Diplomatic privileges and immunities for international non-governmental organizations (INGOs): a step towards a new diplomatic law?
Diplomatic privileges and immunities for international non-governmental organizations (INGOs): a step towards a new diplomatic law?

Summary/Abstract: Contemporary international relations have resulted not only in the establishment of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), but also in the emergence of certain private IGO-like entities which are entering into ‘diplomatic-like’ relations with States, characterized by privileges and immunities similar to those provided under classic diplomatic law. This paper analyses such diplomatic-like relations between States and organizations composed of formally non-State entities, but with an undoubtedly public purpose, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) or the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), as well as other so-called ‘advanced’ non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

• Details
• Contents