This presentation will focus on two aspects of my research on international legal responsibility. While the focus is on the system of responsibility, the external actions of the EU will be utilised as an example of actions at the international level.
After situating legal responsibility within the international legal system and outlining the important role played by this area of law in ensuring redress for breaches of the law, this presentation will outline two issues that I have been, and will continue to be, exploring. The first of these is the limited nature of the principles in who they are able to address at the international level. While the range of actors at the global level is expanding, the principles remain highly limited and largely focused around one type of actor: the state. The second issue is a much more practical one; I am exploring the practical issues with adjudicating responsibility and whether it is possible to ensure that these principles gain practical application and live up to their stated role as ensuring redress for breaches of the law.