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Forms of Participation of International Organizations in the Lawmaking Processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

Krzysztof Skubiszewski
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This article seeks to list and briefly analyze the different ways and forms whereby contemporary international organizations participate in the making of new rules of public international law.

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International Organization , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , Fall 1964 , pp. 790 - 805
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1964

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