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All international organizations exist in the conceptual and legal space between state sovereignty and legal obligation.
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This book provides a multilevel system analysis of performance in the production of global public goods, as well as a tailored analysis of the specific features of performance management systems in international organizations. The book compares performance management systems across a number of in
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The scope of the academic field of International Relations encompasses a variety of subjects, such as international and regional peace and security, international organizations, nuclear proliferation, globalization, nationalism, state sovereignty, human rights, economic development, intervention,
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Legal Definition of an International Organization
An international organization can be defined, following the International Law Commission, as an 'organization established by a treaty or other instrument governed by international law and possessing its own international legal personalit
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The League of Nations was the forerunner of the United Nations. It was established under the Treaty of Versailles, the peace treaty that formally ended World War I. The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919. Part I of the Versailles Treaty, i.e.
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The European Union is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. It has an area of 4,475,757 km2 (1,728,099 sq mi), and an estimated population of over 510 million.
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The United Nations is an international organization, founded in 1945. It was established to promote a set of global values: peace and security, self-determination of peoples, social progress and development, and human dignity.
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Group Politics in UN Multilateralism provides a new perspective on diplomacy and negotiations at the United Nations. Very few states ‘act individually’ at the UN; instead they often work within groups such as the Africa Group, the European Union or the Arab League.
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Après avoir fait le bilan de l'expérience du système international de promotion et de protection des droits de l'homme et du système de l'OMC, cet ouvrage propose de prendre en compte les enseignements de la jurisprudence des droits de l'homme pour tenter de résoudre certaines lacunes identifiées
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This book proposes that fundamental concepts of institutional law need to be rethought and revised. Contrary to conventional wisdom, international organizations do not need to have members, and the members do not need to be states and international organizations.