International Law Commission

TUESDAY, 25 April 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3613th meeting  (A/CN.4/SR.3613)

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• Election of officers
  • The Commission elected Ms. Nilüfer Oral (Türkiye) as its Chair, Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez (Ecuador) as the First Vice-Chair, Mr. Charles Chernor Jalloh (Sierra Leone) as Second Vice-Chair, Mr. Mārtinš Paparinskis (Latvia) as Chair of the Drafting Committee, and Mr. Hong Thao Nguyen (Viet Nam) as Rapporteur.
• Programme of work
  • The Commission adopted its agenda (A/CN.4/754).
• Settlement of international disputes to which international organizations are partie
  • The Special Rapporteur, Mr. August Reinisch, introduced his first report on the topic “Settlement of international disputes to which international organizations are parties” (A/CN.4/756). The Commission began its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic.

WEDNESDAY, 26 April 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3614th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.3614)

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• Settlement of international disputes to which international organizations are partie
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/756).
• Programme, procedures, working methods of the Commission and its documentation
  • The Co-Chair of the Study Group on “Sea level rise in relation to international law”, Ms. Nilüfer Oral, announced the composition of the Study Group on “Sea level rise in relation to international law”, which is as follows: Co-Chairs: Mr. Bogdan Aurescu, Mr. Yacouba Cissé, Ms. Patrícia Galvão Teles, Ms. Nilüfer Oral and Mr. Juan José Ruda Santolaria; Members: Mr. Dapo Akande, Mr. Carlos J. Argüello Gómez, Mr. Masahiko Asada, Mr. Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Mr. Rolf Einar Fife, Mr. Mathias Forteau, Mr. George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo, Mr. Claudio Grossman Guiloff, Mr. Huikang Huang, Mr. Charles Chernor Jalloh, Mr. Ahmed Laraba, Mr. Keun-Gwan Lee, Ms. Vilawan Mangklatanakul, Mr. Andreas D. Mavroyiannis, Mr. Ivon Mingashang, Mr. Giuseppe Nesi, Ms. Phoebe Okowa, Mr. Hassan Ouazzani Chahdi, Mr. Mario Oyarzábal, Mr. Mārtinš Paparinskis, Mr. Bimal N. Patel, Mr. August Reinisch, Ms. Penelope Ridings, Mr. Louis Savadogo, Mr. Munkh-Orgil Tsend, Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez, and Mr. Hong Thao Nguyen (ex officio).

THURSDAY, 27 April 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3615th meeting  (A/CN.4/SR.3615)

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• Settlement of international disputes to which international organizations are partie
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/756).
• Programme, procedures, working methods of the Commission and its documentation
  • The Chair, Ms. Nilüfer Oral, announced the composition of the Planning Group which is as follows: Chair: Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez; Members: Mr. Dapo Akande, Mr. Carlos J. Argüello Gómez, Mr. Masahiko Asada, Mr. Bogdan Aurescu, Mr. Rolf Einar Fife, Mr. Mathias Forteau, Mr. George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo, Mr. Claudio Grossman Guiloff, Mr. Huikang Huang, Mr. Charles Chernor Jalloh, Mr. Keun-Gwan Lee, Ms. Vilawan Mangklatanakul, Mr. Andreas D. Mavroyiannis, Mr. Ivon Mingashang, Mr. Giuseppe Nesi, Mr. Hong Thao Nguyen, Ms. Phoebe Okowa, Mr. Hassan Ouazzani Chahdi, Mr. Mario Oyarzábal, Mr. Mārtinš Paparinskis, Mr. Bimal N. Patel, Mr. August Reinisch, Ms. Penelope Ridings, Mr. Juan José Ruda Santolaria, Mr. Louis Savadogo and Mr. Hong Thao Nguyen (ex officio).

FRIDAY, 28 April 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3616th meeting  (A/CN.4/SR.3616)

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• Settlement of international disputes to which international organizations are partie
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/756).

TUESDAY, 2 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3617th meeting

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• Settlement of international disputes to which international organizations are partie
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/756).

WEDNESDAY, 3 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3618th meeting

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• The Commission observed a minute of silence in memory of Mr. Sompong Sucharitkul, former member of the Commission.
• Settlement of international disputes to which international organizations are partie
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/756).
• Programme, procedures, working methods of the Commission and its documentation
  • The Chair of the Drafting Committee, Mr. Mārtinš Paparinskis, announced the composition of the Drafting Committee on “Settlement of international disputes to which international organizations are parties”, which is as follows: Chair: Mr. Mārtinš Paparinskis; Special Rapporteur: Mr. August Reinisch; Members: Mr. Dapo Akande, Mr. Masahiko Asada, Mr. Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Mr. Rolf Einar Fife, Mr. Mathias Forteau, Mr. George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo, Ms. Patricia Galvão Teles, Mr. Claudio Grossman Guiloff, Mr. Huikang Huang, Mr. Charles Chernor Jalloh, Mr. Keun-Gwan Lee, Ms. Vilawan Mangklatanakul, Mr. Andreas D. Mavroyiannis, Mr. Ivon Mingashang, Mr. Giuseppe Nesi, Ms. Phoebe Okowa, Ms. Nilüfer Oral, Mr. Hassan Ouazzani Chahdi, Mr. Mario Oyarzábal, Mr. Bimal N. Patel, Ms. Penelope Ridings, Mr. Juan José Ruda Santolaria, Mr. Alioune Sall, Mr. Louis Savadogo and Mr. Hong Thao Nguyen (ex officio).

FRIDAY, 5 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3619th meeting

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• Prevention and repression of piracy and armed robbery at sea
  • The Special Rapporteur, Mr. Yacouba Cissé, introduced his first report on the topic “Prevention and repression of piracy and armed robbery at sea” (A/CN.4/758).  The Commission began its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic. 

TUESDAY, 9 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3620th meeting

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• Prevention and repression of piracy and armed robbery at sea
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/758).
• Programme, procedures, working methods of the Commission and its documentation
  • The Chair of the Drafting Committee, Mr. Mārtinš Paparinskis, announced the composition of the Drafting Committee on “General principles of law”, which is as follows: Chair: Mr. Mārtinš Paparinskis; Special Rapporteur: Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez; Members: Mr. Dapo Akande, Mr. Carlos J. Argüello Gómez, Mr. Masahiko Asada, Mr. Rolf Einar Fife, Mr. Mathias Forteau, Mr. George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo, Ms. Patricia Galvão Teles, Mr. Claudio Grossman Guiloff, Mr. Huikang Huang, Mr. Charles Chernor Jalloh, Mr. Keun-Gwan Lee, Ms. Vilawan Mangklatanakul, Mr. Andreas D. Mavroyiannis, Mr. Ivon Mingashang, Mr. Giuseppe Nesi, Ms. Phoebe Okowa, Ms. Nilüfer Oral, Mr. Hassan Ouazzani Chahdi, Mr. Mario Oyarzábal, Mr. Bimal N. Patel, Mr. August Reinisch, Ms. Penelope Ridings, Mr. Juan José Ruda Santolaria, Mr. Alioune Sall, Mr. Louis Savadogo, Mr. Munkh-Orgil Tsend and Mr. Hong Thao Nguyen (ex officio).

WEDNESDAY, 10 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3621st meeting

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• Programme, procedures, working methods of the Commission and its documentation
  • The Commission appointed Mr. Claudio Grossman Guiloff as Special Rapporteur on the topic “Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction”.  The Commission also appointed Mr. August Reinisch as Chair of the Working Group on “Succession of States in respect of State responsibility”.
• Prevention and repression of piracy and armed robbery at sea
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/758).

THURSDAY, 11 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3622nd meeting

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• Visit of the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel
  • The Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and 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.

FRIDAY, 12 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3623rd meeting

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• Prevention and repression of piracy and armed robbery at sea
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/758).

MONDAY, 15 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3624th meeting

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• Prevention and repression of piracy and armed robbery at sea
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/758).

