International Law Commission

MONDAY, 29 April 2024
Seventy-fifth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3658th meeting

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• Election of officers
  • The Commission elected Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez (Ecuador) as its Chair, Mr. Mārtiņš Paparinskis (Latvia) as the First Vice-Chair, Ms. Vilawan Mangklatanakul (Thailand) as Second Vice-Chair, Ms. Phoebe Okowa (Kenya) as Chair of the Drafting Committee, and Ms. Penelope Ridings (New Zealand) as Rapporteur.
• Programme of work
  • The Commission adopted its agenda (A/CN.4/762).
• Settlement of disputes to which international organizations are parties
  • The Special Rapporteur, Mr. August Reinisch, introduced his second report on the topic “Settlement of disputes to which international organizations are parties” (A/CN.4/766). The Commission began its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report on the topic.

TUESDAY, 30 April 2024
Seventy-fifth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3659th meeting

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• Settlement of disputes to which international organizations are parties
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report on the topic (A/CN.4/766).
• 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. Patrícia Galvão Teles, announced the composition of the Study Group on “Sea level rise in relation to international law”, which is as follows: Co-Chairs: Mr. Yacouba Cissé, Ms. Patrícia Galvão Teles, Ms. Nilüfer Oral and Mr. Juan José Ruda Santolaria; Members: Mr. Dapo Akande, Mr. Masahiko Asada, Mr. Rolf Einar Fife, Mr. Mathias Forteau, Mr. George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo, Mr. Claudio Grossman Guiloff, Mr. Huikang Huang, Mr. Ahmed Laraba,  Mr. Keun-Gwan Lee, Ms. Vilawan Mangklatanakul, Mr. Andreas D. Mavroyiannis, 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, Mr. Louis Savadogo, Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez and Ms. Penelope Ridings (ex officio).

WEDNESDAY, 1 May 2024
Seventy-fifth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3660th meeting

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• Filling of a casual vacancy in the Commision
  • The Commission elected Ms. Alina Orosan (Romania) to fill the casual vacancy following the resignation of Mr. Bogdan Aurescu.
• Settlement of disputes to which international organizations are parties
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report on the topic (A/CN.4/766).

THURSDAY, 2 May 2024
Seventy-fifth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3661st meeting

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• Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law
  • The Commission adopted the titles and texts of the following draft conclusions on “Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law” (A/CN.4/L.985/Add.1) which were taken note of at last year’s session by the Commission: 4 (Decisions of courts and tribunals/Décisions de juridictions) and 5 (Teachings/Doctrine), as orally revised.
• Settlement of disputes to which international organizations are parties
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report on the topic (A/CN.4/766).

FRIDAY, 3 May 2024
Seventy-fifth session
United Nations Office at Geneva
3662nd meeting

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• Settlement of disputes to which international organizations are parties
  • The Commission continued its consideration of the Special Rapporteur’s second report on the topic (A/CN.4/766). The Special Rapporteur summed up the debate. The Commission referred draft guidelines 3 to 6 as recommended by the Special Rapporteur to the Drafting Committee.
• Programme, procedures, working methods of the Commission and its documentation
  • The Chair of the Drafting Committee, Ms. Phoebe Okowa, announced the composition of the Drafting Committee on “Settlement of disputes to which international organizations are parties”, which is as follows: Chair: Ms. Phoebe Okowa; 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. Giuseppe Nesi, Mr. Hong Thao Nguyen, Ms. Nilüfer Oral, Mr. Mario Oyarzábal, Mr. Mārtinš Paparinskis, Mr. Bimal N. Patel, Mr. Juan José Ruda Santolaria, Mr. Alioune Sall, Mr. Louis Savadogo, Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez and Ms. Penelope Ridings (ex officio).