Impact of the International Law Commission's Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts

The preliminary draft of the British Institute's research project on the 'Impact of the International Law Commission's Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts' is now available here.

The aim of the study is to provide a comprehensive overview of instances of express reliance on the Articles in international judicial and arbitral practice, as well as by domestic courts, since the adoption of the Articles by the International Law Commission in the autumn of 2001. Further, in addition to cataloguing instances of express reliance on the Articles, the study also extracts and discusses the most important pronouncements of international courts and tribunals in relation to the topic of State responsibility made without reference to the Articles.

This preliminary draft is being made available for information in advance of the debate in the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly at its 62nd session on what further action, if any, should be taken by the General Assembly in relation to the Articles.

Support for the project has been generously provided by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Lovells LLP.

All comments on this preliminary draft are welcome and should be sent to Simon Olleson at s.olleson@biicl.org.