The International Institutions issue area focuses on the role of international institutions in creating, shaping, promoting, and enforcing international law and standards as well as ongoing efforts to improve their efficiency and effectiveness through institutional reform. Particular attention in this area will be paid to formal international organizations, financial institutions, dispute resolutions mechanisms, and courts and tribunals such as the United Nations, World Trade Organization, World Bank, International Criminal Court, and also to regional bodies and informal mechanisms and networks.
Publications
- The WTO Gambling Dispute: Antigua Mulls Retaliation as the U.S. Negotiates Withdrawal of its GATS Commitments By Simon Lesterm, ASIL Insights, April 8, 2008.
- International Tribunal Spotlight: The World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement System By James Apple, ed., International Judicial Monitor, April 2008.
- The Bali Climate Change Conference By Elizabeth Burleson, ASIL Insights, March 18, 2008.
- ICSID Annulment Committee Rules on the Relationship between Customary and Treaty Exceptions on Necessity in Situations of Financial Crisis By Jürgen T. Kurtz, ASIL Insights, December 20, 2007.
- International Tribunal Spotlight: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) By Andrew Solomon, ed., International Judicial Monitor, October/November 2007.
- The UN General Assembly adopts the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples By Stefania Errico, ASIL Insights, October 9, 2007.
- International Tribunal Spotlight: War Crimes Chamber, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina By Andrew Solomon, ed., International Judicial Monitor, July/August 2007.
Events, Seminars, Conferences
- ASEAN's Evolving Legal and Institutional Framework (May 21, 2008)
- The International Judge: Obstacles and Opportunities on the Path to Global Justice (March 18, 2008)
- The International Court of Justice: The Road Ahead (October 3, 2007)
- The UN and Regional Organizations: Partners for Peace and Security (July 24-August 4, 2007)
Research Tools