At the most recent plenary session of the International Law Commission, which concluded on 5 August 2022, one issue proved particularly controversial. Indeed, it proved so controversial that…

Article 38(1)(c) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice provides that one of the sources of international law is the general principles of law. This…

On 12 November 2021, the UN General Assembly held the sixteenth regular election for the International Law Commission (ILC). As the Assembly extended the…

In 2018, a photo exhibition illustrating 70 years of ILC activities was shown in New York and Geneva, and later in Bangkok, The Hague and Washington. In view…

The year after the Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (ARSIWA) were completed, David Caron wrote an insightful piece decrying the ‘paradoxical relationship’…

The International Law Commission’s (ILC or Commission) decision, 20 years ago, to suggest the General Assembly (UNGA) to simply “take note” of the draft articles on State Responsibility,…

In 1995, the English version of the Commentary on the UN Charter I had organized and edited at the initiative and with the support of the German Foreign…

The Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (Articles), developed by the International Law Commission (ILC), turn 20 this year. On 9 August 2001 –…

Is there an exception to the principle of full reparation in international law of State responsibility for cases where full compensation is ‘crippling’ for the responsible State or…

In “Codification by Interpretation”: The International Law Commission as an Interpreter of International Law, I argue that the United Nations (‘UN’) International Law Commission (‘ILC’) interprets international…