Democratic Representation in International Organizations

Samantha Besson holds the Chair Droit international des institutions at the Collège de France and is Professor of Public International Law and European Law at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). She is an Associate Member of the Institute of International Law and was co-Chair of the ILA Study Group on the International Law of Regional Organizations (2021–24).

• 1. Democratic representation in, through, and by international organizations. An introduction Samantha Besson; 2. The dawn or dusk of representation Pierre Rosanvallon; Part I. Democratic Representation in International Organizations: 3. International representation by state-independent bodies Philip Pettit; 4. The four modes of representation in international organizations and the challenge of democratic legitimacy Jacob K. Cogan; 5. Demoicratic representation in and by international organizations Francis Cheneval; 6. Democratic representation and parliamentarization of international organizations: between false friends and false pretences Marie-Clotilde Runavot; Part II. Democratic Representation Through International Organizations: 7. Differentiated representation and cross-legitimization of business in international organizations. comparing the international organization of employers with the international chamber of commerce Marieke Louis; 8. The ambivalent logics of business representation in international organizations Melissa J. Durkee; 9. Representation and consideration of animals in international organizations Anne Peters; 10. Democratic representation and coalitions of the most affected in international institutional law Jochen von Bernstorff; Part III. Democratic Representation by International Organizations: 11. International organizations as orchestrators of represented constituencies: the case of the global compact on refugees Terry Macdonald; 12. No international democratic representation without institution: lifting the democratic veil of functionalist, incorporation and agency theories of representation by international organizations Samantha Besson and José Luis Martí; 13. Democratic representation in the European union: democratizing democracy? Édouard Dubout and Dominique Ritleng; 14. Extending the sphere of deliberation in universal international organizations: an alternative to the elusive democratic representation in/by international organizations Évelyne Lagrange; 15. Conclusions Olivier de Frouville; Index.