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Seventy Years of the International Law Commission: Drawing a Balance for the Future brings together voices from academia and practice to celebrate and critically evaluate the work of the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) over the past seventy years. The edited volume draws on the events commemorating the seventieth anniversary of the Commission, which took place in New York and Geneva in May and July 2018. At a time when multilateral law-making has become increasingly challenging, the edited volume appraises the role of one the most important driving forces behind the codification of international law and discusses the ILC’s future contribution to the development of international law.

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Author:   The United Nations
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Weight:   0.913kg
ISBN:  

9789004434264

ISBN 10:   9004434267
Pages:   462
Publication Date:   08 October 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Notes on Contributors Introduction  Secretariat of the International Law Commission PART 1 Drawing a Balance for the Future: the New York Conversation  SECTION 1 The Commission and the Sixth Committee: Structural Challenges  Introductory Remarks by Eduardo Valencia-Ospina, Chair of the International Law Commission at Its Seventieth Session  Presentation by François Alabrune, Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, France  Presentation by Mahmoud D. Hmoud, Member of the International Law Commission  Presentation by Janine Felson, Deputy Permanent Representative of Belize to the United Nations  Presentation by Ernest Petrič, Member of the International Law Commission  SECTION 2 The Commission and the Sixth Committee: Reflections on the Interaction in the Past and the Future  Introductory Remarks by Burhan Gafoor, Chair of the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly at Its Seventy-Second Session  Presentation by Evgeny Zagaynov, Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation  Presentation by Concepción Escobar Hernández, Member of the International Law Commission  Presentation by Angel Horna, Legal Adviser, Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations  Presentation by Hussein A. Hassouna, Member of the International Law Commission PART 2 Drawing a Balance for the Future: the Geneva Symposium  Introductory Remarks by Georg Nolte, Chair of the International Law Commission at Its Sixty-Ninth Session  SECTION 3 The Commission and Its Impact  Opening Remarks by Pedro Comissário Afonso  Alejandro Rodiles, The International Law Commission and Change: Not Tracing but Facing It  Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, The International Law Commission in a Mirror—Forms, Impact and Authority  Concluding Remarks by Pavel Šturma  SECTION 4 The Working Methods of the Commission  Opening Remarks by Aleksandar V. Gajić  Danae Azaria, The Working Methods of the International Law Commission: Adherence to Methodology, Commentaries and Decision-Making  Maurice Kamto, The Working Methods of the International Law Commission  Concluding Remarks by Shinya Murase  SECTION 5 The Function of the Commission: How Much Identifying Existing Law, How Much Proposing New Law?  Opening Remarks by Davinia Aziz  Yifeng Chen, Between Codification and Legislation: a Role for the International Law Commission as an Autonomous Law-Maker  Ineta Ziemele, The Functions of the International Law Commission: Identifying Existing Law or Proposing New Law?  Concluding Remarks by Sean D. Murphy  SECTION 6 The Changing Landscape of International Law  Opening Remarks by Elinor Hammarsjköld  Hajer Gueldich, Challenges of Codification for the International Law Commission in a Changing Landscape of International Law  Keun-Gwan Lee, Recalibrating the Conception of Codification in the Changing Landscape of International Law  Concluding Remarks by Claudio Grossman Guiloff  SECTION 7  The Authority and the Membership of the Commission  Opening Remarks by Djamchid Momtaz  Zuzana Trávníčková, The International Law Commission and the International Law Codification Market  Mónica Pinto, The Authority and the Membership of the Commission in the Future  Concluding Remarks by Dire Tladi PART 3 Celebratory Contributions on the Occasion of the Seventieth Anniversary of the Commission  SECTION 8  Commemorative Speeches Delivered in New York  Statement by Eduardo Valencia-Ospina, Chair of the International Law Commission at Its Seventieth Session (Spanish and English)  Statement by Miroslav Lajčák, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations at Its Seventy-Second Session  Statement by Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel  Statement by Burhan Gafoor, Chair of the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly at Its Seventy-Second Session  Statement by Jürg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations (French and English)  Statement by Jennifer Newstead, Legal Adviser of the Department of State of the United States of America  Keynote Address by Nico Schrijver, President of the Institut de Droit international and Professor of Public International Law, Leiden University  SECTION 9  Commemorative Speeches Delivered in Geneva  Statement by Eduardo Valencia-Ospina, the Chair of the International Law Commission at Its Seventieth Session (Spanish and English)  Statement by Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel  Statement by Corinne Cicéron Bühler, Director of the Directorate for International Law and Legal Advisor of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (French and English)  Statement by Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights  Keynote Address by Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice

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