- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-ninth session, 1 May–2 June and 3 July–4 August 2017
- The Commission had before it the first report of the Special Rapporteur (A/CN.4/708).
- The Commission considered the first report at its 3374th to 3381st meetings, from 13 to 25 July 2017, respectively.
- At its 3381st meeting, on 25 July 2017, the Commission decided to refer draft articles 1 to 4, as contained in the Special Rapporteur’s first report, to the Drafting Committee, taking into account the views expressed in the plenary debate and on the understanding that draft articles 3 and 4 would be left pending in the Drafting Committee.
- At its 3383rd meeting, on 31 July 2017, the Chair of the Drafting Committee presented an interim oral report on draft articles 1 and 2, provisionally adopted by the Drafting Committee. The report was presented for information only and was made available on the website of the Commission.
- Discussion in Plenary: 3374th, 3375th, 3376th, 3377th, 3378th, 3379th, 3380th, 3381st (13 to 25 July 2017), 3383rd (31 July 2017) meetings.
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- ILC Report, A/72/10, 2017, chap. IX, paras. 211–252
- See the website of the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly and the topical summary of debate in the Sixth Committee (A/CN.4/713)
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventieth session, 30 April–1 June and 2 July–10 August 2018
- The Commission had before it the second report of the Special Rapporteur (A/CN.4/719), which was considered at its 3431st to 3435th meetings, from 17 to 24 July 2018.
- At its 3435th meeting, on 24 July 2018, the Commission decided to refer draft articles 5 to 11, as contained in the Special Rapporteur’s second report, to the Drafting Committee, taking into account the views expressed in the plenary debate.
- At its 3443rd meeting, on 3 August 2018, the Chair of the Drafting Committee presented an interim oral report on draft article 1, paragraph 2, and draft articles 5 and 6, provisionally adopted by the Drafting Committee. The report was presented for information only.
- At its 3451st meeting, on 9 August 2018, the Commission decided to request from the Secretariat a memorandum providing information on treaties which may be of relevance to its future work on the topic.
- Discussion in Plenary: 3431st, 3432nd, 3433rd, 3434th, 3435th (17 to 24 July 2018), 3443rd (3 August 2018), and 3451st (9 August 2018) meetings.
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- ILC Report, A/73/10, 2018, chap. X, paras. 219–266
- See the website of the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly and the topical summary of debate in the Sixth Committee (A/CN.4/724)
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-first session, 29 April–7 June and 8 July–9 August 2019
- The Commission had before it the third report of the Special Rapporteur (A/CN.4/731). The Commission also had before it a memorandum by the Secretariat providing information on treaties which may be of relevance to its future work on the topic (A/CN.4/730).
- The Commission considered the third report of the Special Rapporteur at its 3475th to 3480th meetings, from 8 to 15 July 2019.
- At its 3480th meeting, on 15 July 2019, the Commission decided to refer draft articles 2, paragraph (f), X, Y, 12, 13, 14 and 15, and the titles of Part Two and Part Three, as contained in the third report of the Special Rapporteur, to the Drafting Committee, taking into account the views expressed in the plenary debate.
- At its 3489thmeeting, on 24July 2019, the Commission considered a first report of the Drafting Committee on the topic and provisionally adopted draft articles 1, 2 and 5, which had been provisionally adopted by the Drafting Committee at the sixty-ninth and seventieth sessions.
- At its 3495thmeeting, on 31 July2019, the Chair of the Drafting Committee presented an interim report on draft articles 7, 8 and 9, provisionally adopted by the Committee at the present session. The report was presented for information only. The Commission took note of the draft articles as presented by the Drafting Committee.
- At its 3507thmeeting, on 9 August2019, the Commission adopted the commentaries to draft articles 1, 2 and 5.
- Discussion in Plenary: 3475th, 3476th, 3477th, 3478th, 3479th and 3480th meetings (from 8 to 15 July 2019), 3489th and 3495th (24 and 31 July 2019) and 3507th (9 August 2019) meetings.
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- ILC Report, A/74/10, 2019, chap. VII, paras. 72–118
- See the website of the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly and the topical summary of debate in the Sixth Committee (A/CN.4/734)
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-second session, 26 April–4 June and 5 July–6 August 2021
- At the present session, the Commission had before it the fourth report of the Special Rapporteur (A/CN.4/743 + Corr.1). In his report, composed of three parts, the Special Rapporteur provided an overview of the work on the topic, which included a summary of the debate in the Sixth Committee and an explanation of the methodology of the report (Part One). The Special Rapporteur then addressed questions related to the impact of succession of States on forms of responsibility, in particular different forms of reparation (restitution, compensation and satisfaction), the obligation of cessation and assurances and guarantees of non-repetition (Part Two). Lastly, the Special Rapporteur discussed the future programme of work on the topic (Part Three). Five new draft articles (draft articles 7 bis, 16, 17, 18 and 19) were proposed in the report.
- At its 3528th meeting, on 21 May 2021, the Commission provisionally adopted draft articles 7, 8 and 9, which had been provisionally adopted by the Drafting Committee at the seventy-first session (2019).
