scholarly journals The International Law Commission Adopts Draft Articles on Transboundary Aquifers

2009 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 272-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen C. McCaffrey
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Law ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Transboundary Aquifers ◽  
Law Commission

At its 2008 session the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) completed work on a set of nineteen draft articles on the law of transboundary aquifers and transmitted the draft to the General Assembly. The ILC recommended that the Assembly take note of the draft articles and at a later stage consider the elaboration of a convention based upon them.

The Depositary of International Treaties

1967 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 923-945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shabtai Rosenne
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Special Rapporteur ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
International Treaty ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Law ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Law Commission

The Draft Articles on the Law of Treaties completed in 1966 by the International Law Commission and submitted to the General Assembly of the United Nations, on the basis of proposals by the Special Rapporteur, Sir Humphrey Waldock, contain, in Part VII (entitled “Depositaries, Notifications, Corrections and Registration”), three articles—Articles 71, 72 and 73—dealing directly with the depositary of an international treaty; and throughout the Draft Articles are to be found other provisions which directly or indirectly relate to the same institution of contemporary international law and relations.

The Work of the International Law Commission, 2007–2011: Progress and Prospects

2012 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 322-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald McRae
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Un General Assembly ◽  
The Law ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Transboundary Aquifers ◽  
Law Commission ◽  
The Way

On November 17, 2011, the UN General Assembly elected the members of the International Law Commission for the next five years. In the course of the quinquennium that was completed in August 2011 with the end of the sixty-third session, the Commission concluded four major topics on its agenda: the law of transboundary aquifers, the responsibility of international organizations, the effect of armed conflicts on treaties, and reservations to treaties. It was by any standard a substantial output. The beginning of a new quinquennium now provides an opportunity to assess what the Commission has achieved, to consider the way it operates, and to reflect on what lies ahead for it.

Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses

1997 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malgosia Fitzmaurice
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Working Group ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Law ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Final Text

On 11 April 1997, the text of the Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses was presented by the Working Group of the Whole (WG) of the United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). This Convention is based on the 1994 Draft Articles on the same topic prepared by the International Law Commission (ILC). These Draft Articles were approved on second reading by the ILC during its 46th session in 1994 and subsequently submitted to the 49th session of the UNGA in 1994 for consideration by states. By its Resolution 49/52, the UNGA invited states to present written submissions to comment on the Draft Articles and at the same time it proposed that a working group on the whole of the UNGA Sixth Committee be established to convene during the 51st session of UNGA (September-December 1996) to elaborate the text for a convention. During its first session, the WG did not manage to accomplish this task. The final text submitted to the UNGA on 11 April 1997 was the result of the second session of the WG which had deliberated during the period from 24 March to 4 April 1997.

United Nations. Report of the International Law Commission Covering the Work of Its Fourteenth Session, April 24-June 29, 1962

1963 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-267
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
General Assembly Resolution ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Law Commission

The International Law Commission, established in pursuance of General Assembly Resolution 174 (II) of 21 November 1947, and in accordance with its Statute annexed thereto, as subsequently amended, held its Fourteenth Session at the European Office of the United Nations, Geneva, from 24 April to 29 June 1962.

The Forty-Seventh Session Of The International Law Commission

1996 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-115
Author(s):  
Robert Rosenstock
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
State Responsibility ◽  
Draft Code ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
State Succession ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Law ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Law Commission

The International Law Commission of the United Nations held its forty-seventh session from May 2 to July 20, 1995, under the chairmanship of Pemmaraju S. Rao of India. The Commission continued its work on existing topics and considered aspects of the Draft Code of Crimes against die Peace and Security of Mankind, state responsibility, and liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law. The Commission began work on the two new topics of “state succession and its impact on the nationality of natural and legal persons” (“nationality“) and “the law and practice relating to reservations to treaties” (“reservations“) and made a recommendation as to two additional topics for its future agenda.

scholarly journals The Role of the UN International Law Commission in the Codification of International Law

2020 ◽  
pp. 1384-1387
Author(s):  
Pedro Keil
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Law Commission

The creation of the International Law Commission arouses from the necessity imposed by the text of the UN Charter. According to article 13 paragraph 1 (a) of the Charter of the United Nations, the General Assembly is responsible for the promotion of the progressive development of international law and codification of such. In this regard, the Resolution 174 (II) of 21 November 1947 came with this purpose. So, the Commission’s nature is of an institutional and permanent subsidiary organ to the General Assembly of the UN, serving the purpose of perfecting the sources of law in the international ambit.

Introduction and Overview

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 773-791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Bodansky ◽  
John R. Crook
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Law Commission

In August 2001, the International Law Commission (ILC) adopted its “Draft Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts,” bringing to completion one of the Commission’s longest running and most controversial studies. On December 12, 2001, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 56/83, which “commend [ed the articles] to the attention of Governments without prejudice to the question of their future adoption or other appropriate action.”

More on the Depositary of International Treaties

1970 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 838-852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shabtai Rosenne
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Previous Article ◽  
Vienna Convention ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Law ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Law Commission ◽  
Made In

The purpose of this article is to bring up to date the present writer’s previous article on “The Depositary of International Treaties” published in this Journal, in the light of the deliberations of the United Nations Conference on the Law of Treaties in 1968 and 1969 and the changes there made in the texts. The relevant provisions now appear as Articles 76, 77 and 78 of the so-called Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, corresponding to Articles 71, 72 and 73 of the draft articles on the law of treaties of the International Law Commission.

The United Nations Declaration on Territorial Asylum

1969 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 92-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Weis
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
General Assembly Resolution ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
United Nations Declaration ◽  
The Right ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Law Commission

The General Assembly of the United Nations at its twenty-second session unanimously adopted by Resolution 2312 (XXII) of December 14, 1967, a “Declaration on Territorial Asylum.” This Resolution reads:The General Assembly,Recalling its resolutions 1839 (XVII) of 19 December 1962, 2100 (XX) of 20 December 1965 and 2203 (XXI) of 16 December 1966 concerning a declaration on the right of asylum,Considering the work of codification to be undertaken by the International Law Commission in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1400 (XIV) of 21 November 1959,Adopts the following Declaration

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