INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION LIABILITY
November 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLOPPORTUNITIES for lawyers to handle varied and potentially lucrative liability claims against international organisations could arise from debates now being held at the United Nations (UN). Its legal committee is discussing whether they should be responsible for failing to achieve their formal objectives. The question has been posed by the UN International Law Commission, with UN member countries being asked to agree principles to be written into a draft international law instrument on when international organisations could be held legally liable ...
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