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Sixty-sixth Session (2014)

Daily Bulletin

MONDAY, 5 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3198th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3198)

  • Election of officers
    • The Commission elected Mr. Kirill Gevorgian (Russian Federation) as its Chair, Mr. Shinya Murase (Japan) as the First Vice-Chair, Ms. Concepción Escobar-Hernandez (Spain) as Second Vice-Chair, Mr. Gilberto Vergne Saboia (Brazil) as Chair of the Drafting Committee, and Mr. Dire D. Tladi (South Africa) as Rapporteur.
  • Programme of Work
  • Protection of persons in the event of disasters
    • The Special Rapporteur, Mr. Eduardo Valencia-Ospina, introduced his seventh report on the topic (A/CN.4/668, Corr.1 and Add.1). The Commission began its consideration of the Special Rapporteur's seventh report.

TUESDAY, 6 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3199th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3199)

  • Expulsion of aliens
    • The Special Rapporteur, Mr. Maurice Kamto, introduced his ninth report on the topic (A/CN.4/670).
  • Protection of persons in the event of disasters
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s seventh report on the topic (A/CN.4/668, Corr.1 and Add.1).
  • Programme, procedures, working methods of the Commission and its documentation
    • The Chair of the Working Group on the Obligation to extradite or prosecute (aut dedere aut judicare) announced the composition of the Working Group which is as follows: Chair: Mr. Kriangsak Kittichaisaree; Members: Mr. Abdelrazag El-Murtadi Suleiman Gouider, Ms. Concepción Escobar-Hernández, Mr. Mathias Forteau, Mr. Ahmed Laraba, Mr. Sean D. Murphy, Mr. Ki Gab Park, Mr. Narinder Singh, Mr. Pavel Šturma, Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez; and Mr. Dire D. Tladi (ex officio).
    • The Chair of the Planning Group announced the composition of the Planning Group which is as follows: Chair: Mr. Shinya Murase; Members: Mr. Lucius Caflisch, Mr. Pedro Comissário Afonso, Mr. Abdelrazag El-Murtadi Suleiman Gouider, Ms. Concepcíón Escobar Hernández, Mr. Mathias Forteau, Mr. Hussein A. Hassouna, Mr. Mahmoud D. Hmoud, Ms. Marie G. Jacobsson, Mr. Maurice Kamto, Mr. Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, Mr. Ahmed Laraba, Mr. Donald M. McRae, Mr. Sean D. Murphy, Mr. Bernd H. Niehaus, Mr. Georg Nolte, Mr. Ki Gab Park, Mr. Ernest Petric, Mr. Gilberto V. Saboia, Mr. Narinder Singh, Mr. Pavel Šturma, Mr. Eduardo Valencia-Ospina, Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez, Mr. Nugroho Wisnumurti, Mr. Michael Wood; and Mr. Dire D. Tladi (ex officio).

WEDNESDAY, 7 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3200th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3200)

  • Protection of persons in the event of disasters
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s seventh report on the topic (A/CN.4/668, Corr.1 and Add.1).
  • Programme, procedures, working methods of the Commission and its documentation
    • The Chair of the Drafting Committee announced the composition of the Drafting Committee on Protection of persons in the event of disasters which is as follows: Chair: Mr. Gilberto V. Saboia; Special Rapporteur: Mr. Eduardo Valencia-Ospina; Members: Mr. Mathias Forteau, Mr. Mahmoud D. Hmoud, Ms. Marie G. Jacobsson, Mr. Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, Mr. Shinya Murase, Mr. Sean D. Murphy, Mr. Ki Gab Park, Mr. Ernest Petric, Mr. Narinder Singh, Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez, Mr. Nugroho Wisnumurti, Mr. Michael Wood and Mr. Dire D. Tladi (ex officio).

THURSDAY, 8 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3201st meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3201)

  • Protection of persons in the event of disasters
    • The Commission continued and concluded its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s seventh report on the topic (A/CN.4/668, Corr.1 and Add.1). The Special Rapporteur, Mr. Eduardo Valencia-Ospina, summarized the debate on his seventh report. The Commission referred draft articles 3 bis, 14 bis, 17, 18 and 19 to the Drafting Committee.
  • Expulsion of aliens
    • The Commission began its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s ninth report on the topic (A/CN.4/670).

