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The world is getting smaller and increasingly interdependent
every day. As a result, national and regional developments are, as a matter of necessity, seen in a global framework. States want to preserve their independence but they are confronted with a growing list of problems, which they can only solve in cooperation with others. The sheer scale of the issues at stake calls for an institutional framework to give that co-operation a more permanent structure.
Hence, decisions taken at the national level and results of
intergovernmental co-operation have become closely
intertwined. It is therefore appropriate in the framework of the
International Encyclopaedia of Laws to make accessible
comprehensive, substantial and readily available information on
the most important Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs),
given their importance for the development of international law
and intergovernmental co-operation in general. The
fundamental changes taking place nowadays at an incredible
pace within IGOs render it all the more necessary to put this
information within easy reach.
Intergovernmental Organizations, currently comprises
monographs on 24 organizations (AU, UN, ILO, IMF, WHO,
IAEA, WMO, OPCW, IFC, NATO, OSCE, EEA/EFTA,
NAFTA, EIB, ESA, ASEAN, MIGA, Andean Common Market,
OAS, Asian Development Bank, UNICJRI, ICCS, CEPES,
UNIDROIT) and will soon include monographs on other
important organizations, such as EU, WTO, Mercosur, ICAO,
Council of Europe, WIPO, Benelux, World Bank, BIS, Interpol,
IOM, OECD (incl. NEA), OIC, COMESA and SADC. Its
purpose is to cover all significant global and regional
intergovernmental organizations and bodies. A collection of
source materials (fundamental treaties, constitutive acts and
relevant international case-law) complements the collection.
Written by the best experts in the field Intergovernmental
Organizations offers valuable and practical inside information
and is updated regularly.
Each monograph follows the outline below.
1. Genesis and historical development.
2. Constitutional Treat(y/ies) / Document(s) (incl.
interpretation interpretation & amendment).
3. Institutional Framework.
a. Objectives and competences
b. Legal status (incl. legal personality & privileges and
immunities)
c. Membership
d. Organs (composition, competences, …)
e. Decisions (decision-making, legal nature, publication,
enforcement)
f. Dispute settlement.
g. Financing
4. Activities (incl. publications).
5. External relations (incl. treaty-making powers and
relations with other organizations).
Subject Index.
Selected Bibliography.
Current Contents
FRONT MATTER: International Advisory Board; Encyclopaedias
and Editors; Introducing the International Encyclopaedia of Laws;
Curriculum Vitae of the General Editor.
GENERAL SECTION: List of Contributors; Introducing the
International Encyclopaedia of Intergovernmental Organizations;
Curriculum Vitae of the Editors.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
African Union, by K. D. Magliveras and G. J. Naldi;
Andean Common Market, by H. Maldonado Lira, L. Aparicio Valdez and A. Vilela Espinosa;
Asian Development Bank, by J.W. Head;
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), by A. Yusuf;
European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES), by L.C. Barrows;
European Free Trade Association (EFTA) & European Economic Area (EEA), by Dr. N. Fenger, Dr. M. Sánchez Rydelski and T. van Stiphout;
European Investment Bank (EIB), by Dr. C. Spirou;
European Space Agency (ESA), by G. Lafferranderie;
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), by N. Horbach;
International Civil Aviation Organization, by Prof. L. Weber;
International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS), by J. Massip, F. Hondius, and C. Nast;
International Finance Corporation (IFC), by Dr. D. L. Khairallah;
International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), by L. Peters;
International Labour Organization (ILO), by J.-M. Servais;
International Monetary Fund (IMF), by E. Denters;
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), by P.M. Protopsaltis;
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), by K. C. Kennedy;
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), by S. Trifunovska;
Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), by OPCW staff members;
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), by S. Trifunovska;
Organization of American States (OAS), by E. Lagos;
United Nations (UN), by N. Sybesma-Knol;
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), by H.F. Woltring, U. Zvekia, and M.E. Andreotti;
World Health Organization (WHO), by G. Luca Burci and C.-H. Vignes;
World Meteorogical Organization, by Dr. I. Rummel-Bulska;
World Trade Organization, by Prof. Jan Wouters.
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