INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION LIABILITY
November 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLSHOULD international organisations be held liable when they fail to achieve tasks set out in their formal objectives? The question has been posed by the United Nations' (UN) International Law Commission and is currently being debated at the UN general assembly's legal committee. Member countries have been asked to agree principles to be written into a draft international law instrument that would determine when international organisations could be held legally liable for their mistakes. Given their range of responsibilities (from environmental ...
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