1.1. International Organisations

International Organisations were created by common consent to enable and promote cooperation among states in a number of domains (Saran 2017; 260). Thus, international organisations transcend the boundaries of states. These bodies generally have founding documents defining their goals, rules of procedure, secretariats etc.

Generally, a distinction is made between intergovernmental organisations e.g. the UN, NATO etc and international non-governmental organisations e.g Amnesty international. There is a third kind as well i.e. hybrid international organisations in which governments work with NGOs

e.g the International Red Cross. This kind of organisation admits as full member both NGOs, companies and government or governmental bodies.