Steve Charnovitz (2006), 'Nongovernmental Organizations and International Law', American Journal of International Law, 100, pp. 348–72.

1998 ◽

Vol 92 (3) ◽

pp. 414-457 ◽

Cited By ~ 101

Author(s):

Benedict Kingsbury

Keyword(s):

Nongovernmental Organizations ◽

International Law ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Standard Setting ◽

Transnational Networks ◽

Constructivist Approach ◽

International Standard ◽

Law And Politics ◽

Short Period ◽

Group Mobilization

Over a very short period, the few decades since the early 1970s, “indigenous peoples” has been transformed from a prosaic description without much significance in international law and politics, into a concept with considerable power as a basis for group mobilization, international standard setting, transnational networks and programmatic activity of intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations.

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Nongovernmental Organizations and International Law

The American Journal of International Law ◽

10.1017/s0002930000016699 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 100 (2) ◽

pp. 348-372 ◽

Cited By ~ 50

Author(s):

Steve Charnovitz

Keyword(s):

Nongovernmental Organizations ◽

United Nations ◽

International Law ◽

International Organizations ◽

Vital Role ◽

General Thesis ◽

Profound Influence ◽

The Creation ◽

The United Nations ◽

The Temple

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have exerted a profound influence on the scope and dictates of international law. NGOs have fostered treaties, promoted the creation of new international organizations (IOs), and lobbied in national capitals to gain consent to stronger international rules. A decade ago, Antonio Donini, writing about the United Nations, declared that “the Temple of States would be a rather dull place without nongovernmental organisations.” His observation was apt and is suggestive of a more general thesis: had NGOs never existed, international law would have a less vital role in human progress.

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Identifying the Rules for Identifying Customary International Law

AJIL Unbound ◽

10.1017/s2398772300002105 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 108 ◽

pp. 169-173 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sean D. Murphy

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Nongovernmental Organizations ◽

International Law ◽

International Organizations ◽

Special Rapporteur ◽

Customary International Law ◽

International Law Commission ◽

Law Commission

The International Law Commission (ILC) decided in 2012 to add to its agenda a new topic on the “identification of customary international law” and to appoint Sir Michael Wood (United Kingdom) as special rapporteur. That project has reached an important point, with a series of Draft Conclusions having been cleared through the Commission’s Drafting Committee, and ready for the Commission’s provisional approval (together with commentaries) in 2015. As such, now is a propitious time for governments, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, scholars, and others to weigh in on the merits of these Draft Conclusions, and additional ones that will be developed in 2015–16.

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Part II The Treaty-Makers, 7 Who Can Make Treaties? Other Subjects of International Law

The Oxford Guide to Treaties ◽

10.1093/law/9780198848349.003.0008 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Grant Tom

Keyword(s):

Nongovernmental Organizations ◽

International Law ◽

Foreign Relations ◽

International Agreements ◽

The State ◽

Federal State ◽

Private Actors

This chapter discuses treaty-making by ‘other subjects of international law’. These other subjects of international law may be divided into four categories. First, there are territories integral to a State — especially the units which constitute a federal State. Second, there are external territories, the foreign relations of which normally are the responsibility of a State albeit under a variety of relationships. Third, insurgent groups — entities which seek to displace an existing State in all or part of its territory and themselves to assume the functions of the State — have been said to enter into international agreements as well. Finally, private actors — including corporations, nongovernmental organizations and individuals — may be international law subjects for some purposes; the extent to which this is the case remains in flux.

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