- The Commission considered the fourth report of the Special Rapporteur at its 3531st to 3537th meetings, from 5 to 12 July 2021. At its 3537th meeting, on 12 July 2021, the Commission decided to refer draft articles 7 bis, 16, 17, 18 and 19, as contained in the fourth report of the Special Rapporteur, to the Drafting Committee, taking into account the views expressed in the plenary debate.
- At its 3552nd meeting, on 28 July 2021, the Chair of the Drafting Committee presented an interim report on draft articles 10, 10 bis and 11, provisionally adopted by the Committee at the present session. The interim report was presented for information only.
- At its 3560th to 3562nd meetings, on 4 and 5 August 2021, the Commission adopted the commentaries to draft articles 7, 8 and 9 provisionally adopted at the present session.
- Discussion in Plenary: 3528th (21 May 2021), 3531st, 3532nd, 3533rd, 3534th, 3535th, 3536th, 3537th (5 to 12 July 2021), 3552nd (28 July 2021), 3560th, 3561st, and 3562nd (4 and 5 August 2021) meetings.
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- ILC Report, A/76/10, 2021, chap. VII, paras. 116–165
- See the website of the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly and the topical summary of debate in the Sixth Committee (A/CN.4/734/Add.1) (A/CN.4/746)
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-third session, 18 April to 3 June and from 4 July to 5 August 2022
- The Commission had before it the fifth report of the Special Rapporteur (A/CN.4/751).
- The Commission considered the fifth report at its 3579th to 3583rd meetings, from 11 to 17 May 2022.
- At its 3583rd meeting, on 17 May 2022, the Commission decided, on the recommendation of the Special Rapporteur, to instruct the Drafting Committee to proceed with the preparation of draft guidelines on the basis of the provisions previously referred to the Drafting Committee (including those provisions provisionally adopted by the Commission at previous sessions), taking into account the debate held in the plenary on the Special Rapporteur’s fifth report.
- At its 3593rd meeting, on 14 July 2022, the Commission considered the report of the Drafting Committee on the topic (A/CN.4/L.970), and provisionally adopted draft guidelines 6, 10, 10 bis and 11, which had been provisionally adopted by the Drafting Committee in 2018 and 2021, respectively, as well as draft guidelines 7 bis, 12, 13, 13 bis, 14, 15 and 15 bis, which were provisionally adopted by the Drafting Committee at the present session. As a result of the change of form of the outcome, the Commission also took note of draft articles 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 9, as revised by the Drafting Committee to be draft guidelines. It also took note that the Special Rapporteur had provided revised commentaries on an informal basis for draft guidelines 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 9 to assist the Commission in its future work on this topic.
- At its 3605th to 3611th meetings, from 29 July to 4 August 2022, the Commission adopted the commentaries to draft guidelines 6, 7 bis, 10, 10 bis, 11, 12, 13, 13 bis, 14, 15 and 15 bis.
- Discussion in Plenary: 3579th, 3580th, 3581st, 3582nd, 3583rd (11 to 17 May 2022), 3593rd (14 July 2022), 3605th, 3606th, 3607th, 3608th, 3609th, 3610th and 3611th (29 July to 4 August 2022) meetings.
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- ILC Report, A/77/10, 2022, chap. VII, paras. 70–88
- See the website of the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly and the topical summary of debate in the Sixth Committee (A/CN.4/755)
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-fourth session, 24 April to 2 June and from 3 July to 4 August 2023
- The Commission established a Working Group on the topic, chaired by Mr. August Reinisch, in order to consider the way forward in relation to the topic. Upon receiving the oral report of the Working Group, the Commission took note of the Working Group’s recommendations, inter alia, that the Commission should not proceed with the appointment of a new Special Rapporteur, and that the Working Group should be re-established at the seventy-fifth session with a view to undertaking further reflection, and making a recommendation, on the way forward for the topic.
- Discussion in Plenary: 3621st (10 May 2023), 3648th (27 July 2023) and 3655th (3 August 2023) meetings.
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- ILC Report, A/78/10, 2023, chap. IX, paras. 231–246
- See the website of the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly and the topical summary of debate in the Sixth Committee (A/CN.4/763)
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-fifth session, 29 April to 31 May and from 1 July to 2 August 2024
- The Commission re-established the working group, with Mr. August Reinisch as Chair. The working group held two meetings, on 20 May and 8 July 2024.
- The Commission considered and took note of the report of the Working Group (A/CN.4/L.1003).
- The Commission, having considered the recommendations of the Working Group: (a) decided to establish at its seventy-sixth session (2025) a Working Group on succession of States in respect of State responsibility for the purpose of drafting a report that would bring the work of the Commission on the topic to an end; (b) decided that the report would contain a summary of the difficulties that the Commission would face if it were to continue its work on the topic and explain the reasons for the discontinuance of such work; and (c) decided to appoint Mr. Bimal N. Patel as Chair of the Working Group to be established at the seventy-sixth session of the Commission and recommended that the Chair be encouraged to prepare the draft report of the Working Group in advance of the next session, in close collaboration with interested members.
- Discussion in Plenary: 3694th (26 July 2024) meeting.
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- ILC Report, A/79/10, 2024, chap. IX, paras. 301–330
- See the website of the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly and the topical summary of debate in the Sixth Committee (forthcoming)
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