Legal Literacy - This article discusses the subjects of law in international law, specifically about two types of subjects of international law, namely state actor and non-state actor. In addition, the article also describes eight subjects of international law, including States, Holy See, International Organisations, International Red Cross, Rebels, Individuals, Multinational/Transnational Corporations, and Non-governmental organisations. Several sources from international law books support this article.

In international law, there are legal subjects who are the owners or holders of rights and obligations in international law. According to Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, legal subjects are parties whose activities or actions are regulated in such a way that they have the authority to carry out their activities based on existing positive law (Kusumaatmadja & Agoes, 2010, p. 95). Meanwhile, according to Martin Dixon, the subject of international law is a body that has the ability to exercise rights and obligations under international law (Sefriani, 2011, p. 102). From the definition of the subject of international law, it can be explained that the subject of international law represents parties and actors as actors of activities in international law.

In international law, there are two types of international law subjects, namely state actors and non-state actors. These two types of legal subjects have differences in their legal capacity, where there are those with full legal capacity and limited legal capacity. There are eight subjects of international law, namely States, the Holy See, the Vatican/The Holy Emperor, International Organisations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, Belligerents, Insurgents, Individuals, Multinational Corporations/Transnational Corporations, and Non-governmental organizations. This is explained in the book Kusumaatmadja & R.Agoes, 2010, p. 95-112.

The following is an explanation of each subject of international law: