The report includes information concerning the organization of the session, the progress of work and the future work of the Commission on the topics given substantive consideration during the...
International Law Commission Sixty-ninth Session Geneva, 1 May-2 June and 3 July-4 August 2017 Introduction A. Work to date on this topic At its sixty-sixth session in 2014, the International Law...
I. Introduction The draft articles on the protection of persons in the event of disasters, which were developed by the International Law Commission from 2008 to 2014, were adopted on first reading in...
International Law Commission Sixty-eighth session Geneva, 2 May-10 June and 4 July-12 August 2016 Introduction A. Work to date on this topic At its sixty-sixth session in July 2014, the International...
International Law Commission Sixty-eighth session Geneva, 2 May-10 June and 4 July-12 August 2016 I. Introduction At its sixty-sixth session (2014), the International Law Commission decided to...
Consideration of prevention, mitigation and preparedness in respect of disasters, including the historical development of the concept of disaster risk reduction, prevention as a principle of...
Elaboration on the duty to cooperate; consideration of the conditions for the provision of assistance (compliance with national laws, identifying needs and quality control, and limitations on...
Consideration of the responsibility of the affected State to seek assistance where its national response capacity is exceeded, the duty of the affected State not to arbitrarily withhold its consent...
Consideration of the humanitarian principles (humanity, neutrality and impartiality), as well as of human dignity, and the first part of the treatment of the responsibility of the affected State.
Defining the scope of the topic (ratione materiae, ratione personae, ratione temporis), definition of "disaster", the principle of solidarity and cooperation, as well as a discussion on future work.
I. Introduction Inclusion of the topic in the programme of work of the International Law Commission At the fifty-fourth session of the International Law Commission in 2002, its Planning Group...
