Influence of decisions of some typical international organizations to the development of international law: The case of the United Nations

Abstract

In the theory and practice of international law has long been present a debate on the ability of international organizations to influence the decisions in the process of creating international law. It is undisputed that the decisions of international organizations have an increasingly important position, but the debates about the law constituting role of these organizations in the contemporary international law are still alive. There is no consent, and certainly, the widest debates are provoked by the decisions of the international organization of a universal character - the United Nations. A key task of our research will be to analyze the decision-making practice within the United Nations and to determine, by the comparison of the different arguments of international law schools of thought, the impact that this organization has on the creation of international law. Also, we will try to investigate whether the decisions taken in the framework of international organizations carry within them a little more than 'moral and political force', but also to check the achievements of the so-called soft law (soft law).

U teoriji i praksi međunarodnog prava dugo je prisutna rasprava o sposobnosti uticaja odluka međunarodnih organizacija na proces stvaranja međunarodnog prava. Nesporno je da odluke međunarodnih organizacija zauzimaju sve značajnije mesto, ali su debate o pravnostvaralačkoj ulozi ovih organizacija u savremenom međunarodnom pravu još uvek žive. Saglasnosti nema, a svakako da najšire rasprave izazivaju odluke donete u međunarodnoj organizaciji univerzalnog karaktera - Ujedinjenim nacijama. Ključni zadatak našeg istraživanja biće da analizom prakse donošenja odluka u okviru Ujedinjenih nacija i ukrštanjem različitih argumenata međunarodnopravnih škola mišljenja, utvrdimo uticaj koji ova organizacija ima na stvaranje pravila međunarodnog prava. Takođe, nastojaćemo da istražimo da li odluke donete u okviru međunarodnih organizacija nose sa sobom nešto više od 'moralne i političke snage', ali i da proverimo domete tzv. mekog prava (soft law).