International Law and Justice
Ežegodnik Komissii meždunarodnogo prava, Organizaciâ Obʺedinennyh Nacij
The Work of the International Law Commission
This series provides an introduction to the work of the International Law Commission (ILC) with sufficient references to facilitate further research. Volume I of each edition discusses the nature and role of the ILC as well as of its programme of work working methods and relationship with governments and other legal bodies. It includes a brief summary of the work undertaken on each topic considered since 1949 as well as several annexes containing its Statute relevant historical information and a selected bibliography. Volume II of each edition reproduces the full texts of the final draft instruments prepared by the ILC and submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration as well as of multilateral conventions adopted by diplomatic conferences convened under the auspices of the United Nations or by the General Assembly on the basis of draft articles prepared by the ILC.
United Nations Legislative Series
In 1950 the International Law Commission considered ways and means for making customary international law more readily available in accordance with article 24 of its Statute. The Commission recommended inter alia that the General Assembly of the United Nations should authorize the Secretariat to prepare and issue with as wide a distribution as possible a Legislative Series containing the texts of current national legislation on matters of international interest. In this connection it was recommended that the Secretariat should assemble and publish from time to time collections of the texts of national legislation on special topics of general interest. The Legislative Series is prepared by the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs. The first 25 volumes in the Legislative Series have addressed a broad range of special topics of general interest relating inter alia to the law of the sea the law of treaties nationality diplomatic and consular law international organizations State succession non-navigational uses of international watercourses jurisdictional immunities of States and their property the multilateral treaty-making process as well as the prevention and suppression of international terrorism. The legal materials contained in this series have included not only national legislation but also treaties judicial decisions diplomatic correspondence and other relevant materials depending on the topic.