Extracted from the Work of the International Law Commission (6rh ed.), published in 2004, the following are a series of summaries, organized by topic, describing the consideration by the Commission of each topic . The Summaries further complement the Analytical Guide to the Work of the International Law Commission.

Select a topic from the following list, organized according to the outline adopted in the Report on the Long-Term Programme of Work in 1996 (reproduced in Annex II of the Report of the International Law Commission, A/51/10 (F)).

1. Sources of International Law

Topics completed
1.1 Law of treaties
1.2 Treaties concluded between States and international organizations or between two or more international organizations
1.3 Most-favoured-nation clause
1.4 Ways and means for making the evidence of customary international law more readily available
1.5 Extended participation in general multilateral treaties concluded under the auspices of the League of Nations
1.6 Reservations to multilateral conventions
1.7 Review of the multilateral treaty-making process
1.9 Fragmentation of international law: difficulties arising from the diversification and expansion of international law


Topics under consideration

1.8 Reservations to treaties
1.10 Effects of armed conflicts on treaties

2. Subjects of International Law

Topics discontinued
2.1 Fundamental rights and duties of States

Topics commenced and sub-divided
3.1 Succession of States and Governments¹
Topics completed
3.2 Succession of States with respect to treaties
3.3 Succession of States in respect of matters other than treaties
3.4 Succession of States with respect to nationality/Nationality in relation to the succession of States

Topics completed
4.1 Jurisdictional immunities of States and their property
Topics under consideration
4.2 Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction

Topics completed
5.1 Representation of States in their relations with international organizations
Topics discontinued
5.2 Status, privileges and immunities of international organizations, their officials, experts, etc.

Topics completed
6.1 Nationality including statelessness
Topics not pursued further
6.2 Right of asylum
Topics under consideration
6.3 Protection of persons in the event of disasters
See too:
Expulsion of aliens

Topics completed
7.1 Formulation of the Nürnberg Principles
7.2 Question of international criminal jurisdiction
7.3 Draft code of offences against the peace and security of mankind (Part I)
7.4 Draft code of crimes against the peace and security of mankind (Part II) - including the draft statute for an international criminal court 
Topics commenced and incorporated elsewhere
7.5 Question of defining aggression²
Topics under consideration
7.6 Obligation to extradite or prosecute (aut dedere aut judicare)
See too:
Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction

8. Law of International Spaces

Topics completed

8.1 Law of the sea - régime of the high seas
8.2 Law of the sea - régime of the territorial sea
8.3 Law of the non-navigational uses of international watercourses

Topics discontinued

8.4 Juridical régime of historic waters, including historic bays

Topics under consideration

8.5 Shared natural resources

9. Law of International Relations

Topics commenced and subdivided

9. International liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law ³

Topics completed

9.1 Diplomatic intercourse and immunities
9.2 Consular intercourse and immunities
9.3 Special missions
9.4 Question of the protection and inviolability of diplomatic agents and other persons entitled to special protection under international law
9.5 Status of the diplomatic courier and the diplomatic bag not accompanied by the diplomatic courier
9.6 State responsibility
9.7 International liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law (prevention of transboundary damage from hazardous activities)
9.8 Diplomatic protection
9.9 Unilateral acts of States
9.10 International liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law (international liability in case of loss from transboundary harm arising out of hazardous activities)

 Topics under consideration

9.11 Responsibility of international organizations
9.12 Expulsion of aliens

Topics completed

10.1 Arbitral Procedure

11.1 Future Topics

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^{(back) 1.}Sub-divided into succession of States with respect to treaties, and succession of States in respect of matters other than treaties.

^{(back) 2.} Incorporated into the topic draft code of offences against the peace and security of mankind (Part I).

^{(back) 3.}Sub-divided into prevention of transboundary damage from hazardous activities, and international liability in case of loss from transboundary harm arising out of hazardous activities.