Roberto Virzo, Ph.D. (2003), University of Bari, is an Associate Professor of International Law at University of Sannio, a visiting Professor of International Law of the Sea at University of Florida, and an Adjunct Professor of Law of International Organizations at LUISS University. His previous publications include Il regolamento delle controversie nel diritto del mare: rapporti tra procedimenti (CEDAM,2008) as well as several articles on international law.Ivan Ingravallo, Ph.D. (2002), University of Teramo, is an Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Bari Aldo Moro. He has published several articles on international law and EU law as well as a monograph entitled Il Consiglio di Sicurezza e l'amministrazione diretta di territori (Editoriale Scientifica, 2008).

• Part 1: Evolutions in the Models of International Organizations - Recent Developments1 The Intergovernmental Organization and the Institutionalization of International RelationsMarie-Clotide Runavot2 About Soft International OrganizationsAngela Di Stasi3 International Regional OrganizationsPiero Pennetta4 Universalism and Regionalism in the History of the United Nations and of Specialized AgenciesAlessandro Polsi5 The Activities for the Maintenance of International Peace in the Relationship between the United Nations and Regional OrganizationsGiovanni Cellamare6 Islam and International OrganizationsVíctor Luis Gutiérrez Castillo and Jonatán Cruz Ángeles7 The International Financial Crisis and the Evolution of the Bretton Woods InstitutionsSusanna Cafaro8 The Evolution of the Banking Supervision Architecture in EuropeConcetta Brescia Morra9 The Protection of Non-economic Values and the Evolution of International Economic OrganizationsMaria Rosaria Mauro10 The Changing Form of the International Law Commission's WorkJacob Katz CoganPart 2: Evolution in the Institutional Law of International Organizations - Selected Issues11 The Proliferation of Institutional Acts of International OrganizationsRoberto Virzo12 The League of Nations and the Emergence of Privileges and Immunities of International OrganizationsVittorio Mainetti13 International Organizations and Immunity from Legal ProcessMassimo Francesco Orzan14 Responsibility for Human Rights Violations by International OrganizationsGuillaume Le Floch15 The Control Criterion between Responsibility of States and Responsibility of International OrganizationsPietro Pustorino16 International Organizations and Gender DiscriminationBerta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol17 Handle with Care! The Succession between International OrganizationsIvan Ingravallo18 Settlement of Disputes by International Courts and Tribunals of Regional International OrganizationsElisa Tino19 The Right of Access to Justice for the Staff of International OrganizationsDaniele Gallo

"In general terms this volume is valuable as it provides a sound reassessment and further analysis of some of the main elements of interest in current debate concerning international institutional law."-Giulio Bartolini, University of Roma Tre.