ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the potential of the International Law Commission (ILCs) 2011 Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations (ARIO) to become a framework for holding the organization responsible under international law. It presents a framework approach to exploring accountability. The chapter discusses the practical limitations not the least being the lack of a judicial forum for individuals to sue international organizations of applying the ARIO to an international organization, such as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The rules of the organization are nevertheless an important source of human rights obligations for UNHCR. The function of international protection lies at the heart of UNHCRs mandate and its content should be regarded as sui generis. The chapter also presents several of the most obvious shortcomings of applying the ARIO to UNHCR, including the lack of remedies for victims of human rights violations, and suggests how several of these shortcomings might be overcome.
