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Legal status of international organizations
Selected reports, papers and studies on international legal status of NGOs
An important area of UIA’s research into international organizations includes the legal context within which they operate. The International Association Statutes Series (1988) includes the official texts of 393 statutes of international nongovernmental organizations with membership in countries in at least two continents. Its appendices, available below, include the texts of conventions and national laws in related areas, lesser known or forgotten documents and proposals dealing with the legal status of international associations, as well as those currently under discussion or in processes of ratification.
3. Commentaries on Legal Status of International Non-Governmental Associations
An important area of UIA’s research into international organizations includes the legal context within which they operate. The International Association Statutes Series (1988) includes the official texts of 393 statutes of international nongovernmental organizations with membership in countries in at least two continents. Its appendices, available below, include the texts of conventions and national laws in related areas, lesser known or forgotten documents and proposals dealing with the legal status of international associations, as well as those currently under discussion or in processes of ratification.
3. Commentaries on Legal Status of International Non-Governmental Associations
- 3.1: Report on the 2nd World Congress of International Associations (Brussels, 1913)
- 3.2: Report to the Study Committee on Legal Status of the Conference of Non-Governmental Consultative Organizations (1949: Niboyet/Kopelmans)
- 3.3: Report of the Study Committee on Legal Status to the Conference of Non-Governmental Consultative Organizations (1949: Habicht/Kopelmans)
- 3.4: Report on the Proposal of the Institute of International Law (1950: Suzanne Bastid)
- 3.5: International Non-Governmental Organizations and their Legal Status
- 3.6: Legal Status of International Non-Governmental Organizations in Europe (1985: Sir Dudley Smith)
- 3.7: Report on Non-Profit Making Associations in the European Community (1986, N Fontaine)
- 3.8: Comparative table (PDF)
- 4.1: 1912: Institute of International Law (L von Bar)
- 4.2: 1912: Follow-up to 1st World Congress of International Associations (1910)
- 4.3: 1912: Conférence diplomatique d'assistance aux étrangers (M Bondi)
- 4.4: 1913: World Congress of International Associations (C Van Overbergh)
- 4.5: 1923: Institute of International Law (Nicolas Politis)
- 4.6: 1949: Conference of Consultative Non-Governmental Organizations (Niboyet/Kopelmanas)
- 4.7: 1949: Conference of Consultative Non-Governmental Organizations (Habicht/Kopelmanas)
- 4.8: 1950: Institute of International Law (Suzanne Bastid)
- 4.9: 1956: The Hague Conference on Private International Law (L A Nypels)
- 4.10: 1959: Union of International Associations (G P Speeckaert)
- 4.11: 1986: Council of Europe (in force, 1 January 1991)
- 4.12: 1986: Resolution on Non-Profit Making Associations in the European Communities (N Fontaine)
- 4.13: 1987: EEC Regulation on European Association Status (L Eyraud)
- 5.1: Privileges and Immunities of Specialized Agencies
- 5.2: Freedom of Association and Right to Organize
- 5.3: Statute of European Commercial Companies (Proposed)
- 5.4: Privileges and Immunities in Diplomatic Relations
- 5.5: Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons
- 5.6: European Economic Interest Grouping
- 5.7: United Nations Staff Rules
- 6.1: Status of International Associations under Belgian Law
- 6.2: Status of International Associations under French Law
- 6.3: Status of International Associations under Swiss Law
- 6.4: Protocol for Non-Governmental Organizations active in Togo
