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Thirty-eighth Session (1986)

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

Symbol Title
A/CN.4/395 Provisional agenda
A/CN.4/396 + Corr.1 Eighth report on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property, by Mr. Sompong Sucharitkul, Special Rapporteur
A/CN.4/397 + Corr.1–2 + Add.1 + Add.1/Corr.1 Seventh report on State responsibility, by Mr. Willem Riphagen, Special Rapporteur
A/CN.4/398 + Corr.1–3 Fourth report on the draft code of offences against the peace and security of mankind, by Mr. Doudou Thiam, Special Rapporteur
A/CN.4/399 + Add.1–2 Second report on the law of the non-navigational uses of international watercourses, by Mr. Stephen C. McCaffrey, Special Rapporteur
A/CN.4/400 Seventh 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.4/401 Third Report on relations between States and international organizations (second part of the topic), by Mr. Leonardo Díaz-González, Special Rapporteur
A/CN.4/402 + Corr.1–4 Second report on international liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law, by Mr. Julio Barboza, Special Rapporteur

Limited Documents

Symbol Title
A/CN.4/L.398 Topical summary, prepared by the Secretariat, of the discussion in the Sixth Committee on the report of the Commission during the fortieth session of the General Assembly
A/CN.4/L.399 + Corr.1 Draft articles on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property. Titles and texts adopted by the Drafting Committee: titles of parts II and III of the draft; articles 2 to 6 and 20 to 28 — reproduced in A/CN.4/SR.1968 to SR.1972
A/CN.4/L.400 Draft articles on the status of the diplomatic courier and the diplomatic bag not accompanied by diplomatic courier. Titles and texts adopted by the Drafting Committee: titles of the four parts of the draft; articles 28 to 33 — reproduced in A/CN.4/SR.1980, paras. 52 et seq.
A/CN.4/L.402 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-eighth session: chapter I (Organization of the session)
A/CN.4/L.403 + Add.1–2 + Add.2/Corr.1 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-eighth session: chapter II (Jurisdictional immunities of States and their property)
A/CN.4/L.404 + Add.1 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-eighth session: chapter III (Status of the diplomatic courier and the diplomatic bag not accompanied by diplomatic courier)
A/CN.4/L.405 + Add.1 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-eighth session: chapter IV (State responsibility)
A/CN.4/L.406 + Add.1 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-eighth session: chapter V (Draft Code of Offences agaisnt the Peace and Security of Mankind)
A/CN.4/L.407 + Add.1 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-eighth session: chapter VI (International liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law)
A/CN.4/L.408 + Add.1 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-eighth session: chapter VII (The law of the non-navigational uses of international watercourses)
A/CN.4/L.409 Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-eighth session: chapter VIII (Other decisions and conclusions of the Commission)

Summary Records

Symbol Title
A/CN.4/SR.1940 Summary record of the 1940th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1941 Summary record of the 1941st meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1942 Summary record of the 1942nd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1943 Summary record of the 1943rd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1944 Summary record of the 1944th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1945 Summary record of the 1945th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1946 Summary record of the 1946th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1947 Summary record of the 1947th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1948 Summary record of the 1948th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1949 Summary record of the 1949th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1950 Summary record of the 1950th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1951 Summary record of the 1951st meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1952 Summary record of the 1952nd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1953 Summary record of the 1953rd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1954 Summary record of the 1954th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1955 Summary record of the 1955th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1956 Summary record of the 1956th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1957 Summary record of the 1957th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1958 Summary record of the 1958th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1960 Summary record of the 1960th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1961 Summary record of the 1961st meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1962 Summary record of the 1962nd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1963 Summary record of the 1963rd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1964 Summary record of the 1964th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1965 Summary record of the 1965th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1966 Summary record of the 1966th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1967 Summary record of the 1967th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1968 Summary record of the 1968th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1969 Summary record of the 1969th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1970 Summary record of the 1970th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1971 Summary record of the 1971st meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1972 Summary record of the 1972nd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1973 Summary record of the 1973rd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1974 Summary record of the 1974th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1975 Summary record of the 1975th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1976 Summary record of the 1976th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1977 Summary record of the 1977th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1978 Summary record of the 1978th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1979 Summary record of the 1979th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1980 Summary record of the 1980th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1981 Summary record of the 1981st meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1982 Summary record of the 1982nd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1983 Summary record of the 1983rd meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1984 Summary record of the 1984th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1985 Summary record of the 1985th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1986 Summary record of the 1986th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1987 Summary record of the 1987th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1988 Summary record of the 1988th meeting
A/CN.4/SR.1989 Summary record of the 1989th 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;