International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) as Participants in the International Law-Making Process: Examples in Environmental and Space Law
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ABSTRACT:

The article deals with the role the international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) play in the international law-making process. Starting from the definition of INGOs, the article analyzes their law-making capacity in contemporary international law through the so-called phases of imagination, standard-setting and implementation. In many fields of international law today, the INGOs participate in the law-making process mostly through their influence on the negotiation process at international conferences, but also through the creation of so-called ‘soft law’ instruments introducing some general principles which, although not legally binding, may influence the states’ behaviour. The article mostly concentrates on the INGOs’ role in the fields of international environmental law and space law.


keywords
international non-governmental organizations (INGOs)
‘soft law’
environmental law
space law
law-making process
about the authors

Davorin Lapaš LL.M, Ph.D, Professor of Public International Law, Department of Public International Law, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, Croatia.

e-mail: dlapas@pravo.hr

Robert Mrljić LL.M, Ph.D. Candidate, Assistant at the Department of Public International Law, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, Croatia.

e-mail: rob_mr2@yahoo.com