International Law Commission, July 2018.
The International Law Commission was established by the General Assembly, in 1947, to undertake the mandate of the Assembly, under article 13 (1) (a) of the Charter of the United Nations to "initiate studies and make recommendations for the purpose of ... encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification".
In accordance with General Assembly resolution 73/265 of 22 December 2018, the International Law Commission held its seventy-first session at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 29 April to 7 June and from 8 July to 9 August 2019 (11 weeks):
#ILC_2019- 2019 ILC report (final version)
The following topics are on the programme of work of the Commission:
- Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction;
- Provisional application of treaties;*
- Crimes against humanity;
- Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts;
- Protection of the atmosphere;*
- Peremptory norms of general international law (jus cogens);
- Succession of States in respect of State responsibility;
- General principles of law;
- Sea-level rise in relation to international law.
* Not scheduled to be considered at the seventy-first session in 2019.