FRIDAY, 9 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3202nd meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3202)

  • Expulsion of aliens
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s ninth report on the topic (A/CN.4/670).

TUESDAY, 13 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3203rd meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3203)

  • Expulsion of aliens
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s ninth report on the topic (A/CN.4/670).

WEDNESDAY, 14 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3204th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3204)

  • Expulsion of aliens
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s ninth report on the topic (A/CN.4/670). The Special Rapporteur, Mr. Maurice Kamto, summarized the debate on his ninth report. The Commission referred draft articles 1 to 32 to the Drafting Committee.
  • Visit of the United Nations Legal Counsel
    • The United Nations Legal Counsel, Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares, made a statement informing the Commission of the activities of the Office of Legal Affairs and recent developments of international law in the context of the United Nations. An exchange of views followed.
  • Programme, procedures, working methods of the Commission and its documentation
    • The Chair of the Drafting Committee announced the composition of the Drafting Committee on Expulsion of aliens which is as follows: Chair: Mr. Gilberto V. Saboia; Special Rapporteur: Mr. Maurice Kamto; Members: Mr. Mathias Forteau, Mr. Juan Manuel Gómez-Robledo, Mr. Mahmoud D. Hmoud, Mr. Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, Mr. Sean D. Murphy, Mr. Georg Nolte, Mr. Ki Gab Park, Mr. Narinder Singh, Mr. Pavel Šturma, Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez, Mr. Amos Wako, Mr. Michael Wood and Mr. Dire D. Tladi (ex officio)

THURSDAY, 15 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3205th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3205)

  • Subsequent agreement and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties
    • The Special Rapporteur, Mr. Georg Nolte, introduced his second report on the topic (A/CN.4/671). The Commission began its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s report.

FRIDAY, 16 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3206th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3206)

  • Subsequent agreement and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report on the topic (A/CN.4/671).

TUESDAY, 20 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3207th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3207)

  • Subsequent agreement and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report on the topic (A/CN.4/671).

WEDNESDAY, 21 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3208th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3208)

  • Subsequent agreement and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report on the topic (A/CN.4/671).

THURSDAY, 22 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3209th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3209)

  • Subsequent agreement and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties
    • The Special Rapporteur summed-up the debate on his second report on the topic (A/CN.4/671). The Commission decided to refer draft conclusions 6 to 11 to the Drafting Committee.
  • Protection of the atmosphere
    • The Special Rapporteur, Mr. Shinya Murase, introduced his first report on the topic (A/CN.4/667).

FRIDAY, 23 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3210th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3210)

  • Protection of the atmosphere
    • The Commission began its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/667).
  • Programme, procedures, working methods of the Commission and its documentation
    • The Chair of the Drafting Committee announced the composition of the Drafting Committee on Subsequent agreements and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties which is as follows: Chair: Mr. Gilberto V. Saboia; Special Rapporteur: Mr. Georg Nolte; Members: Mr. Mahmoud D. Hmoud, Mr. Maurice Kamto, Mr. Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, Mr. Sean D. Murphy, Mr. Ki Gab Park, Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez, Mr. Nugroho Wisnumurti, Mr. Michael Wood, and Mr. Dire D. Tladi (ex officio).

TUESDAY, 27 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3211th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3211)

  • Protection of the atmosphere
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/667).

WEDNESDAY, 28 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3212th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3212)

  • Protection of the atmosphere
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/667).

