PRACTICAL LEGAL PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

A Global Administrative Law Perspective on Public/Private Partnerships, Accountability, and Human Rights

This conference was held in Geneva, March 20-21, 2009

Papers

 

Please find below contributions that were discussed at the conference. Extensively revised versions of a selection of the papers have been published in the Symposium on "Global Administrative Law in the Operations of International Organizations" (ed. L. Boisson de Chazournes, L. Casini, and Benedict Kingsbury), 6:2 International Organizations Law Review (2009) (Table of Contents).

 

Davinia Abdul Aziz, Privileges and immunities of global public-private partnerships: a case study of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Gian Luca Burci, Public/private partnership in the public health sector

Bernd Burwitz, The case of Kosovo

Lorenzo Casini, Global hybrid public-private bodies: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

Richard Chambers and Anne van Aaken, Accountability of International Election Observers

Edouard Fromageau, Assistance in administrative matters between International Organizations and States: Towards a clearer legal framework

Ulrich Garms, Promoting Human Rights in the Administration of Justice in Southern Sudan. Mandate and Accountability Dilemmas in
The Field Work of a DPKO Human Rights Officer

Mona Khalil, The IAEA’s legal framework for Public and Private Partnerships

Benedict Kingsbury and Lorenzo Casini, Global Administrative Law Dimensions of International Organizations Law

Gabrielle Marceau and Ousseni Illy, Global Administrative Law Perspective of The WTO Aid For Trade Initiative

Axel Marschik, The Administration of Arms Control - Ensuring Accountability and Legitimacy of Field Operations

Rutsel S.J. Martha, Mandate issues in the activities of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Joost Pauwelyn, The formation process of WTO (soft) norms: WTO reaction to the financial crisis and transparency in WTO dispute settlement

Franz Xaver Perrez, Public Private Partnerships: a tool to evade or to live-up to commitment?

Drazen Petrović, Privileges and immunities of UN Specialized Agencies in field activity

Paul-Henry Ravier, The evaluation of technical assistance to developing countries under the aegis of IOs: the case of WTO

Frederick Rawski, Engaging with armed groups: A human rights field perspective from Nepal

Yves Renouf, When legal certainty matters less than a deal: Procurement in International Organizations

Wolfram Tonhauser, IAEA Technical standards setting

Anne Trebilcock, Challenges posed by the UN Convention against Corruption for international organizations

Volker Türk and Elizabeth Eyster, Strengthening UNHCR’s System of accountability

Simonetta Zarrilli, Making certification work for sustainable development: The case of Biofuels