Peremptory Norms of General International Law (Jus Cogens) (Revisited) and Other Topics: The Seventy-Third Session of the International Law Commission. Issue 1 (January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Murphy, Sean D.
• Is Part Of: American journal of international law. Volume 117:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 92
• Page End: 112
• Publication Date: 2023-01
• Subjects: International law -- Periodicals; International relations -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 341.05
• DOI: 10.1017/ajil.2022.80
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-9300

Abstract

Abstract : The International Law Commission (ILC) held its seventy-third session from April 18 to June 3 and from July 4 to August 5, 2022 in Geneva, under the chairmanship of Dire Tladi (South Africa). This session was the final one of the quinquennium, which originally would have occurred in the summer of 2021. (Since the Commission did not meet in the summer of 2020 due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 sessions were postponed to 2021 and 2022 respectively.) Although the pandemic continued in 2022, the members faced fewer health risks and travel difficulties; consequently, the Commission held its session with almost all members physically present in Geneva, and just a few occasionally participating online by means of Zoom.