Процессуальная правоспособность международных неправительственных организаций

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the legal capacity of international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) in international judicial bodies. The author analyzed the law and practice of the relations with NGOs at the International Court of Justice, International Criminal Tribunals, including the examination of the role of NGOs in the investigations recently initiated by the International Criminal Court into alleged atrocities in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The author understands by "legal procedure capacity" not only the locus standi but other forms of participation in the proceedings of different international courts. In particular, the N G O role as a source of information is viewed, when an investigation can b e initiated on the basis of a amicus curiae note or an expert group report. Based on the analysis, the conclusions are drawn as to the importance of the N G O participation in the functioning of the international judicial bodies, especially of those in the area of human rights and humanitarian law. The very fact of the recognized standing in the international courts amplifies derivative international personality of NGOs.