FRIDAY, 30 May 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3213rd meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3213)

  • Protection of persons in the event of disasters
    • The Chair of the Drafting Committee presented the report of the Drafting Committee on Protection of persons in the event of disasters (A/CN.4/L.831). The Commission considered the report and adopted on first reading the following draft articles, as amended: 1 [1] (Scope/Champ d’application), 2 [2] (Purpose/Objet), 3 [3] (Definition of disaster/Définition du terme “catastrophe”), 4 [4] (Use of terms/Termes employés), 5 [7] (Human dignity/Dignité humaine), 6 [8] (Human rights/Droits de l’homme), 7 [6] (Humanitarian principles/Principes humanitaires), 8 [5] (Duty to cooperate/Obligation de coopérer), 9 [5 bis] (Forms of cooperation/Formes de coopération), 10 [5 ter] Cooperation for disaster risk reduction/Coopération en matière de prévention des risques de catastrophe), 11 [16] (Duty to reduce the risk of disasters/Obligation de prévention des risques de catastrophe), 12 [9] (Role of the affected State/Rôle de l’État affecté), 13 [10] (Duty of the affected State to seek external assistance/Obligation de l’État affecté de rechercher de l’assistance extérieure), 14 [11] (Consent of the affected State to external assistance/Consentement de l’État affecté à l’assistance extérieure), 15 [13] (Conditions on the provision of external assistance/Conditions de fourniture de l’assistance extérieure), 16 [12] (Offers of external assistance/Offres d’assistance extérieure), 17 [14] (Facilitation of external assistance/Facilitation de l’assistance extérieure), 18 (Protection of relief personnel, equipment and goods/Protection du personnel, de l’équipement et des biens de secours), 19 [15] (Termination of external assistance/Cessation de l’assistance extérieure), 20 (Relationship to special or other rules of international law/Relation avec des règles spéciales ou d’autres règles de droit international), 21 [4] (Relationship to international humanitarian law/Relation avec le droit international humanitaire).
      • Statement of the Chair of the Drafting Committee
  • Protection of the atmosphere
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/667).

TUESDAY, 3 June 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3214th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3214)

  • Protection of the atmosphere
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/667). The Special Rapporteur, Mr. Shinya Murase, summarized the debate on his first report. The Commission decided to defer referral of the draft guidelines to the Drafting Committee to next year.

THURSDAY, 5 June 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3215th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3215)

  • Subsequent agreement and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties
    • The Chair of the Drafting Committee presented the report of the Drafting Committee on Subsequent agreements and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties (A/CN.4/L.833). The Commission considered the report and adopted the following draft conclusions: 6 (Identification of subsequent agreements and subsequent practice/Identification des accords ultérieurs et de la pratique ultérieure), 7 (Possible effects of subsequent agreements and subsequent practice in interpretation/Effets possibles des accords ultérieurs et de la pratique ultérieure dans le contexte de l’interprétation), 8 (Weight of subsequent agreements and subsequent practice as a means of interpretation/Poids des accords ultérieurs et de la pratique ultérieure comme moyens d’interprétation), 9 (Agreement of the parties regarding the interpretation of a treaty/Accord des parties à l’égard de l’interprétation d’un traité), 10 (Decisions adopted within the framework of a Conference of States Parties/Décisions adoptées dans le cadre d’une conférence des parties).
      • Statement of the Chair of the Drafting Committee

FRIDAY, 6 June 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3216th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3216)

