The lecture considers issues specific to the World Bank as an international organization, i.e. interpretation of constitutive instrument, State succession, relationship with UN, and issues related to its operations, i.e. applicable law, projects on international waterways, or in disputed areas, human rights and accountability.
International Law Aspects of the World Bank
and its Operations, Part I
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