Original scientific paper
ABUSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL PERSONALITY OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS BY THE MEMEBER STATES
Ljubo Runjić
orcid.org/0000-0002-1500-2717
; Veleučilište u Šibeniku, Šibenik, Hrvatska
Abstract
A separate international legal personality of international organizations from the personality of member states results in separate international legal responsibility of international organizations from the responibility of the member states. In this way, international legal personality of international organizations becomes a shield which provides protection for the member states from possible responsibility for the acts of international organizations. That is why, member states have the possibility that through international organizations commit an internationally unlawful act and thus avoid their own international legal responsibility. The aim of this paper is to draw attention to some
of the possible forms of abuse of international legal personality of international organizations by the Member States considering to a phenomenon that is only partially recognized in international
doctrine and practice. Accordingly, this paper fi rst analyzes the legal nature and the concept of legal personality of international organizations, and then certain forms of abuse of international legal
personality of international organizations.
Keywords
abuse; international legal personality; international legal responsibility; international organizations; Member States
Hrčak ID:
142253
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Publication date:
23.7.2015.
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