INTERNATIONAL PERSONALITY INTRODUCTION rised by the g rnomicand he United Nations Eco. le T1 of the UN Charter to some of ther, hay ommon interest. The European Commission for the Danube, created by the 1856 ‘Treaty for the Re-esublshment of Peace’ was such an organisation. Io tras to ensure fice navigation on the river Danube. Is legishtive and enforcement overs were so extensive that from today's perspec ‘ih international personality and supranational powers comparable ta those of the EU. Multinational Corporations (MNCs) These can be defined as corporations with wholly or partially controled subsidiaries jects of international law al ‘no physical control over any territory, were imporant players im the international 3. Howeeer, during the period berween WWI and WWI th century ended with the acceptance of IGOs as new subjecs of international Since the middle of the ewentieth century the perception of swho is a subject of alla has been under challenge once agua. The g the cretion of international rights and dusts sation, privatisation, feminism and the fragmentation of international aw hive emphasised the impact of the increasingly important role of non-tate actors in the Sates decided cha establishment of ‘sure efficent co-operation in areasINTERNATIONAL PERSONALITY STATES AND THE CRITERIA FOR STATEHOOD resented tothe Internationa Law Commision (LC) sated that te CT's recognition of ‘iaiduae at subjects of International law: may lead the Court to atert the legal personality even 10 non-governmental “iganisations. It wold be dificult to underand why individuals may aequie rights ted obgatons under inemaond lv whet sme could not oc with ny 1, provided that itis an entity which is distinct from its ‘deprive 8 Stat of its international personal ple of effecrivenss i atthe root of the criteria set out inthe Montevideo ncipe plays a vital oe in international ae because it ecognies that in the absence of any central auchority which can decide whether an entity hat met the ichood, any legal fictions shouldbe discouraged. International law in order rgansaions with global reach ‘nave wemendous impact on international lw The 9/1 ter 2 tgs ti Pind et ee kn Carin Pe, OUE 19944, pt pny teen, De AAS 26h 2003p See} mfr The Ce fr Sand erate lw186 parscalar whether a ‘become relevan ‘he issue of the legal effets of recogni need not neces to effectiveness are rele 52a s2aa INTERNATIONAL PERSONALITY ional criteria to those set out i the thee ‘The traditional criteria for statehood A permanent population population. The requirement of 's permanent popula video Convention bine STATES AND THE CRITERIA FOR STATEHOOD population of 90 inhabitants occupying an are of five square kilometres. The Comittee Territory's tiny sae, its small and decrasing powage amps fr the bulk ofits even terion of population i not afected if the popultion ofa Sate is noma, that 4 nation Stat, as opposed to 2 State, i of | the populadoa is made up of nationals. The determination of national atbutes ofa State but not an element efnition, Therefore, nationality is dependent ion of ‘sable population’ refers toa group ‘of ndividuals living within a certain geographical zea, 212 Adefined territory it comes into being or subsequently. The UN in 1949, despite the final delimitation of ts boundaries not having been seed, Many of te Sates erated afer WWI were recogni bythe Alle poe, alough th 187