Immunity of international organizations / / edited by Niels Blokker, Nico Schrijver.

Immunity rules are part and parcel of the law of international organizations. It has long been accepted that international organizations and their staff need to enjoy immunity from the jurisdiction of national courts. However, it is the application of these rules in practice that increasingly causes...

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Superior document:Legal aspects of international organizations ; v. 55
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill Nijhoff,, [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Legal Aspects of International Organizations 55.
Physical Description:1 online resource (375 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Niels Blokker and Nico Schrijver
  • International Organizations: The Untouchables? / Niels Blokker
  • Immunity of International Organizations: The Work of the International Law Commission / Johan G. Lammers
  • Do International Organizations Enjoy Immunity under Customary International Law? / Michael Wood
  • Should the 2004 UN State Immunity Convention Serve as a Model/Starting Point for a Future UN Convention on the Immunity of International Organizations? / Philippa Webb
  • Immunity of the United Nations: Practice and Challenges / Bruce C. Rashkow
  • Privileges and Immunities of the World Health Organization: Practice and Challenges / Gian Luca Burci and Egle Granziera
  • The Privileges and Immunities of the World Intellectual Property Organization: Practice and Challenges / Edward Kwakwa and Marie-Lea Rols
  • Immunities of the European Union / Ramses A. Wessel
  • Immunities of International Organizations: A NATO View / Peter Olson
  • The Immunity of International Organizations in the United Kingdom / Chanaka Wickremasinghe
  • Austrian Courts and the Immunity of International Organizations / Kirsten Schmalenbach
  • Belgian Courts and the Immunity of International Organizations / Eric De Brabandere
  • Italian Courts and the Immunity of International Organizations / Beatrice I. Bonafè
  • The Jurisdictional Immunity of International Organizations in the Netherlands and the View from Strasbourg / Thomas Henquet
  • To What Extent Can and Should National Courts Fill the Accountability Gap? / August Reinisch
  • Beyond Srebrenica and Haiti: Exploring Alternative Remedies against the United Nations / Nico Schrijver
  • Afterwords / Niels Blokker and Nico Schrijver
  • Index / Niels Blokker and Nico Schrijver.