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The Changing Form of the International Law Commission’s Work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Jacob Katz Cogan*
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati College of Law
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Sean Murphy’s report on the sixty-fifth session of the International Law Commission (ILC) describes and analyzes the Commission’s activities and decisions from last summer. He focuses his attention, as the Commission did, on the draft articles proposed by the Special Rapporteurs on the topics “immunity of state officials from criminal jurisdiction” and “the protection of persons in the event of disaster,” as well as the Special Rapporteur’s reported draft conclusions on the topic “subsequent agreements and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties.” Consideration of these proposals took up a significant amount of the Commission’s time, and they will garner much commentary inside and outside governments, as befits their importance.

Type
Symposium: The Sixty-Fifth Session of the International Law Commission
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2014

References

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2 Statute of the Int’l Law Comm’n, G. A. Res. 174 (II) (Nov. 21, 1947)Google Scholar.

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5 Int’l Law Comm’n, Draft articles on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property. Titles and texts adopted by the Drafting Committee on second reading: article 1 to 23, U.N. Doc. A/CN.4/SR.2218 to SR.2221 (1991), reprinted in [1991] 1 Y.B. Int’l L. Comm’n 66, U.N. Doc. A/CN.4/L.457.

6 Rep. of the Int’l Law Comm’n, 53d Sess., Apr. 23-June 1, July 2-Aug. 10, 2001, U.N. Doc. A/56/10; GAOR, 56th Sess., Supp. No. 10 (2001).

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9 Id.

10 Rep. of the Int’l Law Comm’n, 60th Sess., May 5- June 6, July 7-Aug. 8, 2008, U.N. Doc. A/63/10; GAOR, 63d Sess., Supp. No. 10 (2008).

11 Rep. of the Int’l Law Comm’n, 58th Sess., May 1-June 9, July 3-Aug. 11, 2006, U.N. Doc. A/61/10; GAOR, 61st Sess., Supp. No. 10 (2006).

12 Rep. of the Int’l Law Comm’n, 65th Sess., May 6-June 7, July 8-Aug. 9, 2013, U.N. Doc. A/68/10; GAOR, 68th Sess., Supp. No. 10 (2013).

13 Id.

14 Cumberland, Emily, Call for Papers: “The End of Treaties? An Online Agora”, 108 AJIL Unbound (Feb. 2014), available at http://www.asil.org/blogs/call-papers-end-treaties-online-agora Google Scholar.

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