Archivo de Etiquetas: International Law Commission

70 Years of the International Law Commission: Drawing a Balance for the Future by Christiane Ahlborn and Bart Smit Duijzentkunst [Christiane Ahlborn and Bart Smit Duijzentkunst are Associate Legal Officers at the Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs in New York. This post, and its sister post …

Identification of customary international law The report containing government comments on the identification of customary international law has been issued (A/CN.4/716). [via International Law Commission]

Provisional application of treaties Fifth report on the provisional application of treaties, by Juan Manuel Gómez – Robledo, Special Rapporteur, has been issued (A/CN.4/718). [via International Law Commission]

Peremptory norms of general international law (jus cogens) Third report on peremptory norms of general international law (jus cogens) by Dire Tladi, Special Rapporteur, has been issued (A/CN.4/714). [via International Law Commission]

Subsequent agreements and subsequent practice The report containing government comments on subsequent agreements and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties has been issued (A/CN.4/712). [via International Law Commission]

Election of Judges to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 2017 will be a busy year for elections to international tribunals. There will be elections later this year to elect five Judges of the International Court of Justice and six judges of the International Criminal Court (see here). …

The Consequence of the UN Resolution on Israeli Settlements for the EU:  Stop Trade with Settlements The recent UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016) reaffirmed that the establishment of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory has no legal validity and that Israel’s settlement enterprise is a flagrant violation of …

An International Legal Agreement between the FARC guerrilla and the Colombian Government? by Nicolás Carrillo-Santarelli [Nicolás Carrillo-Santarelli is a Colombian lawyer, PhD on international law and international relations. He works as a researcher and lecturer of Public International Law at the La Sabana University, Colombia.] Introduction The last few days …

ICC Assembly of States Parties Urged to Decide on Status of Palestine. In April of this year, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court indicated, in an official statement, that he was not competent to decide whether Palestine is a State such that it can accept the jurisdiction of the ICC under Article 12(3) of the ICC …

Award of Compensation by International Tribunals in Inter-State Cases: ICJ Decision in the Diallo Case This week, the International Court of Justice decided that the Democratic Republic of Congo is obliged to pay $95,000 to the Republic of Guinea for material and non-material injury arising out of the DRC’s violations …

5 DECEMBER 2011 JUDGMENT APPLICATION OF THE INTERIM ACCORD OF 13 SEPTEMBER 1995 (THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA v. GREECE) Chronology of the procedure I. Introduction Jurisdiction of the Court and admissibility of the Application 23-61 Whether the dispute is excluded from the Court’s jurisdiction under the terms of …