Second report on the settlement of disputes to which international organizations are parties – ILC Special Rapporteur Reinisch

The report of the Special Rapporteur of the International Law Commission, August Reinisch, notes that the Commission also decided to change the title of the topic from “Settlement of international disputes to which international organizations are parties” to “Settlement of disputes to which international organizations are parties” to clarify that it intended to address all types of disputes. The Special Rapporteur highlights that “non-international disputes to which international organizations are parties, mostly with private individuals and/or legal persons often arising from contractual or delictual relations, may equally involve some genuine international law issues. Those international law issues include the duty of States to accord legal personality and to respect the jurisdictional immunity of international organizations as well as the obligation of international organizations to make dispute settlement for non-international disputes available”.