International Law Commission, July 2023.
The International Law Commission was established by the General Assembly, in 1947, to undertake the mandate of the Assembly, under article 13 (1) (a) of the Charter of the United Nations to "initiate studies and make recommendations for the purpose of ... encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification".
In accordance with resolution 79/121 of 4 December 2024, the International Law Commission is scheduled to hold its seventy-sixth session at the United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG), in conference room XXI. As a consequence of the ongoing financial crisis facing the United Nations, the annual session of the Commission has been reduced to five weeks and will take place from 28 April to 30 May 2025.
- Seventy-sixth session: Documents | Daily bulletin | Programme of work
- Commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the International Law Commission, Geneva, 24 May 2024 and New York, 21 October 2024 (see also: regional meetings)
- Recently adopted texts:
- Draft conclusions on identification and legal consequences of peremptory norms of general international law (jus cogens), 2022
- Draft principles on protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts, 2022
- Draft guidelines on the protection of the atmosphere, 2021
- Guide to Provisional Application of Treaties, 2021
- Draft articles on prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity, 2019
- Draft conclusions on subsequent agreements and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties, 2018
- Draft conclusions on identification of customary international law, 2018
- Draft articles on the Protection of persons in the event of disasters, 2016
Current programme of work
The following topics are on the programme of work of the Commission:
- Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction;
- Succession of States in respect of State responsibility;
- General principles of law;
- Sea-level rise in relation to international law;
- Settlement of disputes to which international organizations are parties;
- Prevention and repression of piracy and armed robbery at sea;
- Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law;
- Non-legally binding international agreements.
Latest publication: Work of the International Law Commission, 10th ed. (vols. I and II)
Work of the International Law Commission, 10th ed., vols. I and II provides a general introduction to the work of the International Law Commission and includes several annexes (vol. II) reproducing the instruments adopted on the basis of the work of the Commission, or by the Commission itself.