  • Expulsion of aliens
    • The Chair of the Drafting Committee presented the report of the Drafting Committee on Expulsion of aliens (A/CN.4/L.832). The Commission considered the report and adopted the following draft articles on second reading: 1 (Scope/Champ d’application), 2 (Use of terms/Définitions), 3 (Right of expulsion/Droit d’expulsion), 4 (Requirement for conformity with law/Obligation de conformité à la loi), 5 (Grounds for expulsion/Motifs d’expulsion), 6 (Rules relating to the expulsion of refugees/Règles relatives à l’expulsion des refugiés), 7 (Rules relating to the expulsion of stateless persons/Règles relatives à l’expulsion des apatrides), 8 [9] (Deprivation of nationality for the purpose of expulsion/Déchéance de nationalité aux fins de l’expulsion), 9 [10] (Prohibition of collective expulsion/Interdiction de l’expulsion collective), 10 [11] (Prohibition of disguised expulsion/Interdiction de l’expulsion déguisée), 11 [12] Prohibition of expulsion for the purpose of confiscation of assets/Interdiction de l’expulsion aux fins de confiscation des biens), 12 [13] (Prohibition of resort to expulsion in order to circumvent an ongoing extradition procedure/Interdiction du recours à l’expulsion aux fins de contourner une procedure d’extradition en cours), 13 [14] (Obligation to respect the human dignity and human rights of aliens subject to expulsion/Obligation de respecter la dignité humaine et les droits de l’homme de l’étranger objet de l’expulsion), 14 [15] (Prohibition of discrimination/Interdiction de discrimination), 15 [16] (Vulnerable persons/Personnes vulnérables), 16 [17] (Obligation to protect the right to life of an alien subject to expulsion/Obligation de protéger le droit à la vie de l’étranger objet de l’expulsion), 17 [18] (Prohibition of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment/Prohibition de la torture et des peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants), 18 [20] (Obligation to respect the right to family life/Obligation de respecter le droit à la vie familiale), 19 (Detention of an alien for the purpose of expulsion/Détention de l’étranger aux fins d’expulsion), 20 [30] (Protection of the property of an alien subject to expulsion/Protection des biens de l’étranger objet de l’expulsion), 21 (Departure to the State of destination/Départ vers l’État de destination), 22 (State of destination of aliens subject to expulsion/État de destination de l’étranger objet de l’expulsion), 23 (Obligation not to expel an alien to a State where his or her life would be threatened/Obligation de ne pas expulser un étranger vers un État où sa vie serait menacée), 24 (Obligation not to expel an alien to a State where he or she may be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment/Obligation de ne pas expulser un étranger vers un État où il pourrait être soumis à la torture ou à des peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants), 25 (Protection in a transit State of the human rights of an alien subject to expulsion/Protection dans l’État de transit des droits de l’homme de l’étranger objet de l’expulsion), 26 (Procedural rights of aliens subject to expulsion/Droits procéduraux de l’étranger objet de l’expulsion), 27 (Suspensive effect of an appeal against an expulsion decision/Effet suspensif du recours contre la décision d’expulsion), 28 (International procedures for individual recourse/Procédures internationales de recours individuel), 29 (Readmission to the expelling State/Réadmission dans l’État expulsant), 30 [31] (Responsibility of States in cases of unlawful expulsion/Responsabilité de l’État en cas d’expulsion illicite), 31 [32 ] (Diplomatic protection/Protection diplomatique).
      • Statement of the Chair of the Drafting Committee.

MONDAY, 7 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3217th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3217)

  • Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction
    • The Special Rapporteur, Ms. Concepción Escobar Hernández, introduced her third report on the topic (A/CN.4/673). The Commission began its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s report.
  • The Obligation to Extradite or Prosecute (aut dedere aut judicare)
    • The Chair of the Working Group presented the Report of the Working Group (A/CN.4/L.844). The Commission took note of the report.

TUESDAY, 8 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3218th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3218)

  • Cooperation with other bodies
    • The Secretary-General of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization, Mr. Rahmat Mohamad, addressed the Commission. An exchange of views followed.
  • Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s third report on the topic (A/CN.4/673).
  • Programme, procedures, working methods of the comission and its documentation
    • The Commission reconstituted the Study Group on the Most-Favoured-Nation clause. In the absence of Mr. Donald McRae, Chair of the Study Group, Mr. Mathias Forteau will chair on his behalf. The composition of the Study Group is as follows: Chair: Mr. Donald M. McRae; Members: Mr. Lucius Caflisch, Ms. Concepción Escobar-Hernández, Mr. Mathias Forteau, Mr. Mahmoud D. Hmoud, Mr. Maurice Kamto, Mr. Shinya Murase, Mr. Sean D. Murphy, Mr. Ki Gab Park, Mr. Narinder Singh, Mr. Pavel Šturma, Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez, Mr. Michael Wood, and Mr. Dire D. Tladi (ex officio).

WEDNESDAY, 9 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3219th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3219)

  • Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s third report on the topic (A/CN.4/673).

THURSDAY, 10 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3220th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3220)

  • Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s third report on the topic (A/CN.4/673).

THURSDAY, 10 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3221st meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3221)

  • Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s third report on the topic (A/CN.4/673).

