Membership
2001 Election of the International Law Commission
The term of office of the thirty-four members of the International Law Commission for the 1997-2001 quinquennium expired at the end of 2001, and the election of the members of the Commission for a five-year term beginning on 1 January 2002 took place at the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly, on 7 November 2001.
The Statute of the International Law Commission, provides, in article 2, that the International Law Commission shall consist of thirty-four members who shall be persons of recognized competence in international law, with no two members being nationals of the same State and that in case of dual nationality a candidate shall be deemed to be a national of the State in which he ordinarily exercises civil and political rights.
The members of the Commission were elected by the General Assembly from the following list of candidates nominated by the Governments of States Members of the United Nations:
| Candidates | Nationalty | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Addo, Emmanuel Akwei | Ghana | Elected* |
| Akuyev, Nikolai | Kazakhstan | |
| Al-Baharna, Husain M. | Bahrain | Elected* |
| Al-Marri, Ali Mohsen Fetais | Qatar | Elected |
| Baena Soares, João Clemente | Brazil | Elected* |
| Brownlie, Ian | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Elected* |
| Candioti, Enrique J. A. | Argentina | Elected* |
| Chee, Choung II | Republic of Korea | Elected |
| Comissario Afonso, Pedro | Mozambique | Elected |
| Daoudi, Riad | Syrian Arab Republic | Elected |
| Dawi, Ali Abdulrahman | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | |
| Dugard, Christopher John | South Africa | Elected* |
| Economides, Constantine P. | Greece | |
| Escarameia, Paula | Portugal | Elected |
| Fomba, Salifou | Mali | Elected |
| Gaja, Giorgio | Italy | Elected* |
| Galicki, Zdzislaw W. | Poland | Elected* |
| Goco, Raul Ilustre | Philippines | |
| Herdocia Sacasa, Mauricio | Nicaragua | |
| Hinestrosa, Fernando | Colombia | |
| Ige, Adegoke Ajibola | Nigeria | Elected |
| Kabatsi, Peter C. R. | Uganda | |
| Kamto, Maurice | Cameroon | Elected* |
| Kateka, James L. | United Republic of Tanzania | Elected* |
| Kemicha, Fathi | Tunisia | Elected |
| Kittichaisaree, Kriangsak | Thailand | |
| Koskenniemi, Martti | Finland | Elected |
| Kuznetsov, Valery I. | Russian Federation | Elected |
| Mansfield, William | New Zealand | Elected |
| Melescanu, Teodor Viorel | Romania | |
| Momtaz, Djamchid | Iran, Islamic Republic of | Elected* |
| Niehaus, Bernd H. | Costa Rica | Elected |
| Opertti Badan, Didier | Uruguay | Elected* |
| Pambou-Tchivounda, Guillaume | Gabon | Elected* |
| Pellet, Alain | France | Elected* |
| Rao, Pemmaraju Sreenivasa | India | Elected* |
| Rodríguez-Cedeño, Victor | Venezuela | Elected* |
| Rosenstock, Robert | United States of America | Elected* |
| Sepúlveda, Bernardo | Mexico | Elected* |
| Simma, Bruno | Germany | Elected* |
| Subedi, Surya P. | Nepal | |
| Tomka, Peter | Slovakia | Elected* |
| Tueni, Michel J. | Lebanon | |
| Xue, Hanqin | China | Elected |
| Yamada, Chusei | Japan | Elected* |
Each State Member of the United Nations could nominate not more than four candidates, of whom two could be nationals of the nominating State and two nationals of other States (articles 3, 4 and 7). Members of the Commission are elected for five years and are eligible for re-election (article 10).
The thirty-four members of the International Law Commission were elected according to the pattern set up in paragraph 3 of resolution 36/39 of 18 November 1981. Thus, the allocation of seats on the Commission for the five-year term beginning on 1 January 2002 was as follows:
- Nine nationals from African States;
- Eight nationals from Asian States;
- Three nationals from Eastern European States;
- Six nationals from Latin American and Caribbean States;
- Eight nationals from Western European and other States.
As to the nomination of candidates, the Statute provides in article 5 that the names of the candidates shall be submitted in writing by Governments to the Secretary-General by the first of June of the year in which an election is held.