"Questionnaire on the Legal Status of NGOs in International Law" [2008] ELECD 152; in Dupuy, Pierre-Marie; Vierucci, Luisa (eds), "NGOs in International Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008)

Book Title: NGOs in International Law

Editor(s): Dupuy, Pierre-Marie; Vierucci, Luisa

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781847205605

Section: Appendix 1

Section Title: Questionnaire on the Legal Status of NGOs in International Law

Number of pages: 4

Extract:

216 Appendix 1

APPENDIX 1 QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE LEGAL
STATUS OF NGOS IN INTERNATIONAL
LAW1
Please answer the following questions using the space provided. Feel free to
use additional space if necessary. Kindly submit the questionnaire by 30
October to the following address: [e-mail] and be ready to discuss
it at the workshop.

Section 1 ­ NGOs and intergovernmental organisations (IGOs)
Section 2 ­ NGOs before international courts and quasi-judicial bodies
Section 3 ­ The legal status of NGOs in international law: general
considerations

Section 1 NGOs and intergovernmental organisations (IGOs)

1. Does your NGO have consultative status or equivalent with any of
the following IGOs: United Nations (its organs and/or specialized
agencies), European Union, Council of Europe? If yes, which? If not,
why?




2. If your NGO does have consultative status, what rights does this
status provide in practice?




3. Are there any rights your NGO is entitled to by virtue of its legal
status which it cannot exercise in practice?




1 European University Institute, Law Department, `A Legal Status for NGOs in
Contemporary International Law? A Contribution to the Debate on `Non-State Actors' and
Public International Law at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century', 15­16 November
2002, Florence, workshop held under the responsibility of Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Professor
of International Law, European University Institute and Université de Paris (Panthéon-
Assas).
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4. Are there systems for consultative status or equivalent which you
find more useful than others? In which respects?




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