FRIDAY, 11 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3222nd meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3222)

  • Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction
    • The Commission continued and concluded its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s third report on the topic (A/CN.4/673). The Special Rapporteur, Ms. Concepción Escobar Hernández, summarized the debate on her third report. The Commission referred draft articles 2 and 5 to the Drafting Committee.
  • Programme, procedures, working methods of the comission and its documentation
    • The Chair of the Drafting Committee announced the composition of the Drafting Committee on Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction which is as follows: Chair: Mr. Gilberto V. Saboia; Special Rapporteur: Mr. Concepción Escobar Hernández; Members: Mr. Enrique J.A. Candioti, Mr. Matthias Forteau, Mr. Huikang Huang, Ms. Marie G. Jacobsson, Mr. Maurice Kamto, Mr. Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, Mr. Sean D. Murphy, Mr. Ki Gab Park, Mr. Ernest Petrič, Mr. Narinder Singh, Mr. Pavel Šturma, Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez, Mr. Amos S. Wako, Mr. Michael Wood and Mr. Dire D. Tladi (ex officio)
  • Identification of customary international law
    • The Special Rapporteur, Mr. Michael Wood, introduced his second report on the topic (A/CN.4/672).

TUESDAY, 15 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3223rd meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3223)

  • Cooperation with other bodies
    • The Vice-President of the Inter-American Juridical Committee, Mr. Fabián Novak, addressed the Commission. An exchange of views followed.
  • Identification of customary international law
    • The Commission began its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report on the topic (A/CN.4/672).

WEDNESDAY, 16 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3224th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3224)

  • Cooperation with other bodies
    • The Chair of the Committee of Legal Advisers on Public international Law (CAHDI), Ms. Liesbeth Lijnzaad, and the Secretary of the Committee of Legal Advisers on Public international Law (CAHDI), Ms. Marta Requena, addressed the Commission. An exchange of views followed.
  • Identification of customary international law
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report on the topic (A/CN.4/672).

THURSDAY, 17 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3225th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3225)

  • Identification of customary international law
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report on the topic (A/CN.4/672).

THURSDAY, 17 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3226th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3226)

  • Identification of customary international law
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report on the topic (A/CN.4/672).

FRIDAY, 18 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3227th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3227)

  • Identification of customary international law
    • The Commission continued and concluded its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report on the topic (A/CN.4/672). The Special Rapporteur, Mr. Michael Wood, summarized the debate on his second report. The Commission decided to refer draft conclusions 1 to 11 to the Drafting Committee.
  • Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts
    • The Special Rapporteur, Ms. Marie G. Jacobsson, introduced her preliminary report on the topic (A/CN.4/674). The Commission began its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s preliminary report on the topic.
  • Programme, procedures, working methods of the comission and its documentation
    • The Commission decided to include the topic “Crimes against humanity“ in the current programme of work and decided to appoint Mr. Sean D. Murphy as Special Rapporteur for the topic.
    • The Chair of the Drafting Committee announced the composition of the Drafting Committee on Identification of customary international law which is as follows: Chair: Mr. Gilberto V. Saboia; Special Rapporteur: Mr. Michael Wood; Members: Ms. Concepción Escobar Hernandez, Mr. Matthias Forteau, Mr. Juan Manuel Gomez-Robledo, Mr. Mahmoud D. Hmoud, Mr. Maurice Kamto, Mr. Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, Mr. Shinya Murase, Mr. Sean D. Murphy, Mr. Georg Nolte, Mr. Ki Gab Park, Mr. Ernest Petrič, Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez, and Mr. Dire D. Tladi (ex officio).

TUESDAY, 22 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3228th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3228)

  • Cooperation with other bodies
    • The President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Peter Tomka, addressed the Commission, followed by an exchange of views.
  • Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s preliminary report on the topic (A/CN.4/674).

WEDNESDAY, 23 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3229th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3229)

  • Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s preliminary report on the topic (A/CN.4/674).

THURSDAY, 24 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3230th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3230)

  • Cooperation with other bodies
    • The representative of the African Union Commission on International Law, Mr. Cheikh Tidiane Thiam addressed the Commission. An exchange of views followed.
  • Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s preliminary report on the topic (A/CN.4/674).

