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July 15, 2015
Forty-first Session (1989)
The International Law Commission held its forty-first session at Geneva, Switzerland, from 2 May to 21 July 1989 in accordance with General Assembly resolution 43/169 of 9 December 1988.
Topics considered in 1989
State responsibility (Summary | Analytical Guide)
Jurisdictional immunities of States and their property (Summary | Analytical Guide)
Status of the diplomatic courier and the diplomatic bag not accompanied by diplomatic courier (Summary | Analytical Guide)
The Commission adopted the draft articles on the status of the diplomatic courier and the diplomatic bag not accompanied by diplomatic courier, as a whole, as well as a draft optional protocol on the status of the courier and the bag of special missions, and a draft optional protocol on the status of the courier and the bag of international organizations of a universal character, with commentaries thereto.
Draft code of crimes against the peace and security of mankind (Summary | Analytical Guide)
Law of the non-navigational uses of international watercourses (Summary | Analytical Guide)
International liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law (Summary | Analytical Guide)
Relations between States and international organizations (second part of the topic) (Summary | Analytical Guide)
Other business
- International Law Seminar
- Tenth Gilberto Amado Memorial Lecture took place on 14 June 1989. The lecture, which was delivered by Mr. Carl-August Fleischhauer, Under-Secretary-General and Legal Counsel of the United Nations, was entitled "Reflections on legal aspects of United Nations peace-keeping".