1st Edition
Non-Governmental Organisations and the Law Self-Regulation and Accountability
INTRODUCTION. 1 NGO accountability, regulation, and self-regulation. 2 Making sense of NGO self-regulation non-compliance: the Roman third-sector and the "Mafia Capitale" scandal. 3 The end of NGO self-regulation? The charity sector’s response to the Oxfam scandal. 4 Beyond NGO self-regulation: identifying alternative accountability routes. 5 The future of NGO accountability and reforming NGO self-regulation. 7 Bibliography
Biography
Domenico is a lecturer in Public International Law and Public Law at the University of Stirling (UK). He holds a PhD from the University of Aberdeen (UK), sponsored by the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL). Before commencing his PhD, Domenico qualified as a solicitor in Italy. His publications appear in leading journals, including the Leiden Journal of International Law and the Human Rights Law Review. Domenico’s work has also featured in Forbes and Open Democracy.
'(…) the book is a very valuable one. Despite their enormous international significance, the regulation of NGOs, as they work and operate internationally, has not before been the subject of an extended legal study. Carolei’s important analysis corrects that omission.'
Jonh Picton, University of Manchester, in the Voluntary Sector Review
'This book provides an excellent contribution to a topic that has been dealt several times in different environments in recent years. However, the volume by Domenico Carolei fills a gap since through an in-depth analysis, that is the result of a serious research, it offers an all-encompassing picture of the main legal issues regarding accountability of non-governmental organisations, increasingly relevant and sometime indispensable actors in internal as well as international affairs. The overall message is that law, in all its manifestations, matters when accountability is at stake; if both States and NGOs take this message without reservations, they will improve their mutual relations and shape a constructive and more solid role of NGOs in both national and international environment.'
Giuseppe Nesi, University of Trento, member of the UN International Law Commission
