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control the development of the system through international and intergovernmental organisations. The WTO, the IMF, the EU, NATO and a host of similar bodies were mostly set up to underwrite the US-led post-1945 system, but they have gained renewed prominence because of globalisation. (2006: 95) 07c Globalisation 164-190 176 2/2/11 15:11 Page 176 Globalisation and ideology in Britain These institutions are therefore said to ‘police’ the global economy, in order to ‘enforce the complex relationships between trade, investment and economic growth’ (Middleton, 2005
above the concerns of particular nations. The term ‘global’ is also associated with the growing importance of actors beyond governmental or intergovernmental organisations and agencies, for example the media, internationally influential foundations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and transnational corporations. 95 The work of contemporary players of ‘global’ stature such as the
employers were White British citizens. To gather a broader range of perspectives on domestic service, I also conducted a small number of interviews with relatives of domestic workers, trade union officials, and staff from ‘maid centre’ employment agencies and relevant intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) and NGOs. 80 Most interviews were conducted in Lusaka, but I also carried
Joost Lips (1547–1606), Justus Lipsius – ‘just lips’ – has been the punchline of much ridicule of the Council’s work. Sitting at the top of the EU’s political hierarchy, the Council underscores the Union’s intergovernmentalism. As in every intergovernmental organisation, negotiations between heads of state and governments require early preparation and careful negotiation of conflict and compromise. Scholars have long observed a shift away from high-level, on-the-spot deal-making by heads of government at the European Council, towards low-level preparatory
Greenpeace (in the first opinion) and the WWF (in both opinions). The ITLOS stated, however, that while not part of the case file, the statements would be placed on its website and also transmitted to the States parties, relevant intergovernmental organisations and the ISA (in the case of the 2011 Opinion) and the SRFC (in the case of the 2015 Opinion). 62 Annex VII tribunals
Liberation Organisations recognised by the regional Intergovernmental Organisations concerned’, Final Act 1977, Schindler and Toman, 699. The PLO actually appended its signature to the Final Act. 46 The fact that a person is a member of the forces of a state establishes his right to be treated as a prisoner of war
other’. 63 See, e.g., Final Act of the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts, which produced the two Protocols: ‘National Liberation Movements recognised by the Regional Intergovernmental Organisation concerned and invited by the Conference
European Commission and the European Parliament, SEE countries, regional neighbouring countries, the US, Russia, as well as most of the major regional intergovernmental organisations such as the OSCE and the Council of Europe. Its aims have since been modified and the process has been made responsible for inter-parliamentary relations under the SP. The EU complemented the Royaumont Process with a so-called Regional
committed by States, intergovernmental organisations or non-state actors, including private persons and armed groups, remains pervasive in all countries of the world, with high levels of impunity’. CEDAW General Recommendation 35 (14 July 2017) UN Doc CEDAW/C/GC/35. 19 Ibid
violations. 150 Her allegations were supported by the abundant information contained in reports of intergovernmental organisations and NGOs of rapes by security forces in Peru as part of their campaign to intimidate, humiliate and punish civilians suspected of collaborating with insurgents. Such rapes were committed with impunity and the Commission noted that there were no effective domestic remedies within