurisprudence
International Court of Justice, Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion of 11 April 1949, I.C.J. Reports 1949, p. 174. International Court of Justice, Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate under Section 21 of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement of 26 June 1947, Advisory Opinion of 26 April 1988, I.C.J. Reports 1988, p. 12. International Court of Justice, Applicability of Article VI, Section 22, of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion of 15 December 1989, I.C.J. Reports 1989, p. 177. International Court of Justice, Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, Advisory Opinion of 29 April 1999, I.C.J. Reports 1999, p. 62.
C. Documents
General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 (Human Rights Council).
For information on the International Law Commission’s work on the responsibility of international organizations, see:
D. Doctrine
A.A. Cançado Trindade, “International Law for Humankind: Towards a New Jus Gentium - General Course on Public International Law - Part I”, Recueil des Cours de l'Académie de Droit International de la Haye, vol. 316,2005, chapter VIII, pp. 220-251;
A.A. Cançado Trindade, Direito das Organizações Internacionais, 4th edition, Edit. Del Rey, Belo Horizonte/Brazil, 2009. J. Charpentier, Institutions internationales, 12th edition, Dalloz, Paris, 1995. B. Conforti, The Law and Practice of the United Nations, Kluwer, The Hague, 1996. J.A. Pastor Ridruejo, Curso de Derecho Internacional Público y Organizaciones Internacionales, 6th edition, Tecnos, Madrid, 1996. P. Sands and P. Klein, Bowett’s Law of International Institutions, 5th edition, Sweet and Maxwell, London, 2001. H.G. Schermers and N.M. Blokker, International Institutional Law, 3rd edition, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague, 2001.
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