A GJ Advances article.

Abstract

International organizations (IGOs) are considered instruments of the States which created them and which retain the authority to decide when they cease to exist. Most part of contemporary international institutions, however, is not established by States through formal international treaties, but on the basis of joint decisions by other international organizations. Thus, States become members of such second-order organizations by passive assent, by virtue of their membership in the parent organization. Do these developments in the current constellation of IGOs still allow for considering international organizations as mere instruments of national governments? To what extent, and how, are the international organizations subject to the control and influence of the States in those cases in which they are not directly constituted by them? In order to address these questions, the paper will map out the variety of relationships and connections, which currently link States among each other as well as to second-order organizations. Then, the analysis will turn to the procedures for creating, as well as to the actual structure and activities of such organizations. Attention will be focused on those aspects which best highlight the presence and power of the States within them.

Originally published in Global Jurist Advances.

Recommended Citation

Martini, Chiara (2006) "States' Control over New International Organization," Global Jurist Advances: Vol. 6 : Iss. 3, Article 4.
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/gj/advances/vol6/iss3/art4