Abstract

This article, part of the symposium on ‘theorizing international organizations law’, discusses the work (and a little of the life and influence) of Henry G. (Hein) Schermers, arguably the leading functionalist international organizations lawyer of the post-war era. The article discusses how Schermers’ work solidified and consolidated functionalism and unwittingly laid bare its ‘Achilles heel’. Confronted with the growing popularity of human rights and keenly devoted to human rights, Schermers faced a dilemma when the possible responsibility of international organizations for human rights violations came up – a dilemma his functionalism was unable to solve. Therewith, zooming in on Schermers’ handling of the dilemma confirms that functionalist international organizations law is unable to address the responsibility of international organizations towards third parties. International organizations law will need to find different theoretical resources in order to come to terms with responsibility.

中文翻译：

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谢默斯的困境

摘要

本文是“国际组织法理论化”专题讨论会的一部分，讨论了亨利·海默·谢默斯（Henry Schermers）的工作（以及生活和影响的一些方面），可以说是战后时代主要的功能主义国际组织律师。本文讨论了Schermers的工作如何巩固和巩固功能主义，不加掩饰地暴露了其“致命弱点”。随着人权的日益普及和对人权的热切关注，当国际组织对侵犯人权的可能责任浮出水面时，Schermers面临一个困境–他的职能主义无法解决这一难题。因此，进一步关注Schermers对这一困境的处理，可以确认功能主义国际组织法无法解决国际组织对第三方的责任。国际组织法将需要找到不同的理论资源，以便承担责任。