Report of the International Law Commission on the Work of Its 41st Session

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 145 Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 41st session, published in 1990.

What other versions does this mandate have?

13 versions · 1990–2022

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/77/103

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2022	A/RES/77/103	Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 73rd session	2,913	78%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/111	Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 72nd session	2,631	76%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/135	Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 72nd session	2,686	86%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/186	Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 71st session	2,617	58%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/98	Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 63rd session	2,207	66%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2010

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2010	A/65/186	Assistance to special rapporteurs of the International Law Commission report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/64/114

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Budget Contributions Conference and Meeting Services Conferences Documents International Law International Law Codification Meeting Records Special Rapporteurs Work Organization Work Programme

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Having considered the report of the International Law 6.

Recommends the continuation of efforts to improve Commission on the work of its forty-first session,27 the ways in which the report of the International Law

Emphasizing the need for the progressive development Commission is considered in the Sixth Committee, with a of international law and its codification in order to make it view to providing effective guidance for the Commission a more effective means of implementing the purposes and in its work:

Decides that the Sixth Committee, in structuring its debate on the report of the International Law Commission at the forty-fifth session of the General Assembly, should continue to bear in mind the possibility of reserving time for informal exchanges of views on matters relating to the work of the Commission;

Recommends that the debate on the report of the In ternational Law Commission at the forty-fifth session of the General Assembly commence on 29 October 1990;

Takes note of the comments of the International Law Commission on the question of the duration of its ses sion, as presented in paragraph 743 of its report, and ex presses the view that the requirements of the work for the progressive development of international law and its codification and the magnitude and complexity of the sub jects on the agenda of the Commission make it desirable that the usual duration of its sessions be maintained;

Reaffirms its previous decisions concerning the in creased role of the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat and those concerning the summary records and other documentation of the Interna tional Law Commission;

Urges Governments and, as appropriate, interna tional organizations to respond in writing as fully and ex peditiously as possible to the requests of the International Law Commission for comments, observations and replies to questionnaires and for materials on topics in its pro gramme of work;

Reaffirms its wish that the International Law Com mission continue to enhance its co-operation with inter governmental legal bodies whose work is of interest for the progressive development of international law and its codification;

Once again expresses the wish that seminars will continue to be held in conjunction with the sessions of the International Law Commission and that an increasing number of participants from developing countries will be given the opportunity to attend those seminars, appeals to States that can do so to make the voluntary contributions that are urgently needed for the holding of the seminars and expresses the hope that every effort will continue to be made by the Secretary-General, within existing resources, to provide the seminars with adequate services, including interpretation, as required;

Requests the Secretary-General to forward to the International Law Commission, for its attention, the rec ords of the debate on the report of the Commission at the forty-fourth session of the General Assembly, together with such written statements as delegations may circulate in conjunction with their oral statements, and to prepare and distribute a topical summary of the debate.

establish their jurisdiction in accordance with article 9 of the present Convention.

Anicle 16 The present Convention shall be applied without prejudice to:

(a) The rules relating to the international responsibility nf States:

(b) The law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law. including the provisions relating to the status of combatant or of prisoner of war.

Article 17 I.

Any dispute between two or more States Parties concerning the in terpretation or application of the present Convention which is not settled by negotiation shall, at the request of one of them, be submitted to arbi tration. If, within six months from the date of the request for arbitration, the parties are unable to agree on the organization of the arbitration, any one of those parties may refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice by a request in conformity with the Statute of the Court.

Each State may, at the time of signature or ratification of the pres ent Convention or accession thereto, declare that it does not consider it self bound by paragraph I of this article. The other States Parttes shall not be bound by paragraph I of this article with respect to any State Party which has made such a reservation.

Any State Party which has made a reservation in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article may at any time withdraw that reservation by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Article II\ I.

The present Convention shall be open for signature by all States until 31 December 1990 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The present Convention shall be subject to ratification. The instru ments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

The present Convention shall remain open for acce,sion by any State. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

Article /')

The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratifica tion or accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification or accesswn.

Article 20 I.

Any State Party may denounce the present Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Denunciation shall take effect one year after the date on which the notification is received by the Secretary-Gern:ral of the United Nali<,w,.

Article 21 The original of the present Convention, of which the Arabic, Chine,e, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall send certified copies thereof to all State,.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, bemg duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed the preseut Comention.

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41 Resolutions .11/28 of 29 November 1976, 32/45 of 8 December 1977, '3/94 of 16 December 1978, 34/147 of 17 December 1979, 35/164 of 15 December 1980, J6/122 of 11 December 1981, 37/114 of 16 December 1982, 38/ 141 of 19 December 1983, 39/88 of 13 December 1984. 40/78 of 11 December I 985, 41/83 of J December 1986, 42/157 of 7 December 1987 and 4.1/ 170 or 9 December 1988.

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