The Responsibility of International Organizations (Summary)

Abstract

Due to the recognition of the possibility to impose international legal responsibility on international organizations, the issue of legal means of settling disputes involving international organizations as parties to them is of particular interest.
In circumstances where the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has no contentious jurisdiction under its Statute over the cases involving international organizations the special emphasis should be placed on such an instrument of international dispute settlement as international arbitration.
To that end the article seeks to illustrate the very important role that the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) as a universal arbitral tribunal may play in matters relating to the implementation of the responsibility of international organizations.