ABSTRACT

It is noteworthy that the growing role of non-state actors in international law-making processes is not without consequences on the content of the rules of international law either. This is the approach that has generally pervaded the work of the International Law Commission as is presented in the contribution of Gentian Zyberi or that of the International Law Association's Committee on Non-State Actors which has been outlined by Math Noortmann. Such frictions also infuse the discussion about the bindingness of international law upon non-state actors. It is noteworthy, however, that although they may disagree on the conceptual foundations of the bindingness of rules upon actors whose personality and status is uncertain, most authors nowadays seem to agree that international law can bind, to a certain extent, non-state actors.