Problem

Lack of legal provision for international nongovernmental organizations

Nature:
There is no current mechanism for the international legal recognition of international nongovernmental organizations.
Counter Claim:
The lack of a legal basis for the internationalism of non-governmental organizations is a three fold problem. In the first place intergovernmental organizations themselves have no power to recognize or create a legal status that would accord INGOs quasi-autonomy apart from sovereign states. In the second place INGOs do not possess a sovereign or quasi-sovereign power according to the classical tenets of international law. Thirdly, any notion that an INGO is the official one, whether supported by one or more states, immediately imparts a governmental character to it. On a world-wide level, a universal legal status for INGOs is not attainable or desirable. There is no obstacle, however, to bilateral and multilateral treaties and agreements that accord rights and responsibilities to INGOs, such as those involving the International Red Cross.
Broader Problems:
Deficiencies in international law
Inadequate legislation relating to action against problems
Obstacles to effective international nongovernmental organizations
Narrower Problems:
Lack of international legal provision for nongovernmental organizations
Lack of national legal provision for international nongovernmental organizations
Lack of legal protection for nongovernmental organizations engaged on hazardous duties
Aggravates:
Jurisdictional conflict and antagonism within international nongovernmental organizations
Inadequate relationship between international governmental and nongovernmental organizations and programmes
Inadequate relationship between international nongovernmental organizations and the specialized agencies of the United Nations
Values:
Illegality
Lack
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems
Date of last update
01.01.2000 – 00:00 CET
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