OUVRAGE : R. Lawson, R. A. Wessel (eds.), Unity in Diversity: Perspectives on the Law of International Organizations. Liber Amicorum for Niels M. Blokker

Rick LAWSON, Ramses A. WESSEL

Over many decades, the works by Niels M. Blokker have influenced students and scholars working in the area of the law of international organizations. This book is a tribute to his contribution and revisits a central theme in his work: the unity in diversity in the forms and functioning of international organizations. Renowned experts address new developments in international institutional law and reassess classic themes. The book is a must-have for both academics and practitioners interested in or working on international organizations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Rick Lawson, Ramses A. Wessel, Introduction: Niels Blokker’s Contribution to International Institutional Law

PART 1
PRESERVING THE PEACE

1. Roeland Böcker, Restoring Justice Step 1: The Register of Damage for Ukraine
2. Thomas Henquet, The UN Liability Rules and General International Law: Lex Specialis?
3. Ian Johnstone, Security Council Oversight of Non-UN Operations Law, Policy and Practice
4. Giserd Marqeshi, Nigel D. White, Operational Lawmaking within the UN: The Origins of the Legal Framework for Peacekeeping
5. Michael Ramsden, ‘Uniting against Impunity’ in the New Cold War: Will the UN General Assembly Come of Age?
6. Alfred van Staden, The Amazing Resurrection of NATO: Problems and Prospects

PART 2
PRESERVING THE PLANET

7. Gian Luca Burci, Regime Complexity in Global Health: The Search for Multilateral Pandemic Governance
8. Daniëlla Dam-de Jong, The UN Security Council and a Warming World: Coming to Terms with the Security Implications of Climate Change
9. Jan Klabbers, Inter-organizational Collaboration: The World Organization for Animal Health and the One Health Initiative
10. Brian McGarry, Weathering a Perfect Storm: Fundamental Questions of Institutional Law in Ocean Governance
11. André Nollkaemper, The Quadripartite: Building Alliances between the WHO, the FAO, WOAH and UNEP
12. Meagan S. Wong, The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the Meeting of States Parties to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea Mare Ignotum for the Law of International Organizations?

PART 3
PRESERVING JUSTICE

13. Eric De Brabandere, Jason Rudall, The Contribution of International Organizations to the Settlement of International Disputes
14. Mielle Bulterman, Larissa van den Herik, The EU’s Foreign and Security Policy and Legal Remedies Three Remarkable Cases before the EU Courts
15. Jacob Katz Cogan, Statement Decisions as Institutional Authority
16. Helen Duffy, Giulia Pinzauti, The International Court of Justice in Conflict Reflections on the Role and Impact of the Palestine Litigation
17. Huw Llewellyn, The United Nations Criminal Tribunals: Terminable Yet Independent?
18. Carsten Stahn, When the Whole Becomes More than the Sum of Its Parts How the ICC Re-Invented Itself through Complementarity
19. Sergey Vasiliev, Governing International Justice: Whence the Unified Principles?

PART 4
PRESERVING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

20. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Pieter Jan Kuijper, Relations between ‘European Courts’ Towards Civilized Dialogue?
21. Edward Kwakwa, Irina Chicu, The World Intellectual Property Organization’s New Strategic Direction Serving Underserved Communities and Helping Transform IP into a Tool That Works for Building a More Sustainable Future
22. Gabrielle Marceau, Maria George, The New Roles of the WTO
23. Pierre Klein, Between Restraint and Enthusiasm International Organizations’ Participation in Advisory Proceedings before the ICJ and ITLOS
24. Liesbeth Lijnzaad, Anticipation, or the People That Make the Law of the Sea Convention Work
25. René Urueña, Falling through the Cracks Exploring the Role of Law in the Interaction between International Organizations

PART 5
PRESERVING INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

26. Laurens-Jan Brinkhorst, Jaap Hoeksma, The European Union as a Democratic International Organization
27. Helena Loutas-Paraskeva, Anmol Gulecha, Unity within Diversity: The Continuing Rise of Consensus
28. Paolo Palchetti, Attaching Member State’s Financial Contribution to the Organization to Circumvent the Organization’s Immunity from Execution Let the State Pay?
29. August Reinisch, The Privileges and Immunities of International Organizations and Equality Some Reflections on Their Justifications from an Egalitarian Perspective
30. Dan Sarooshi, The Personality and Responsibility of International Organizations
31. Kirsten Schmalenbach, The Great Unknown General Principles Governing the Law of International Organizations
32. Nico Schrijver, We the Peoples in International Organizations: An Unfinished Agenda

PART 6
SOME CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS ON THE DISCIPLINE OF INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL LAW

33. Jean d’Aspremont, International Institutional Lawyers as Masters of Modern Philosophy
34. Catherine Brölmann, Reading International Organizations Between Legal Construction and Social Existence
35. Edward Chukwuemeke Okeke, Law and Lawyering in International Organizations

Index 

 Rick LAWSON, Ramses A. WESSEL (eds.), Unity in Diversity: Perspectives on the Law of International Organizations. Liber Amicorum for Niels M. Blokker, Leiden/Boston, Brill/Nijhoff, 2025 (504 pp.)