New actors of international law, reality or dream? (The role of non-state international organizations at international level)

One of the most important issues of international law is the international law actors. In international law, international organizations and governments are mentioned as active actors of international law and beside the active actors there are non-state organizations and people, freedom movements as passive actors. With the beginning of third millennium and the changes at international system and the importance of non-state organizations is added. Today, non-state organizations beside the intergovernmental organizations have unavoidable role in various international issues. It can be said that today, non-state international organizations including Red Cross, international amnesty and human rights watch have important role in formulation of international rules as war and peace rules and formation of international penalty and the supervision on good intention of the rules. It is believed that today, based on the role of non-state organizations, we can consider these actors at international system as active actors of international law. Finally, Iran as an applied example is investigated.