THE VARIABLE GEOMETRY IN THE EXPERIENCE OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Journal: Spanish Yearbook of International Law
Year: 2014

Differentiation represents a structural feature not only of the European integration, where it has a limited application, but also and particularly of the regional organizations established outside Europe, where variable geometry is often a typical element of interstate cooperation. Indeed most of such organizations, operating in developing countries, are based on this principle. In practice the variable geometry translates into the fact that each act, produced within the institutional structure