Date: 2010
Type: Working Paper
On the Attribution to an International Organization of the Activity of Private Companies that Operate on its Account
Working Paper, EUI MWP, 2010/07
MAGI, Laura, On the Attribution to an International Organization of the Activity of Private Companies that Operate on its Account, EUI MWP, 2010/07 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/14139
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The increasing outsourcing of the activities of international organizations to private companies,
especially in security and military fields, raises the question whether the conduct of private companies
can be attributed to the delegating organization.
The paper seeks to explore this new topic in the light of the criteria of attribution provided by the
International Law Commission in the Draft Articles of responsibility of international organizations
adopted on first reading in 2009. The paper highlights the advantages of the solution reached by the
Commission, but also underlines the gaps it has left open.
It formulates suggestions for changes the Commission should follow during the second reading in
order to make more clear the approach it has adopted.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/14139
ISSN: 1830-7728
Series/Number: EUI MWP; 2010/07