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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 33 organizations (see list below). 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 Anna Vilela Espinosa and Jorge Bernedo Alvarado;
Asian Development Bank, by Prof. Xing Lijuan and Mr John W. Head;
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), by A. Yusuf;
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), by Daniel Lefort;
Council of Europe (CoE), by Tanja E.J.Kleinsorge;
European Centre for Higher Education (UNESCO-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 Space Agency (ESA), by G. Lafferranderie;
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), by N. Horbach;
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), by Prof. L. Weber;
International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS), by J. Massip, F. Hondius (†), and C. Nast;
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), by DrYaraslau Kryvoi;
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 & V. Van Goethem;
International Maritime Organization (IMO), by Dr Sandie Calme;
International Monetary Fund (IMF), by E. Denters & A. Viterbo;
MERCOSUR, by Paulo B. Casella
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 of the Islamic Conference (OIC), by Prof. Curtis F.J. Doebbler;
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;
Southern African Development Community (SADC), by Prof. Dr Stefaan Smis and Dr Stephen Sevidzemkingah;
United Nations (UN), by N. Sybesma-Knol;
World Bank, by Prof. Dr Sabine Schlemmer Schulte;
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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