Introducción

AuthorFélix Vacas Fernández - Juan Manuel Rodríguez Barrigón
Pages9-15
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INTRODUCCIÓN
El mundo de nuestros días está conociendo transformaciones de
significativa relevancia que imbrican de forma interactiva lo local y
lo global. La conformación general de niveles entre los mismos pone
de relieve tendencias en las que la interdependencia, siempre cre-
ciente, que conoce la Sociedad Internacional contemporánea ha
impulsado el establecimiento de modelos cooperativos que permitan
dotar a la acción de los Estados de la eficacia que de forma aislada
no resulta alcanzable.
La globalización ha llevado aparejada mutaciones de sobresalien-
te trascendencia bien conocidas que imbrican campos de variada
naturaleza. En estas condiciones, la soberanía se desdibuja al no cons-
tituir un componente de entidad suficiente frente a los movimientos
de capital, de trabajadores, de las informaciones o de las ideas, de
manera que el Estado no puede ofrecer la protección efectiva y nece-
saria para afrontar los riesgos y amenazas que provienen desde fuera 1.
La respuesta organizada que se ha dado por parte de los Es tados
a la amplia variedad de intereses que se expresa en esta Sociedad In-
ternacional se ha basado, desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en el esta-
blecimiento de Organizaciones Internacionales; de este modo, la hete-
rogeneidad y diversidad que la caracteriza ha tomado a estas
Organizaciones como uno de los instrumentos característicos desde
aquellos momentos 2. Sin embargo, el otorgamiento de una dimensión
regional a las mismas conlleva no pocas dificultades desde el punto de
vista conceptual, aunque de forma general se pueden caracterizar como
1 Como ha enfatizado HIGGINS, R., «International Law in a Changing International
System», The Cambridge Law Journal, Vol. 58, nº 1 (mar. 1999), p. 82.
2 Así se puso de relieve por CARRILLO SALCEDO, J.A., El Derecho Internacional en
un mundo en cambio, Madrid, 1984, p. 18.

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