TUESDAY, 16 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3625th meeting

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• Prevention and repression of piracy and armed robbery at sea
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/758).  The Special Rapporteur summed up the debate.  The Commission referred draft articles 1 to 3 to the Drafting Committee.
• Programme, procedures, working methods of the Commission and its documentation
  • The Chair of the Drafting Committee, Mr. Mārtinš Paparinskis, announced the composition of the Drafting Committee on “Prevention and repression of piracy and armed robbery at sea”, which is as follows: Chair: Mr. Mārtinš Paparinskis; Special Rapporteur: Mr. Yacouba Cissé; Members: Mr. Dapo Akande, Mr. Masahiko Asada, Mr. Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Mr. Rolf Einar Fife, Mr. George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo, Mr. Claudio Grossman Guiloff, Mr. Huikang Huang, Mr. Charles Chernor Jalloh, Mr. Keun-Gwan Lee, Mr. Andreas D. Mavroyiannis, Mr. Ivon Mingashang, Mr. Giuseppe Nesi,  Ms. Nilüfer Oral, Mr. Hassan Ouazzani Chahdi, Mr. Mario Oyarzábal, Mr. Bimal N. Patel, Mr. August Reinisch, Ms. Penelope Ridings, Mr. Juan José Ruda Santolaria, Mr. Louis Savadogo and Mr. Hong Thao Nguyen (ex officio).
• Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law
  • The Special Rapporteur, Mr. Charles Chernor Jalloh, introduced his first report on “Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law” (A/CN.4/760).

WEDNESDAY, 17 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3626th meeting

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• Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/760).

THURSDAY, 18 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3627th meeting

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• Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/760).

FRIDAY, 19 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3628th meeting

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• General principles of law
  • The Chair of the Drafting Committee presented the report of the Drafting Committee on “General principles of law” (A/CN.4/L.982). The Commission considered the report and adopted the text of the following draft conclusions on “General principles of law” on first reading: 1 (Scope/Champ d’application), 2 (Recognition/Reconnaissance), 3 (Categories of general principles of law/Catégories de principes généraux du droit), 4 (Identification of general principles of law derived from national legal systems/Détermination des principes généraux du droit provenant des systèmes juridiques nationaux), 5 (Determination of the existence of a principle common to the various legal systems of the world/Détermination de l’existence d’un principe commun aux différents systèmes juridiques du monde), 6 (Determination of transposition to the international legal system/Détermination de la transposition dans le système juridique international), 7 (Identification of general principles of law formed within the international legal system/ Détermination des principes généraux du droit formés dans le cadre du système juridique international), 8 (Decisions of courts and tribunals/Décisions de juridictions), 9 (Teachings/Doctrine), 10 (Functions of general principles of law/Fonctions des principes généraux du droit) and 11 (Relationship between general principles of law and treaties and customary international law/Relations entre les principes généraux du droit et les traités et le droit international coutumier).
• Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/760).

TUESDAY, 23 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3629th meeting

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• Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/760).

WEDNESDAY, 24 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3630th meeting

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• Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/760).

THURSDAY, 25 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3631st meeting

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• Settlement of international disputes to which international organizations are partie
  • The Chair of the Drafting Committee presented the report of the Drafting Committee on “Settlement of international disputes to which international organizations are parties” (A/CN.4/L.983). The Commission considered the report and adopted the titles and texts of the following draft guidelines on “Settlement of international disputes to which international organizations are parties”: 1 (Scope/Objet) and 2 (Use of terms/Employ des termes) [as amended]. The Commission decided to change the title of the topic to “Settlement of disputes to which international organizations are parties”.
• Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/760).

THURSDAY, 25 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3632nd meeting

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• Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/760).

FRIDAY, 26 May 2023
Seventy-fourth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3633rd meeting

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• Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s first report on the topic (A/CN.4/760). The Special Rapporteur summed up the debate. The Commission referred draft conclusions 1 to 5 to the Drafting Committee.
• Programme, procedures, working methods of the Commission and its documentation

  • The Chair of the Drafting Committee, Mr. Mārtinš Paparinskis, announced the composition of the Drafting Committee on “Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law”, which is as follows: Chair: Mr. Mārtinš Paparinskis; Special Rapporteur: Mr. Charles Chernor Jalloh; Members: Mr. Dapo Akande, Mr. Carlos J.Argüello Gómez, Mr. Masahiko Asada, Mr. Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Mr. Rolf Einar Fife, Mr. Mathias Forteau, Mr. George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo, Ms. Patricia Galvão Teles, Mr. Huikang Huang, Mr. Keun-Gwan Lee, Ms. Vilawan Mangklatanakul, Mr. Andreas D. Mavroyiannis, Mr. Ivon Mingashang, Mr. Giuseppe Nesi, Ms. Phoebe Okowa, Mr. Mario Oyarzábal, Mr. Bimal N. Patel, Mr. August Reinisch, Ms. Penelope Ridings, Mr. Juan José Ruda Santolaria, Mr. Alioune Sall, Mr. Louis Savadogo, Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez, Mr. Evgeny Zagaynov and Mr. Hong Thao Nguyen (ex officio).