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First Session of the International Law Commission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2017

Clyde Eagleton
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , October 1949 , pp. 758 - 762
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1949

References

1 The nationality of each member is here given for convenience ; members of the International Law Commission are not chosen by, nor do they take instructions from, their respective states.

2 The preparatory documents issued by the Secretariat were described in this Journal, Vol. 43 (1949), pp. 325-328.

3 The Statute of the Commission is U. N. Doc. A/CN.4/4.

4 U. N. Doc. A/CN.4/1/Rev.1. See book review below, p. 829.

5 U. N. Doc. A/CN.4/W.3; also found in the Report of the Commission, A/CN.4/13.

6 U. N. Doc. A/CN.4/SR.6, p. 12.

7 U. N. Doc. A/285; Assembly Resolution 178 (II). The debate is found in U. N. Docs. A/CN.4/SB/6-16, and 19-25.

8 The Declaration as adopted may be found in the Report of the Commission, U. N. Doc. A/CN.4/13. At p. 18 of this document are summarized the reasons given by Mr. Hudson and Mr. Koretsky for their negative votes.

9 See U. N. Docs. A/CN.4/W.6 and A/CN.4/W.12. The Secretariat had prepared a document (A/CN.4/5) entitled “The Charter and Judgment of the Nürnberg Tribunal: History and Analysis.”

10 U. N. Doc. A/CN.4/6. See book review below, p. 834.

11 See U. N. Doc. A/CN.4/8.