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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

Non-State Actors

Markus Wagner

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Encyclopedia entries
Product:
Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

Module:
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated:
July 2013

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 03 October 2024

Subject(s):
Responsibility of states — Responsibility of individuals — Responsibility of non-state actors — Unilateral acts — Sovereignty — Corporations — Terrorism — De facto regime — NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

1 The term non-State actors is a superordinate concept that encompasses all those actors in international relations that are not State[s]. It comprises individuals (Individuals in International Law) as well as entities, the latter spanning a large range of organizations and institutions on the global, regional, sub-regional as well as the local levels. These entities cannot be identified by common sociological features as they include, inter alia, international organizations (International Organizations or Institutions, General Aspects), corporations (Corporations...
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