FRIDAY, 25 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3231st meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3231)

  • Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s preliminary report on the topic (A/CN.4/674). The Special Rapporteur, Ms. Marie G. Jacobsson, summarized the debate on her preliminary report.
  • Provisional application of treaties
    • The Special Rapporteur, Mr. Juan Manuel Gomez Robledo, introduced his second report on the topic (A/CN.4/675). The Commission began its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report.
  • Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction
    • The Chair of the Drafting Committee presented the report of the Drafting Committee on Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction (A/CN.4/L.850). The Commission considered the report and adopted the following draft articles: 2(e) (Definitions/Définitions) and 5 (Persons enjoying immunity ratione materiae/Bénéficiaires de l’immunité ratione materiae).
      • Statement of the Chair of the Drafting Committee.
  • The most-favoured-nation clause
    • In the absence of the Chair of the Study Group on the Most-Favoured-Nation clause, Mr. Mathias Forteau presented an oral report of the Study Group. The Commission took note of the report.

WEDNESDAY, 30 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3232nd meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3232)

  • Provisional application of treaties
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report on the topic (A/CN.4/675).

WEDNESDAY, 30 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3233rd meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3233)

  • Provisional application of treaties
    • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report on the topic (A/CN.4/675).

THURSDAY, 31 July 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3234th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3234)

  • Provisional application of treaties
    • The Special Rapporteur, Mr. Juan Manuel Gómez-Robledo, summarized the debate on his second report on the topic (A/CN.4/675).
  • Report of the planning group
    • The Chair of the Planning Group, Mr. Shinya Murase, introduced the report of the Planning Group (A/CN.4/L.849). The Commission adopted the recommendations contained in the report of the Planning Group and decided (i) to include the topic “Jus cogens” in its long-term programme of work and (ii) to request the Secretariat to prepare a list of potential topics for the Commission, accompanied by brief explanatory notes, by the end of the quinquennium. The Commission took note of the report of the Planning Group.

MONDAY, 4 August 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3235th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3235)

  • Expulsion of aliens
    • The Commission began consideration of Chapter IV of its report on Expulsion of aliens and adopted sections A, B, D and part of E including the General commentary and the commentary to articles 1 (Scope/Champ d’application) and 2 (Use of terms/Définitions) (A/CN.4/L.837 and A/CN.4/L.837/Add.1/Rev.1), as amended.

MONDAY, 4 August 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3236th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3236)

  • Expulsion of aliens
    • The Commission continued consideration of Chapter IV of its report on Expulsion of aliens and adopted a further part of section E including the commentary to articles 3 (Right of expulsion/Droit d’expulsion), 4 (Requirement for conformity with law/Obligation de conformité à la loi), 5 (Grounds for expulsion/Motifs d’expulsion), 6 (Prohibition of the expulsion of refugees/Règles relatives à l’expulsion des réfugiés), 7 (Rules relating to the expulsion of stateless persons/Règles relatives à l’expulsion des apatrides), 8 (Deprivation of nationality for the purpose of expulsion/Déchéance de nationalité aux fins de l’expulsion), 9 (Prohibition of collective expulsion/Interdiction de l’expulsion collective), 10 (Prohibition of disguised expulsion/Interdiction de l’expulsion déguisée), 11 (Prohibition of expulsion for purposes of confiscation of assets/Interdiction de l’expulsion aux fins de confiscation des biens), 12 (Prohibition of resort to expulsion in order to circumvent an ongoing extradition procedure/Interdiction du recours à l’expulsion aux fins de contourner une procédure d’extradition en cours) and 13 (Obligation to respect the human dignity and human rights of aliens subject to expulsion/Obligation de respecter la dignité humaine et les droits de l’homme de l’étranger object de l’expulsion)(A/CN.4/L.837/Add.1/Rev.1), as amended.

