Preliminary report on the relations between States and international organizations – ILC Special Rapporteur El-Erian

By its resolution 1289(XIII) of 5 December 1958, the General Assembly invited the International Law Commission to consider the question of relations between States and international organizations. The second part of the topic focused on the status and immunities of international organizations and their functionaries.

The document is the first report drafted by the Special Rapporteur El- Erian (Preliminary report on the second part of the topic of relations between States and international organizations, Topic “Status, privileges and immunities of international organizations. their officials, experts, etc.”). In particular, the report addresses:

1. The evolution of the legal regime of international organizations privileges and immunities
2. The questions emerged in international practice, and, in particular, the issues concerning the legal capacity of international organizations, the possible impact of customary law on the legal regime of immunities, and the scope of privileges and immunities of international organizations and their agents