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PAVEL ŠTURMA
CYIL 4 ȍ2013Ȏ
2. The organization of the sixty-fifth session of the ILC (2013)
As usual, the session of the Commission took part in Geneva and was split in two
parts. The first part of the session (from 6 May till 7 June) was followed by a month
break. Then the Commission resumed its session on 8 July; the second part lasted
until 9 August 2013.
At its first meeting on 6 May 2013 the Commission elected Mr. Bernd H. Niehaus
(of Costa Rica) as Chairman of the ILC and other officers of the Bureau of the sixty-
fifth session.
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On some occasions they also meet in the Enlarged Bureau, including in
particular the Special Rapporteurs and chairmen of Study Groups. The Commission
set up a Planning Group under the chairmanship of P. Šturma. The ILC also established
a Drafting Committee, which met this year for only three topics on which some draft
articles or conclusions were sent to it: (a) Subsequent agreements and subsequent
practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties; (b) Immunity of State officials from
foreign criminal jurisdiction; and (c) Protection of persons in the event of disasters.
On 6 May 2013 the Commission also elected Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez
(Ecuador) to fill the casual vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. S. C. Vasciannie
(Jamaica).
During the first part of the session the Commission also reconstituted one Open-
ended Working Group on the obligation to extradite or prosecute (
aut dedere aut
judicare
), under the chairmanship of Mr. K. Kittichaisaree, and one Study Group
on the Most-Favoured-Nation clause (Chairman: Mr. D.M. McRae, during his
absence chaired by Mr. M. Forteau). At its meeting on 7 May 2013 the Planning
Group decided to reconstitute the Working Group on the Long-term Programme
of Work. The Working Group recommended the inclusion of the topic “Crimes
against humanity” in the Long-term Programmeof Work of the ILC on the basis
of the proposal prepared by Mr. Sean D. Murphy (USA). The Working Group also
discussed, on the basis of three working papers, new proposals of possible subjects for
the Long-term Programme, namely the Rights of individuals arising from international
responsibility, the Succession of States with respect to State responsibility and the
Jus
Cogens
in international law.
The Commission decided, on 28 May and 9 August respectively, to include in its
current programme of work the topic “Protection of the environment in relation to
armed conflicts” and the “Protection of the Atmosphere” and to appoint Ms. Marie
Jacobsson(Sweden) and Mr. Shinya Murase (Japan) as the Special Rapporteurs
respectively for the first and the second topic.
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First Vice-Chairman: Mr. Pavel Šturma (Czech Republic), Second Vice-Chairman: Mr. Narinder
Singh (India), Chairman of the Drafting Committee: Mr. Dire D. Tladi (South Africa), Rapporteur:
Mr. Mathias Forteau (France).