Intergovernmental organizations: Contemporary practice as an expression of the autonomous will

Abstract

Globalization, internationalization, interdependence and legislation in international relations and international law, which occurred after the end of the Cold war, brought changes into the existence and functioning of international intergovernmental organizations. Their special, autonomous, independent will is getting stronger and is becoming confirmation of their independent legal personality. The main result of the independent roll of international organizations are their decisions, which is why studying and following their internal practice is of crucial importance, although it neglected to a large degree. For that reason, this paper tends to point at several elements of that internal practice, throughout the conducts of members (primarily states) in decision-making and expending competences of the permanent organs, as well as at new phases and new participants in the decision-making process in international organizations. The list of these novelties is certainly not exhausted and new questions arise from the discussion about the responsibility of international organization for their conducts.

Pod uticajem globalizacije, internacionalizacije, međuzavisnosti i legislacije u međunarodnim odnosima i međunarodnom pravu, do kojih dolazi posle kraja hladnog rata došlo je do promene u postojanju i delovanju međunarodnih vladinih organizacija. Sve je jača njihova posebna, samostalna, nezavisna volja koja postaje potvrda njihove nezavisne pravne ličnosti. Osnovni rezultat samostalne uloge međunarodnih organizacija su njihove odluke, te je izučavanje i praćenje njihove interne prakse od suštinskog značaja, a ukazivanje na nju je u velikoj meri zanemareno. Zato smo u ovom radu probali da ukažemo na nekoliko elemenata te interne prakse, kroz ponašanje članica (pre svega država) u odlučivanju, širenju nadležnosti stalnih organa, kao i na nove faze i nove učesnike u procesu odlučivanja u međunarodnim organizacijama. Lista uočenih novina svakako ovim nije iscrpljena, a nova pitanja pokreće i rasprava o odgovornosti međunarodnih organizacija za delovanje.