Search results for: “intergovernmental organizations”

  • Marine Pollution

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on marine pollution explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources See Also Transport Transportation Means Transport Law Transport Contract Resources Further Reading The entry "marine […]

  • Marine Pollution

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on marine pollution explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources See Also Transport Transportation Means Transport Law Transport Contract Resources Further Reading The entry "marine […]

  • Legal System

    International Legal System Scholars and judicial decisions have characterized the international legal system as a system of equal and sovereign nation states whose actions are limited only by rules freely accepted as legally binding. [1] Brierly defines international law as ‘the body […]

  • Legal System

    International Legal System Scholars and judicial decisions have characterized the international legal system as a system of equal and sovereign nation states whose actions are limited only by rules freely accepted as legally binding. [1] Brierly defines international law as ‘the body […]

  • Inter-Organizational Relations

    Inter-Organizational Relations Researchers began to engage in the study of inter-organizational relations later than their colleagues in neighboring disciplines such as sociology and economics. A further consolidation of the study of inter-organizational relations is expected to be achieved, including for the broader philosophical or socio-theoretical assumptions and for the political and societal implications of these…

  • Arbitral Courts

    Arbitral Courts Note: for information on the Court of Arbitration for Sport, see here. For information on the ICC International Court of Arbitration, see here. For information on the International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Conciliation, see here. Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Note: The Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration was an Australian court…

  • Global Program of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities

    Global Program of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities Global Program of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities (GPA) UNEP is the United Nations Environment Programme. Overview The GPA aims at preventing the degradation of the marine environment from land-based activities by facilitating the realization…

  • Non-state Actors

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on non-state actors explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "non-state actors" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law […]

  • Legal Affairs

    Legal Affairs The UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) As the central legal service of the Organization, OLA provides legal advice to the Secretary-General as well as the Secretariat and the principal and other organs of the UN on questions of public international law and private law. In its activities, the Office is engaged in…

  • Legal Affairs

    Legal Affairs The UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) As the central legal service of the Organization, OLA provides legal advice to the Secretary-General as well as the Secretariat and the principal and other organs of the UN on questions of public international law and private law. In its activities, the Office is engaged in…

  • International Regulatory Cooperation

    Regulatory Cooperation and Concertation – the Example of TTIP Negotiations This section provides an overview of regulatory cooperation and concertation – the example of ttip negotiations within the legal context of Regulatory Approaches in international economic law, with coverage of Resources […]

  • International Regulatory Cooperation

    Regulatory Cooperation and Concertation – the Example of TTIP Negotiations This section provides an overview of regulatory cooperation and concertation – the example of ttip negotiations within the legal context of Regulatory Approaches in international economic law, with coverage of Resources […]

  • Un Security Council Resolution 1540

    Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540: On January 31, 2013, Ambassador Jenkins addressed the 24th UN Conference on Disarmament. Her remarks are […]

  • Un Security Council Resolution 1540

    Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540: On January 31, 2013, Ambassador Jenkins addressed the 24th UN Conference on Disarmament. Her remarks are […]

  • Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters

    International Law Commission's Work on Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters and Other Topics in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to ILC's Work on Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters and Other Topics: On November 4, 2013, Mark […]