Primary Research On The Responsibility Of International Organization

The responsibility of international organization refers to the legal responsibility attributable to the organization arising from its international wrongful acts. The issue of the responsibility of international organization 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 attention. In as early as 1963 the issue was listed by the International Law Commission (here in after"ILC") as a special problem deserving attention; however, in the same year, the issue was shelved. The ILC decided at its fifty-fourth session held on 8 May 2002 that the issue of the responsibility of international organization be included in its programme of work. Complying with this tendency, this dissertation considers the research of responsibility of international organization as possessing important meaning and particular value.The dissertation consists of four chapters.Chapter One provides an overview of the precondiction of responsibility of international organization, and the main contents include the definitions of international organization and its relationship vis-à-vis state and the legal basis of the responsibility of international organization.Chapter Two discusses the constituting elements of the responsibility of international organization. i.e. the international wrongful act of international organization, and the attribution of the conduct attributable to international organization.Chapter Three deals with the undertaking of responsibility. It explores two aspect: the responsibility undertaken by the international organization per se and the responsibily undertaken by the member states of the international organizations. This charpter aslo provides an overview of the content of responsibility and the circumstaces precluding wrongfulness. Chapter Four deals with the Future of the responsibility of international organization. This Chapter discusses the present situation and the future of the international law of international organization responsibility, but aslo gives some discussion on the issue of the responsibility of the non-governmental organizaions.In the end, this dissertation concludes optimistically that, although the direction of development of the law of international organization responsibility is not clear, in the future a set of rules will surely be established which will not only meet the needs of international community but also be in line with the interest of international organization.