Legal Literacy - This article discusses legal subjects in international law, specifically about two types of international law subjects, namely state actor and non-state actor. In addition, this article also explains eight subjects of international law, including States, the Holy See, International Organizations, the International Red Cross, Rebels, Individuals, Multinational/Transnational Corporations, and Non-Governmental Organizations. This article is supported by several sources taken from books related to international law.

In international law, there are legal subjects who are the owners or holders of rights and obligations in international law. According to Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, a legal subject is a party 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, an international legal subject is a body that has the ability to exercise rights and obligations under international law (Sefriani, 2011, p. 102). From the definition of international legal subjects, it can be explained that these international legal subjects represent parties and actors as actors in activities in international law.

In international law, there are two types of international law subjects, namely state actor and non-state actor. These two types of legal subjects have differences in their legal capacity, where some have full legal capacity (full legal capacity) and limited legal capacity (limited legal capacity). There are eight subjects of international law, namely States (States), the Holy See (Vatican/The Holy Emperor), International Organizations (International Organizations), International Committee of the Red Cross (International Committee of the Red Cross), Belligerents (Belligerents ; Insurgents), Individual (Individual), Multinational Corporation (Multinational Corporation) / Transnational Corporation (Transnational Corporation), and non-governmental organizations (non-governmental organizations). This is explained in the book Kusumaatmadja & R.Agoes, 2010, pp. 95-112.

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