Second report on relations between States and international organizations – ILC Special Rapporteur Díaz-González

By 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. At its twenty-eighth session, in 1976, the Commission requested the Special Rapporteur for the topic of relations between States and international organization, Abdullah El-Erian, to prepare a preliminary report on the status, privileges and immunities of international organizations and their officials, experts and other persons engaged in their activities who are not representatives of States. The Commission authorized the Special Rapporteur to continue the studies on the topic, which aimed at drafting a convention on the status, privileges and immunities of international organizations and their agents.

At its thirty-first session, in 1979, the Commission appointed Leonardo Díaz-González as Special Rapporteur to replace Mr. Abdullah El-Erian.

The Second Report of the Special Rapporteur Díaz-González addresses the legal questions concerning the status of international organizations, analyzing the notion of international organization and the legal capacity of international organizations. According to the Special Rapporteur Díaz-González, the draft articles should have included a section – Title I -providing the notions of international organizations and their legal capacity.