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The Functional Threshold: Direct International Legal Regulation of Collective Nonstate Entities and the Law of International Peace and Security

Van der Ploeg, Klara Polackova

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This article explores transformations in international law with respect to collective nonstate entities, challenging the mainstream view that international law stipulates rights and obligations directly binding on such entities only on an exceptional basis. Through the example of the U.N. Charter’s regime for international peace and security, this article demonstrates the normative change within international law to directly address rights and obligations to collective nonstate entities, without the interposition of any state. The article argues that the normative inclusion of collective nonstate entities within binding international law may be conceptualized and explained as involving the operation of a “functional threshold.” Specifically, only the functionally critical collective nonstate entities, i.e., entities perceived as indispensable for the performance of the legal regime’s function, have acquired direct rights and obligations under international law.

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Van der Ploeg, K. P. (2021). The Functional Threshold: Direct International Legal Regulation of Collective Nonstate Entities and the Law of International Peace and Security. New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, 53(1), 71-133

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 21, 2020
Online Publication Date Dec 30, 2020
Publication Date Jan 12, 2021
Deposit Date Jan 13, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal New York University Journal of International Law and Politics
Print ISSN 0028-7873
Publisher New York University, School of Law
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 53
Issue 1
Pages 71-133
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5225156
Related Public URLs https://www.nyujilp.org/volume-53-2020-2021/
Additional Information Klara Polackova Van der Ploeg, The Functional Threshold: Direct International Legal Regulation of Collective Nonstate Entities and the Law of International Peace and Security, N.Y.U. J. Int’l L. & Pol. v. 53 (1), pp. 71-133 (2020)

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