Under article 20 of its Statute (English) (French), the Commission is required to prepare drafts in the form of articles and to submit them to the General Assembly together with a commentary containing an adequate presentation of precedents and other relevant data, including treaties, judicial decisions and doctrine; as well as conclusions defining the extent of agreement on each point in the practice of States and in doctrine, and divergencies and disagreements which exist, as well as arguments invoked in favour of one or another solution.

Upon receiving comments from Governments on its draft articles, the Commission prepares a final draft and explanatory report, which it submits with its recommendations to the General Assembly (article 22 of its Statute). The Commission may recommend to the General Assembly: (a) to take no action, the report having already been published; (b) to take note of or adopt the report by resolution; (c) to recommend the draft to Members with a view to the conclusion of a convention; or (d) to convoke a conference to conclude a convention (article 23, paragraph 1).

Since its establishment, the International Law Commission has prepared and submitted a number of final reports, in some cases, together with draft texts, some of which (as indicated) were adopted as international conventions or other instruments.

Select the respective 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). Instruments concluded under the auspices of the United Nations on the basis of prior drafts prepared by the Commission are indicated in italics.

• Draft articles on the Law of Treaties with commentaries, 1966
• Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969

• Draft articles on the law of treaties between States and international organizations or between international organizations with commentaries, 1982
• Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations, 1986

• Draft Articles on Most-Favoured-Nation Clauses with commentaries, 1978
  

• Report submitted by the Commission, 1950

• Report submitted by the Commission, 1963

• Report submitted by the Commission, 1951

• Report of the Working Group on review of the multilateral treaty-making process, endorsed by the Commission and transmitted to the Secretary-General for inclusion in his report, 1979

• Conclusions of the work of the Study Group on the Fragmentation of International Law: Difficulties arising from the Diversification and Expansion of International Law, 2006

• In progress

• In progress
  

2.1 Fundamental rights and duties of States

• Draft Declaration on Rights and Duties of States with commentaries, 1949

• Subdivided into three topics: succession of States with respect to treaties, succession of States in respect of matters other than treaties and succession in respect of membership of international organizations.

• Draft articles on Succession of States in respect of Treaties with commentaries, 1974
• Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties, 1978

• Draft articles on Succession of States in respect of State Property, Archives and Debts with commentaries, 1981
  
• Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of State Property, Archives and Debts, 1983

3.4 Succession of States with respect to nationality/Nationality in relation to the succession of States

• Draft articles on nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States with commentaries, 1999

4.1 Jurisdictional immunities of States and their property

• Draft Articles on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property with commentaries, 1991
• General Assembly resolution 59/38 of 2 December 2004
• United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their property, 2004
  

• In progress

5.1 Representation of States in their relations with international organizations

• Draft articles on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations with commentaries, 1971
• Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in Their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character, 1975

5.2 Status, privileges and immunities of international organizations, their officials, experts, etc.

• None

• Draft Convention on the Elimination of Future Statelessness, 1954
• Draft Convention on the Reduction of Future Statelessness, 1954
• Report on Present Statelessness, 1954
• Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 1961

• None

• In progress

7.1 Formulation of the Nürnberg Principles

• Principles of International Law Recognized in the Charter of the Nürnberg Tribunal and in the Judgment of the Tribunal with commentaries, 1950

• None

• Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind with commentaries, 1954

• Draft Statute for an International Criminal Court with commentaries, 1994
  • Annex. Crimes pursuant to treaties (see art.20, subpara. (e)), 1994
  • Appendix I. Possible Clauses of a Treaty to Accompany the Draft Statute, 1994
  • Appendix II. Relevant Treaty Provisions Mentioned in the Annex (see art. 20, subpara. (e)), 1994
  • Appendix III. Outline of Possible Ways whereby a Permanent International Criminal Court may Enter into Relationship with the United Nations, 1994
• Draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind with commentaries, 1996
• Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 1998

• Incorporated into the topic draft code of offences against the peace and security of mankind (Part I).

• In progress
  

8.1 and 8.2 Law of the sea - régime of the high seas & régime of the territorial sea

• Articles concerning the Law of the Sea with commentaries, 1956
• Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, 1958
• Convention on the High Seas, 1958
• Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas, 1958
• Convention on the Continental Shelf, 1958
• Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, 1958

• Draft articles on the law of the non-navigational uses of international watercourses with commentaries and resolution on transboundary confined groundwater, 1994
• Resolution on Confined Transboundary Groundwater, 1994
• Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses, 1997

8.4 Juridical régime of historic waters, including historic bays

• None

• In progress
  

9. Law of International Relations

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

• 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.

• Draft Articles on Diplomatic Intercourse and Immunities with commentaries, 1958
  
• Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961
• Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality, 1961
• Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, 1961

• Draft Articles on Consular Relations with commentaries, 1961
  
• Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963
• Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality, 1963
• Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, 1963

• Draft Articles on Special Missions with commentaries, 1967
  
• Convention on Special Missions, 1969
• Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, 1969

• Draft articles on the prevention and punishment of crimes against diplomatic agents and other internationally protected persons with commentaries, 1972
  
• General Assembly resolution 3166 (XXVIII) of 14 December 1973
• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents, 1973

• Draft Articles on the Status of the Diplomatic Courier and the Diplomatic Bag Not Accompanied by Diplomatic Courier with commentaries, 1989
• Draft Optional Protocol One on the Status of the Courier and the Bag of Special Missions with commentaries, 1989
• Draft Optional Protocol Two on the Status of the Courier and the Bag of International Organizations of a Universal Character with commentaries, 1989

• Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts with commentaries, 2001

• Draft Articles on Prevention of Transboundary Harm from Hazardous Activities with commentaries, 2001

• Draft Articles on Diplomatic Protection, 2006

• Guiding Principles applicable to unilateral declarations of States capable of creating legal obligations, 2006
  

• Draft principles on the allocation of loss in the case of transboundary harm arising out of hazardous activities, 2006

• In progress

• In progress
  

• Model Rules on Arbitral Procedure with a general commentary, 1958