- 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 first report of the Special Rapporteur (A/CN.4/732).
- The Commission considered the report at its 3488th to 3494th meetings, from 23 to 30 July 2019.
- At its 3494th meeting, on 30 July 2019, the Commission decided to refer draft conclusions 1 to 3, as contained in the Special Rapporteur’s first report, to the Drafting Committee, taking into account the views expressed in the plenary.
- At its 3503rdmeeting, on 7 August 2019, the Chair of the Drafting Committee presented an interim oral report of the Drafting Committee on draft conclusion 1, provisionally adopted by the Drafting Committee. The report was presented for information only.
- At its 3507thmeeting, on 9 August 2019, the Commission requested the Secretariat to prepare a memorandum surveying the case law of inter-State arbitral tribunals and international criminal courts and tribunals of a universal character, as well as treaties, which would be particularly relevant for its future work on the topic.
- Discussion in Plenary: 3488th, 3489th, 3490th, 3491st, 3492nd, 3493rd, 3494th (from 23 to 30 July 2019), 3503rd (7 August 2019) and 3507th (9 August 2019) meetings.
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- ILC Report, A/74/10, 2019, chap. IX, paras. 202–262
- 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 considered the Special Rapporteur’s second report (A/CN.4/741 and Corr.1). In his second report, the Special Rapporteur addressed the identification of general principles of law in the sense of Article 38, paragraph 1 (c), of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and proposed six draft conclusions. He also made suggestions for the future programme of work on the topic. The Commission also had before it the memorandum it had requested from the Secretariat surveying the case law of inter-State arbitral tribunals and international criminal courts and tribunals of a universal character, as well as treaties, which would be particularly relevant for its future work on the topic (A/CN.4/742).
- The Commission considered the Special Rapporteur’s second report at its 3536th, 3538th, 3539th, and 3541st to 3546th meetings, from 12 to 21 July 2021.
- At its 3546th meeting, on 21 July 2021, the Commission decided to refer draft conclusions 4 to 9, 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 3557th meeting, on 3 August 2021, the Commission considered the report of the Drafting Committee (A/CN.4/L.955 and Add.1) on draft conclusions 1 (in French and Spanish), 2, 4 and 5, provisionally adopted by the Committee at the session. At the same meeting, the Commission provisionally adopted draft conclusions 1, 2 and 4, and took note of draft conclusion 5. At its 3561st and 3563rd meetings, on 5 and 6 August 2021, the Commission adopted the commentaries to draft conclusions 1, 2 and 4 provisionally adopted at the session.
- Discussion in Plenary: 3536th, 3538th, 3539th, and 3541st, 3542nd, 3543rd, 3544th, 3545th, 3546th (12 to 21 July 2021), 3557th (3 August 2021), 3561st and 3563rd (5 and 6 August 2021) meetings.
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- ILC Report, A/76/10, 2019, chap. VIII, paras. 165–239
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