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In T Organizations
In T Organizations
A body:
Based on a formal instrument of agreement between the governments
of nation states;
including three or more nation states as parties to the agreement;
possessing a permanent secretariat performing ongoing tasks.
(Yearbook of International Organizations)
Other Types of International
Organizations
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Set up by individuals or groups
Governed by the law of the country where the NGO is
incorporated
Ex.: Amnesty International, Greenpeace
States are usually not parties of NGOs
Mixed Organizations
NGOs entrusted with functions typical of States
Ex.: ICRC, IUCN
UN Programmes
UNDP, UNEP, UNFPA
Creation of IGOs
Transfer of certain powers from States to IGO
By treaty
EEC, now the EU
WTO
Originally the GATT
Provisionally brought into force by Protocol
Lasted 47 years
By declaration
ASEAN, APEC
Legal Personality of IGOs
IGOs have legal personality
Usually conferred by treaty or other constitutive instrument
Relative concept
Specific rights, duties and powers
Privileges and immunities
International responsibility an liability
Secretariat
Administers and operates the mandate as
defined by the constituent treaty and by the
decisions of the IGOs legislative body