Seventy-second Session (2020)
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, the General Assembly, on 12 August 2020, decided that the seventy-second session of the ILC will be postponed to 2021.
The members of the ILC held an informal meeting on 3 September 2020, pursuant to GA decision 74/566, at which time members, inter alia, made statements in memory of Alexander Yankov, former member of the ILC.
In accordance with General Assembly resolution 74/186 of 18 December 2019, the International Law Commission was scheduled to hold its seventy-second session at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 27 April to 5 June and from 6 July to 7 August 2020 (11 weeks).
Topics to be considered
Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction (Summary | Analytical Guide)
See also: Comments by Governments
Provisional application of treaties (Summary | Analytical Guide)
See also: Comments by Governments
Protection of the atmosphere (Summary | Analytical Guide)
See also: Comments by Governments
Succession of States in respect of State responsibility (Summary | Analytical Guide)
See also: Comments by Governments
General principles of law (Summary | Analytical Guide)
See also: Comments by Governments
Sea-level rise in relation to international law (Summary | Analytical Guide)
See also: Comments by Governments