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Thirty-seventh Session (1985)

Documents

The general and limited distribution documents of the International Law Commission (in the “A/CN.4” series) are issued, in all six official languages, as official documents of the United Nations. The Commission’s Summary Records are first made available in provisional form, in English and French only. They are subsequently edited and translated into the other official languages, and published in the Yearbook of the International Law Commission. Some of the Commission’s other documents are also later edited and published in the Yearbook, together with the Commission’s annual report to the General Assembly.

General Documents

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A/CN.4/384 Survey of State practice relevant to international liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law, prepared by the Secretariat
A/CN.4/385 Provisional agenda
A/CN.4/386 Filling of casual vacancies in the Commission — Note by the Secretariat
A/CN.4/386/Add.1 Filling of casual vacancies in the Commission — Note by the Secretariat: Addendum
A/CN.4/387 + Corr.1–2 Third report on the draft code of offences against the peace and security of mankind, by Mr. Doudou Thiam, Special Rapporteur
A/CN.4/388 + Corr.1–2 Seventh report on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property, by Mr. Sompong Sucharitkul, Special Rapporteur
A/CN.4/389 + Corr.1–2 Sixth report on the content, forms and degrees of international responsibility (part two of the draft articles); and "Implementation" (mise en oeuvre) of international responsibility and the settlement of disputes (part three of the draft articles), by Willem Riphagen, Special Rapporteur
A/CN.4/390 + Corr.1 Sixth report on the status of the diplomatic courier and the diplomatic bag not accompanied by diplomatic courier, by Mr. Alexander Yankov, Special Rapporteur
A/CN.4/391 + Add.1 + Corr.1 Second report on relations between States and international organizations (second part of the topic), by Mr. Leonardo Díaz-González, Special Rapporteur
A/CN.4/392 + Add.1–2 Observations of Member States and intergovernmental organizations received pursuant to General Assembly resolution 39/80
A/CN.4/393 Preliminary report on the law of the non-navigational uses of international watercourses, by Mr. Stephen McCaffrey, Special Rapporteur
A/CN.4/394 Preliminary report on international liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law, by Mr. Julio Barboza, Special Rapporteur

Limited Documents

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A/CN.4/L.382 Topical summary, prepared by the Secretariat, of the discussion in the Sixth Committee on the report of the Commission during the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly
A/CN.4/L.383 + Add.1–3 Relations between States and international organizations (second part of the topic). The practice of the United Nations, the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency concerning their status, privileges and immunities: supplementary study prepared by the Secretariat
A/CN.4/L.384 Draft articles on the status of the diplomatic courier and the diplomatic bag not accompanied by diplomatic courier. Texts adopted by the Drafting Committee: articles 28 to 32, 34 and 35 — reproduced in A/CN.4/SR.1911 to SR.1913
A/CN.4/L.386 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-seventh session: chapter I (Organization of the session)
A/CN.4/L.387 + Add.11 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-seventh session: chapter II (Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind)
A/CN.4/L.388 + Add.1 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-seventh session: chapter IV (Status of the diplomatic courier and the diplomatic bag not accompanied by diplomatic courier)
A/CN.4/L.389 + Add.1 + Add.1/Corr.1 + Add.2–3 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-seventh session: chapter V (Jurisdictional immunities of States and their property)
A/CN.4/L.390 + Add.1 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-seventh session: Chapter III (State responsibility)
A/CN.4/L.391 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-seventh session: chapter VI (Relations between States and international organizations (second part of the topic)
A/CN.4/L.392 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-seventh session: chapter VII (The law of the non-navigational uses of international watercourses)
A/CN.4/L.394 + Add.1–3 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-seventh session: chapter VIII (Other decisions and conclusiosn of the Commission)
A/CN.4/L.395 Draft articles on State responsibility (part 2 of the draft articles). Text adopted by the Drafting Committee: article 5 — reproduced in A/CN.4/SR.1929, para. 26
A/CN.4/L.396 Draft articles on the status of the diplomatic courier and the diplomatic bag not accompanied by diplomatic courier. Text adopted by the Drafting Committee: article 23 — reproduced in A/CN.4/SR.1930, para. 27
A/CN.4/L.397 Draft articles on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property. Texts adopted by the Drafting Committee: articles 19 and 20 — reproduced in A/CN.4/SR.1931, para. 12

Summary Records

Symbol Title
A/CN.4/SR.1875 Summary record of the 1875th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1876 Summary record of the 1876th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1877 Summary record of the 1877th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1878 Summary record of the 1878th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1879 Summary record of the 1879th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1880 Summary record of the 1880th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1881 Summary record of the 1881st meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1882 Summary record of the 1882nd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1883 Summary record of the 1883rd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1884 Summary record of the 1884th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1885 Summary record of the 1885th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1886 Summary record of the 1886th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1887 Summary record of the 1887th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1888 Summary record of the 1888th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1889 Summary record of the 1889th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1890 Summary record of the 1890th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1891 Summary record of the 1891st meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1892 Summary record of the 1892nd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1893 Summary record of the 1893rd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1894 Summary record of the 1894th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1895 Summary record of the 1895th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1896 Summary record of the 1896th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1897 Summary record of the 1897th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1898 Summary record of the 1898th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1899 Summary record of the 1899th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1900 Summary record of the 1900th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1901 Summary record of the 1901st meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1902 Summary record of the 1902nd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1903 Summary record of the 1903rd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1904 Summary record of the 1904th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1905 Summary record of the 1905th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1906 Summary record of the 1906th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1907 Summary record of the 1907th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1908 Summary record of the 1908th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1909 Summary record of the 1909th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1910 Summary record of the 1910th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1911 Summary record of the 1911th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1912 Summary record of the 1912th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1913 Summary record of the 1913th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1914 Summary record of the 1914th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1915 Summary record of the 1915th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1916 Summary record of the 1916th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1917 Summary record of the 1917th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1918 Summary record of the 1918th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1919 Summary record of the 1919th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1920 Summary record of the 1920th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1921 Summary record of the 1921st meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1922 Summary record of the 1922nd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1923 Summary record of the 1923rd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1924 Summary record of the 1924th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1925 Summary record of the 1925th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1926 Summary record of the 1926th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1927 Summary record of the 1927th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1928 Summary record of the 1928th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1929 Summary record of the 1929th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1930 Summary record of the 1930th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1931 Summary record of the 1931st meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1932 Summary record of the 1932nd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1933 Summary record of the 1933rd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1934 Summary record of the 1934th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1935 Summary record of the 1935th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1936 Summary record of the 1936th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1937 Summary record of the 1937th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1938 Summary record of the 1938th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1939 Summary record of the 1939th meeting

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  • Unless otherwise indicated, summary records are available in English and French only. Additional language versions are made available as and when the respective volumes of the Yearbook are published.
  • In the case of documents issued in mimeograph format in earlier years, those that were subsequently reproduced in the Yearbook of the International Law Commission have been made available. Where hard copies of the individual documents not in the Yearbook still exist, attempts have been made to also have those digitized and placed on this site to provide as complete a collection as possible;
  • Up until 1955 documents were issued in the original language of submission, and the other linguistic versions were not always produced, i.e. some documents were only issued in English or in French or in Spanish;