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The Fifty-Fifth Session of the International Law Commission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Michael J. Matheson  and
Sara Bickler
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The International Law Commission held its fifty-fifth session in Geneva from May 5 to June 6, and from July 7 to August 8, 2003, under the chairmanship of Enrique Candioti of Argentina. The Commission elected Roman Kolodkin of the Russian Federation, Constantin Economides of Greece, Teodor Melescanu of Romania, and Michael Matheson of the United States to fill the vacancies resulting from the death of Valery Kuznetsov of the Russian Federation, the election of Bruno Simma of Germany and Peter Tomka of Slovakia to the International Court of Justice, and the resignation of Robert Rosenstock of the United States.

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 98 , Issue 2 , April 2004 , pp. 317 - 324
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2004

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References

1 Report of the International Law Commission on the Work of Its Fifty-fifth Session, UN GAOR, 58th Sess., Supp. No. 10, paras. 152-53, UN Doc. A/58/10 (2003) [hereinafter 2003 Report]. Commission documents are available online at <http://www.un.org/law/ilo>.

2 UN Doc. A/CN.4/530 & Add.l (2003).

3 2003 Report, supra note 1, paras. 70-151.

4 Barcelona Traction, Light & Power Co., Ltd. (Belg. v. Spain), Second Phase, 1970 ICJ REP. 3 (Feb. 5).

5 ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/98/3, para. 225 (NAFTA Ch. 11 Arb. Trib. June 26, 2003), 42 ILM 811 (2003); see William, S. Dodge, Case Report: Loewen Group, Inc. v. United States, and Mondev Int’l Ltd. v. United States, in 98 AJIL 155 (2004)Google Scholar.

6 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, opened for signature May 23,1969,1155 UNTS 331; Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties, Aug. 22,1978,17 ILM 1488 (1978)Google Scholar; Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations, Mar. 21, 1986, 25 ILM 543 (1986).

7 2003 Report, supra note 1, paras. 367-68.

8 UNDoc.A/CN.4/535 & Add.l (2003).

9 UN Doc. A/CN.4/532 (2003).

10 2003 Report, supra note 1, paras. 53-54.

11 Id., para. 45 n.23.

12 UN Doc. A/CN.4/531 (2003).

13 UN Doc. A/CN.4/534 (2003)

14 2003 Report, supra note 1, para. 410.

15 UNDoc.A/CN.4/533&Add.l (2003).