TUESDAY, 5 August 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3237th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3237)

  • Expulsion of aliens
    • The Commission continued consideration of Chapter IV of its report on Expulsion of aliens and adopted a further part of section E including the commentary to articles 15 (Vulnerable persons/Personnes vulnérables), 16 (Obligation to protect the right to life of an alien subject to expulsion/Obligation de protéger le droit à la vie de l’étranger objet de l’expulsion), 17 (Prohibition of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment/Prohibition de la torture et des peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants), 18 (Obligation to respect the right to family life/Obligation de respecter le droit à la vie familiale), 19 (Detention of an alien for the purpose of expulsion/Détention de l’étranger aux fins d’expulsion), 20 (Protection of the property of an alien subject to expulsion/Protection des biens de l’étranger objet de l’expulsion), 21 (Departure to the State of destination/Départ vers l’État de destination), 22 (State of destination of aliens subject to expulsion/État de destination de l’étranger objet de l’expulsion), 23 (Obligation not to expel an alien to a State where his or her life would be threatened/Obligation de ne pas expulser un étranger vers un État où sa vie serait menacée), 24 (Obligation not to expel an alien to a State where he or she may be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment/Obligation de ne pas expulser un étranger vers un État où il pourrait être soumis à la torture ou à des peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants), 25 (Protection in the transit State of the human rights of an alien subject to expulsion/Protection dans l’État de transit des droits de l’homme de l’étranger objet de l’expulsion), 26 (Procedural rights of aliens subject to expulsion/Droits procéduraux de l’étranger objet de l’expulsion), 27 (Suspensive effect of an appeal against an expulsion decision/Effet suspensif du recours contre la décision d’expulsion), 28 (International proedures for individual recourse/Procédures internationales de recours individuel), 29 (Readmission to the expelling State/Réadmission dans l’État expulsant), 30 (Responsibility of States in cases of unlawful expulsion/Responsabilité de l’État en cas d’expulsion illicite), 31 (Diplomatic protection/Protection diplomatique) (A/CN.4/L.837/Add.1/Rev.1), as amended.

TUESDAY, 5 August 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3238th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3238)

  • Expulsion of aliens
    • The Commission continued consideration of Chapter IV of its report on Expulsion of aliens and adopted section C and the remaining part of section E including the commentary to article 14 (Prohibition of discrimination/Interdiction de discrimination), (A/CN.4/L.837 and A/CN.4/L.837/Add.1/Rev.1), as amended.
  • Protection of persons in the event of disasters
    • The Commission began consideration of Chapter V of its report on Protection of persons in the event of disasters and adopted sections A, B and part of section C in including the commentary to articles 1[1] (Scope/Champ d’application), 2[2] (Purpose/Objet), 3[3] (Definition of disaster/Définition du term “catastrophe”), 4 (Use of terms/Termes employés), 5[7] (Human dignity/Dignité humaine), 6[8] (Human rights/Droits de l’homme), 7[6] (Humanitarian principles/Principes humanitaires), 8[5] (Duty to cooperate/Obligation de coopérer), 9[5 bis] (Forms of cooperation/Formes de coopération) and 10[5 ter] (Cooperation for disaster risk reduction/Coopération en matière de prévention des risques de catastrophe) (A/CN.4/L.838 and A/CN.4/L.838/Add./1), as amended.

WEDNESDAY, 6 August 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3239th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3239)

  • Protection of persons in the event of disasters
    • The Commission continued consideration of Chapter V of its report on Protection of persons in the event of disasters and adopted the remaining part of section C including the commentary to articles 11[16] (Duty to reduce the risk of disasters/Obligation de prévention des risques de catastrophe), 12[9] (Role of the affected State/Rôle de l’État affecté), 13[10] (Duty of the affected State to seek external assistance/Obligation de l’État affecté de rechercher de l’assistance extérieure), 14[11] (Consent of the affected State to external assistance/Consentement de l’État affecté à l’assistance extérieure), 15[13] (Conditions on the provision of external assistance/Conditions de fourniture de l’assistance extérieure), 16[12] (Offers of external assistance/Offres d’assistance extérieure), 17[14] Facilitation of external assistance/Facilitation de l’assistance extérieure), 18 (Protection of relief personnel, equipment and goods/Protection du personnel, de l’équipement et des biens de secours), 19[15] (Termination of external assistance/Cessation de l’assistance extérieure), 20 (Relationship to special or other rules of international law/Relation avec des règles spéciales ou d’autres règles de droit international), 21[4] (Relationship to international humanitarian law/Relation avec le droit international humanitaire) (A/CN.4/L.838/Add./1), as amended.
  • Subsequent agreements and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties
    • The Commission began consideration of Chapter VII of its report on Subsequent agreements and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties and adopted sections A, B and part of section C including the commentary to conclusion 6 (Identification of subsequent agreements and subsequent practice/Identification des accords ultérieurs et de la pratique ultérieure), (A/CN.4/L.840 and A/CN.4/L.840/Add.1), as amended.

