scholarly journals The International Law Commission and the Progressive Development and Codification of Principles of International Environmental Law

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nilüfer Oral
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Law Commission

International Environmental Law

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald K. Anton
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
Customary International Law ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
The World ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Law Commission

International custom “as evidence of a general practice accepted as law”, is considered one of the two main sources of international law as it primarily derives from the conduct of sovereign States, but is also closely connected with the role of the international judge when identifying the applicable customary rule, a function it shares with the bodies in charge of its codification (and progressive development), starting with the International Law Commission. Though mainly considered to be general international law, international custom has a complex relationship with many specific fields of law and specific regions of the world. The editor provides comprehensive research published in the last seven decades, invaluable to everyone interested in the field of customary international law.

Climate Law and Its Skeptics: Whither Protection of the Atmosphere?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter H. Sand
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
International Law ◽  
Future Prospect ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Law Commission

‘Climate change law’ is considered by a number of legal scholars as an emergent novel discipline. The question, then, is whether the advent (and future prospect) of climate change has resulted in a coherent autonomous new body of law, be it a nascent one; or is it nothing more or less than the application of existing national and international environmental law to climatic problems? It is perhaps worth recalling that international environmental law itself only ascended to the rank of a recognized discipline of its own in the 1990s, over considerable academic scepticism at the time. Not un-similarly, the ongoing new project of the UN International Law Commission (ILC) for the drafting of guidelines on “protection of the atmosphere” has met with resistance from a few powerful States claiming that there is no need for further codification of international law in this field. Yet, considering our common interest in conserving the quality of the Earth’s atmosphere and climate, the ILC project may indeed encourage further development of a concept of inter-generational “planetary trusteeship”, owed by States as public trustees to present and future citizens as the beneficiaries.

scholarly journals A Framework Convention for the Protection of the Environment in Times of Armed Conflict

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-162
Author(s):  
Tara Smith
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Final Outcome ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Law Of Armed Conflict ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Law Commission ◽  
First Session

At its seventy-first session in 2019, the International Law Commission (ilc) provisionally adopted twenty-eight draft principles related to the protection of the environment before, during and after armed conflict. This article argues that the ilc ought to consider proposing a framework convention as the final outcome of this project, as this could result in better protection of the environment than draft principles. Framework conventions have featured in international environmental law but they have not yet been used to progressively develop the law of armed conflict. This article argues that the hybrid legal nature of protecting the environment during the conduct of hostilities ought to incorporate solutions from relevant fields of international law. To that end, there are many merits to proposing a framework convention approach in the final outcome of the ilc’s programme of work on this issue.

On the Road to Vienna

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Bruns
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
International Law ◽  
The Road ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Law Commission

This chapter focuses on the negotiations that preceded the 1961 Vienna Conference (which led to the conclusion of the VCDR). The author challenges the view that the successful codification was an obvious step and refers in this regard to a history of intense negotiation which spanned fifteen years. With particular reference to the International Law Commission (ILC), the chapter explores the difficult task faced by ILC members to strike a balance between the codification of existing practice and progressive development of diplomatic law. It reaches the finding that the ILC negotiations were crucial for the success of the Conference, but notes also that certain States supported a less-binding form of codification. The chapter also underlines the fact that many issues that had caused friction between the Cold War parties were settled during the preparatory meetings and remained largely untouched during the 1961 negotiations.

Customary International Law

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre-Marie Dupuy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
International Law ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Customary International Law ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
The World ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Law Commission

International custom “as evidence of a general practice accepted as law”, is considered one of the two main sources of international law as it primarily derives from the conduct of sovereign States, but is also closely connected with the role of the international judge when identifying the applicable customary rule, a function it shares with the bodies in charge of its codification (and progressive development), starting with the International Law Commission. Though mainly considered to be general international law, international custom has a complex relationship with many specific fields of law and specific regions of the world. The editor provides comprehensive research published in the last seven decades, invaluable to everyone interested in the field of customary international law.

The International Law Commission: Codification and Progressive Development after Forty Years

1988 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 355-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. McRae
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
Droit International ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Law Commission

SommaireLa Commission du droit international est maintenant à l'œuvre depuis quarante ans. À ses débuts, la Commission a très bien réussi, en effectuant le travail préparatoire aux conventions sur le droit de la mer, sur les relations diplomatiques et consulaires et sur le droit des traités. Depuis lors, les conventions résultant du travail de la Commission on été beaucoup plus controversées et n'ont pas reçu le même appui général. Le changement dans la nature des thèmes à l'étude par la Commission entraîne à l'heure actuelle une réévaluation du rôle et des méthodes de travail de la Commission. L'aspect de développement progressif du travail de la Commission occupe une place plus grande que par le passé et moins d'importance est maintenant accordée aux codifications de type traditionnel. Ceci suppose une redéfinition des objectifs de la Commission et signifie qu'un traité multilatéral n'est ni le seul ni le dénouement habituel du travail de la Commission. Les États doivent reconsidérer leur propre façon d'aborder le travail de la Commission et, en particulier, le rôle que pue la Sixième Commission en révisant chaque année le rapport de la Commission. Enfin, les membres de la Commission eux-mêmes doivent reconnaître que leur rôle dans le processus de création du droit international est devenu beaucoup plus créatif et beaucoup plus dynamique que la seule codification des pratiques ètiques concordantes.

Part I Prologue, 1 General Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kittichaisaree Kriangsak
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Legal Obligation ◽  
General Introduction ◽  
Legal Concept ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
The Third ◽  
International Criminal Tribunals ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Law Commission

This chapter introduces the legal concept of the international legal obligation to extradite or prosecute perpetrators of the most serious crimes of international concern, tracing its historical foundation, explaining the codification and progressive development work of the UN International Law Commission on the 1996 Draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind that has bearings on the concept, and identifying the gap in the existing treaty regime on this obligation. It succinctly analyses the three intertwined alternatives of extradition, prosecution, both by domestic criminal tribunals, and the third alternative of surrendering the perpetrators of such crimes to international criminal tribunals for the purpose of their prosecution.

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