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Israel PLO
VS
VATICAN
MAN OR
WOMAN
SUBJECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
1. STATE;
2. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION;
3. CORPORATIONS;
4. HOLY THRONE;
5. INDIVIDUAL;
6. BELIGERENCY.
A) A state should have legal personality in order to be a
subject of international law
• PERMANENT POPULATION;
• DEFINED TERRITORY;
• GOVERNMENT;
• SOVEREIGNITY;
• THE CAPABILITY TO ENTER INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
STATE;
• RECOGNITION BY OTHER STATES
B) INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
• ICJ in an Advisory opinion on the legality of the threat or use of
Nuclear Weapons (WHO Case) 1996 ICJ Rep 66 said: ‘international
organizations are subjects of international law which do not, unlike
states, possess a general competence. International organizations…
are invested by the states which create them with powers, the limits
of which are a function of the common interests whose promotion
those states entrust to them.’