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A supranational union is a type of international organization and political union that is empowered to directly exercise some of the powers and functions otherwise reserved to states. [1] A supranational organization involves a greater transfer of or limitation of state sovereignty than other kinds of international organizations.
For a more complete listing, see the Yearbook of International Organizations, [1] which includes 25,000 international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), excluding for-profit enterprises, about 5,000 IGOs, and lists dormant and dead organizations as well as those in operation (figures as of the 400th edition, 2012/13). A 2020 academic ...
European Court of Human Rights: Founded 1950, Reformed 1998: Aspect: Supranational Element: Judges of the Court serve in an individual capacity. Though elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, they receive no instructions from States or any entity outside the court and cannot be dismissed but by a vote of two thirds of their own grouping.
Ambassadors to supranational organizations (19 C) C. Continental unions (7 C, 19 P) O. Organization of Turkic States (6 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Supranational unions"
An early prominent example of an international organization is the Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815, which was an international diplomatic conference to reconstitute the European political order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon. States then became the main decision makers who preferred to maintain their sovereignty as of 1648 ...
A variety of supranational environmental agencies, commissions, programs, and secretariats exist across the world today. Some are global in nature, while others are regional; they may be multilateral or bilateral in character.
Notable examples include the United Nations (UN), Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Council of Europe (COE), International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Police Organization (INTERPOL). The UN has used the term "intergovernmental organization" instead of ...
A supraorganization is an organization whose members or stakeholders are organizations rather than individuals. Some organizations may have membership of both organizations and individuals; these should not be included here.