| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 363 pages) |
| Series |
Legal aspects of international organizations ; volume 55 |
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Legal aspects of international organization ; 55.
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| Contents |
International organizations : the untouchables? / Niels Blokker -- Immunity of international organizations : the work of the International Law Commission / Johan G. Lammers -- Do international organizations enjoy immunity under customary international law? / Michael Wood -- Should the 2004 UN state immunity convention serve as a model starting point for a future UN convention on the immunity of international organizations? / Philippa Webb -- Immunity of the United Nations : practice and challenges / Bruce C. Rashkow -- Privileges and immunities of the World Health Organization : practice and challenges / Gian Luca Burci and Egle Granziera -- The privileges and immunities of the World Intellectual Property Organization : practice and challenges / Edward Kwakwa and Marie-Lea Rols -- Immunities of the European Union / Ramses A. Wessel -- Immunities of international organizations : a NATO view / Peter Olson -- The immunity of international organizations in the United Kingdom / Chanaka Wickremasinghe -- Austrian courts and the immunity of international organizations / Kirsten Schmalenbach -- Belgian courts and the immunity of international organizations / Eric De Brabandere -- Italian courts and the immunity of lnternational organizations / Beatrice I. Bonafe -- The jurisdictional immunity of international organizations in the Netherlands and the view from Strasbourg / Thomas Henquet -- To what extent can and should national courts 'fill the accountability gap'? / August Reinisch -- Beyond Srebrenica and Haiti : exploring alternative remedies against the United Nations / Nico Schrijver |
| Summary |
Immunity for international organizations and their staff, while long considered necessary to their functioning, has fallen under scrutiny and criticism in practice. These contributions, originally prepared for a conference held at Leiden University in June 2013, are re-published here in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the International Organizations Law Review |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
International agencies -- Privileges and immunities -- Congresses
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LAW -- International.
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International agencies -- Privileges and immunities
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International organizations.
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Immunities.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blokker, Niels.
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Schrijver, Nico, 1954-
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| ISBN |
9004296069 |
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9789004296046 |
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9004296042 |
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9789004296060 |
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