A Study of Preparatory Commission in International Law

Since the conclusion of an international organization’s statute until its enforcement and establishing a new organization, many necessary measures should be done in order to prepare conditions for its immediate and effective operation upon its creation. Usually, it’s a preparatory commission’s duty to prepare those conditions. However, given little attention paid to the status of preparatory commissions in international law, questions may be posed such as how they are created, what are their tasks and what powers they enjoy, weather a preparatory commission is a subsidiary organ of the new organization or it has a legal personality of its own. This article aims at examining above -mentioned issues in light of current international practice and steps taken towards the creation of several important international organizations.