WEDNESDAY, 6 August 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3240th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3240)

  • Subsequent agreements and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties
    • The Commission continued consideration of Chapter VII of its report on Subsequent agreements and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties and adopted the remaining part of section C including the commentary to conclusions 7 (Possible effects of subsequent agreements and subsequent practice in interpretation/Effets possibles des accords ultérieurs et de la pratique ultérieure dans le contexte de l’interprétation), 8 (Weight of subsequent agreements and subsequent practice as a means of interpretation/Poids des accords ultérieurs et de la pratique ultérieure comme moyens d’interprétation), 9 (Agreement of the parties regarding the interpretation of a treaty/Accord des parties à l’égard de l’interprétation d’un traité) and 10 (Decisions adopted within the framework of a Conference of States Parties/Décisions adoptees dans le cadre d’une conférence des parties), (A/CN.4/L.840/Add.1, A/CN.4/L.840/Add.2 and A/CN.4/L.840/Add.3), as amended.
  • Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction
    • The Commission began consideration of Chapter IX of its report on Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction and adopted sections A and B (A/CN.4/L.842), as amended.

THURSDAY, 7 August 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3241st meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3241)

  • Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction
    • The Commission continued consideration of Chapter IX of its report on Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction and adopted part of section C including the commentary to article 2 (Definitions/Définitions) (A/CN.4/L.842/Add.1), as amended.

THURSDAY, 7 August 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3242nd meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3242)

  • Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction
    • The Commission continued consideration of Chapter IX of its report on Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction and adopted the remaining part of section C including the commentary to article 5 (Persons enjoying immunity ratione materiae/Bénéficiaires de l’immunité ratione materiae) (A/CN.4/L.842/Add.1), as amended.
  • The obligation to extradite or prosecute (aut dedere aut judicare)
    • The Commission adopted Chapter VI of its report on the Obligation to extradite or prosecute (aut dedere aut judicare) (A/CN.4/L.839), as amended.
  • Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts
    • The Commission adopted Chapter XI of its report on Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts (A/CN.4/L.845), as amended.
  • Protection of the atmosphere
    • The Commission adopted Chapter VIII of its report on Protection of the atmosphere (A/CN.4/L.841), as amended.
  • The most-favoured-nation clause
    • The Commission adopted Chapter XIII of its report on the Most-Favoured-Nation clause (A/CN.4/L.847), as amended.
  • Identification of customary international law
    • The Chair of the Drafting Committee presented an interim report of the Drafting Committee on Identification of customary international law.
      • Statement of the Chair of the Drafting Committee.

FRIDAY, 8 August 2014
Sixty-sixth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3243rd meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3243)

  • Identification of customary international law
    • The Commission adopted Chapter X of its report on Identification of customary international law (A/CN.4/L.843), as amended.
  • Provisional application of treaties
    • The Commission adopted Chapter XII of its report on Provisional application of treaties (A/CN.4/L.846), as amended.
  • Introduction
    • The Commission adopted Chapter I of its report on Introduction (A/CN.4/L.834), as amended.
  • Summary of the work of the Commission at its sixty-sixth session
    • The Commission adopted Chapter II of its report on the Summary of the work of the Commission at its sixty-sixth session (A/CN.4/L.835), as amended.
  • Specific issues on which comments would be of particular interest to the Commission
    • The Commission adopted Chapter III of its report on Specific issues on which comments would be of particular interest to the Commission (A/CN.4/L.836), as amended.
  • Other decisions and conclusions of the Commission
    • The Commission adopted Chapter XIV of its report on Other decisions and conclusions of the Commission (A/CN.4/L.848), as amended.
  • Adoption of the Report
    • The Commission adopted its report of the sixty-sixth session as a whole and thus concluded its work for that session.