The International Organisations Act 2005 (c. 20) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Its purpose is to enable the United Kingdom to fulfil a give certain international organisations legal capacity, certain legal privileges and certain legal immunities.Explanatory notes, paragraph 3
Provisions The organisations affected by the act are:
the Commonwealth Secretariat/Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) bodies established under Titles V and VI of the Treaty on European Union - Provisions on a Common Foreign and Security Policy and on Police and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters the International Criminal Court (ICC) the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
In relation to the Commonweatlh Secretariat Arbitration Tribunal, the act changed the status of the tribunal so that its proceedings were no longer "arbitration" under the domestic law of the United Kingdom and could therefore be conducted in public.
In relation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the act was broadly in line with the 1993 Rome Council Decision.
Notes
References Halsbury's Statutes,
External links
Explanatory notes to the International Organisations Act 2005.