In its 1949 Advisory Opinion in Reparation for injuries suffered in the service of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice recognised that the United Nations (as an international organisation) is an international person with objective legal personality separate from that of its members. It recognised that the United Nations is a subject of international law, capable of possessing international rights and duties.

INTERPOL’s status as an international organisation is uncontroversial, and it is trite law that the responsibility of INTERPOL may be invoked when it breaches its international obligations. In this lecture at All Souls College, organised by the PIL Discussion Group at the University of Oxford, Dr Martha and Stephen Bailey examine INTERPOL’s understanding of international responsibility and explore the difficulties in holding INTERPOL responsible for its internationally wrongful acts.

For further information on the event and to sign up for the Oxford PIL Discussion Group, see here.