International organizations

International organizations

The UN cooperates on rule of law issues with a wide range of intergovernmental organizations, consisting of States and other intergovernmental organizations. These international and regional organizations have diverse functions related to the rule of law, including the development of norms and standards as well as good practices and knowledge. Many are involved in assisting to strengthen the rule of law in countries or at regional levels as multilateral assistance providers.

The international and regional bodies tasked with functions of fact-finding, mediation and arbitration and adjudication, such as the international arbitral tribunals and regional judicial institutions contribute to the rule of law at the regional and international level. The International Criminal Court (ICC), the only permanent international criminal tribunal, represents the most significant recent development in combating impunity for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community.

International and regional organizations
International and regional judicial institutions

• International and regional organizations
  • African Development Bank (AfDB)
  • African Union (AU)
  • Arab League
  • Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  • Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
  • Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
  • The Commonwealth
  • Council of Europe
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
  • European Union (EU)
  • L'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
  • Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
  • International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
  • International Development Law Organization (IDLO)
  • International Organization for Migration (IOM)
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
  • Organization of American States (OAS)
  • Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
  • Pacific Islands Forum
  • Union of South American Nations (Mercosur & Andean Community)
  • World Trade Organization (WTO)
• International and regional judicial institutions
  • African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
  • Appellate Body of the WTO
  • Caribbean Court of Justice
  • Court of Justice of the European Communities
  • East African Court of Justice
  • Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
  • European Court of Human Rights
  • Inter-American Court of Human Rights
  • International Criminal Court (ICC), governed by the Rome Statute, is the first permanent, treaty-based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community. The UN relationship with the ICC is set out in the Negotiated Relationship Agreement between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations.
  • Permanent Court of Arbitration