Responsibility Of International Organizations

The responsibility of international organization refers to the legal responsibility arising for the organization from its international wrongful acts. The issue is very important in contemporary international law. As the status and function of international organization become more and more remarkable, the issue is attracting more and more attention. As early as 1963 the issue was listed by the International Law Commission (hereinafter referred as"ILC") as a special problem deserving attention; However, in the same year, the issue was shelved. After finishing the issue of state responsibility, the ILC decided at its fifty-fourth session held on 8 May 2002 that the issue of the responsibility of international organization was included in its programme of work. Complying with this tendency, this paper considers the research of responsibility of international organization as possessing important meaning and particular value.The paper consists of five chapters.Chapter One is Overview of Responsibility of International Organization, which is devoted to the precise connotation and general questions of the concept of the responsibility of international organization under the background of the law of international responsibility and international organization. The main contents are as follows:1. origin of the issue of the responsibility of international organization;2. personality of international organization;3. boundary determined by the ILC of the issue of the responsibility of international organization.International organization is an entity with independent personality and can enjoy rights or bear obligations under international law. The two elements giving rise to the responsibility of international organization are: 1. that a conduct consisting of an action or omission is attributable to the organization; 2. that the conduct constitutes a breach of an international obligation of the organization. The act governing the...