Seminar 4 Topic: Subjects of International Law.

Questions:

1. The concept of subjects of international law

2. Main features and peculiarities of the international legal personality

3. State like a main subject of international law. The fundamental rights of states.

4. International personality of international organizations. Governmental and nongovernmental international organizations.

5. International personality of the people and nation, struggling for creation of the independent state (emerging state). The right of all peoples to self-determination. The definition of self-determination.

6. Special types of the international personalities. The quasi-states as subjects of international law. The Sovereign Order of Malta, The Holy See and the Vatican City. Other quasi-states and their role as subjects of international law.

7. The question of other subjects of international law: insurgents and belligerents, national liberation movements, international public companies, transnational corporations. International personality of natural person (individuals).

International legal instruments :

1. Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States of 26 December 1933. Art – 1.

2. Advisory Opinion of ICJ according to the Reparation for injuries suffered in the service of the United Nations of 11 April 1949

3. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations of 21 March 1986

Tasks: To research next cases

• Reparation for injuries suffered in the Service of the UN, ICJ 1949

• Rainbow Warrior Arbitration 1987

Завдання: дослідити наступні справи Міжнародного Суду ООН:

• Справа про відшкодування ушкоджень завданих на службі ООН 1949

• Справа Рейнбоу Ворріор (Уорріор). Нова Зеландія проти Франції 1987

Tasks for individual work:

• What is the peculiarities of the international legal personality?

• The recognition de jure and de facto of the international organizations as subjects of international law.

• The peculiarities of the international personality of the individuals.

• The peculiarities of the international personality of the transnational companies.

• Give examples when the nongovernmental organizations act according to the international law as a subjects.

• Tell about the peculiarities of the legal personality of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

• What is the virtual state? Could the virtual state be a subject of international law?

Vocabulary

international legal personality – міжнародна правосуб’єктність

intergovernmental international organizations – міжнародна міжурядова організація

nongovernmental international organizations – міжнародна неурядова організація

struggle – боротьба

self-determination - самовизначення

insurgent [ɪn'sɜːʤ(ə)nt] – повстала сторона

belligerent [bɪ'lɪʤər(ə)nt] – воююча сторона

entity - організація

legal entity – юридична особа

crucial – ключовий

sufficient [sə'fɪʃ(ə)nt] – достатній, обгрунтований

maintain [meɪn'teɪn] – підтримувати (чиюсь думку або позицію)

legal capacity [kə'pæsətɪ] – правоздатність, дієздатність

conduct of a state – поведінка держави

possession [pə'zeʃ(ə)n] – володіння

permanent population – постійне населення

defined territory – визначена територія

capacity to enter into relations with other states – здатність вступати у відносини з іншими державами

individual’s responsibility – відповідальність фізичних осіб

Literature to the topic:

1. Bowett's Law of International Organisations, ed. by P. Sands, P. Klein, London, 2001.

2. Brownlie I., Principles of Public International Law, Oxford University Press, 5^th Ed., 1998.

3. Hiller Т., Sourcebook on Public International Law, Cavendish Publishing Limited, London, 1998.

4. Hiller Т., Principles on Public International Law, 2d ed., London, 1999.

5. Shaw M. N., International Law, 4^th Ed., Cambridge University Press, 1997.

6. Лукашук И.И. Международное право. - M.: БЕК., 1997

7. Тункин Г.И. Теория международного права. - М., 2000

8. Маланчук П. Вступ до Міжнароного права за Ейкхерстом. – Харків

9. Буткевич В.Г. Міжнародне право. Основні теорії. – К.: Либідь 2002

International public law / Міжнародне публічне право

МП III курс

Лектор: Хачатурян Т.Х.

Lecturer: Khachaturian T.Kh.