Abstract

While the responsibility of international organizations and their member states has been on the agenda of courts and scholars for decades, the adoption of the Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations (ARIO) by the International Law Commission in 2011 has given new impetus to the debate. Nikolaos Voulgaris’ Allocating International Responsibility between Member States and International Organizations is one of the few general books on the topic that post-dates the adoption of the ARIO. Despite its broad title, however, the focus of the book is rather narrow: it concentrates on the responsibility of an international organization or a state in connection with the act of a/another state or international organization, which Voulgaris describes as ‘indirect responsibility’. Considering the book’s extensive discussion of the function and nature of international responsibility, this review essay first submits that the book’s actual aim is a rethinking of indirect responsibility. Second, it examines Voulgaris’ reconceptualization of the pertinent provisions on indirect responsibility in terms of what he calls the ‘complicity’ and ‘derivative responsibility’ models. This review essay concludes that the reader who expects detailed guidance on the allocation of responsibility between international organizations and their member states will be left wanting. Instead, the interaction between international organizations and their member states serves as an illustration for the book’s insightful analysis of the under-theorized provisions on international responsibility in connection with the act of another.

中文翻译：

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国际组织及其成员国之间国际责任的分配：一个间接责任的案例？

摘要

尽管国际组织及其成员国的责任已在法院和学者的议程上讨论了数十年，但国际法委员会于2011年通过的《国际组织责任条款》为辩论提供了新动力。 。Nikolaos Voulgaris在《会员国与国际组织之间的国际责任分配》是在ARIO通过之后几本有关该主题的普通书籍之一。尽管标题广泛，但这本书的重点却很狭窄：它集中于国际组织或国家在与一个或另一个国家或国际组织的行为有关的责任，Voulgaris将其称为“间接责任” 。考虑到本书对国际责任的功能和性质的广泛讨论，本文首先提出该书的实际目的是对间接责任的重新思考。其次，本文从沃格里斯所谓的“共谋”和“衍生责任”模型出发，考察了沃加里斯对间接责任相关条款的重新概念化。这篇评论文章的结论是，希望获得有关国际组织与其成员国之间责任分配的详细指导的读者会感到匮乏。取而代之的是，国际组织与其成员国之间的互动可以说明该书对与另一方的行为有关的国际责任的理论不足的规定的深刻见解。