Seventy Years of the International Law Commission : : Drawing a Balance for the Future / / edited by The United The United Nations.

• HerausgeberIn: United Nations,
• TeilnehmendeR: United Nations,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill Nijhoff,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

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. Readership: The prospective readership of the edited volume will be very diverse, including academics and practitioners of international law around the world.

Table of Contents

The commission and the sixth committee : structural challenges -- The commission and the sixth committee : reflections on the interaction in the past and the future -- The commission and its impact -- The working methods of the commission -- The function of the commission : how much identifying existing law, how much proposing new law? -- The changing landscape of international law -- the authority and the membership of the commission -- Commemorative speeches delivered in New York -- Commemorative speeches delivered in Geneva.