The ILC has initiated the codification of the law relating to diplomatic protection. Two reports have so far been submitted, a preliminary one and a first one in which eight draft articles are proposed. An analytical synopsis of the preliminary report will be followed by a short outline of the object and purpose of the draft articles as well as of the comments of the Commission which discussed the articles during its 52nd session. In the conclusion the contours of diplomatic protection as may be inferred from the work done so far are sketched.

High Seas — Jurisdiction on — Limits of Permissible Use of Force — Legality of Deliberate Sinking.

Nationality of Claims — Beneficial Ownership — Right of Tribunal to Enquire Into — Effect on Payment of Compensation.

State Responsibility — Consequences of — Acknowledgment of Illegality — Apology — Material Amends to the State as Distinguished from Compensation to Injured Individuals.

Hot Pursuit — Use of Force — To What Extent Allowable — Conventional Extension of the Limit of Territorial Waters — Anglo — American Liquor Treaty of 1924 — Beneficial Ownership — Right of International Tribunal to Enquire Into — Consequences of State Liability — Acknowledgment of Illegality — Material Amends to the Injured State — Payment of Compensation.

Territory — Annexation of — Meaning of — State Succession — Respect of Private Rights Acquired Prior to Annexation.

Denial of Justice — Exhaustion of Local Remedies — Cases when Not Required.

Nationality of Claims — Claims on Behalf of Nationals of Defendant State — Inadmissibility of.

Measure of Damages — Standards of Valuation — Speculative Enterprises.

State Responsibility — Consequences of — Restitution or Compensation.

State Responsibility — Consequences of — Reparation Due to Claimant Government as Distinguished from Compensation to Private Persons.

State Responsibility — Award of Interest — Dies a quo.

Treaties — Treaties and Third Parties — Acquisition of Rights by Virtue of a Treaty to which the State was not a Party.

Treaties — Interpretation of — Reference to Other Contemporaneous Treaties — Relevance of Unratified Treaties.

Arbitration — Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunals — Competence to Decide on Rights Grounded in Municipal Law.

State Succession — Respect of Private Rights — State Succession and Protection of Contractual Rights — Proof of Private Rights — Respect of Private Rights Acquired Prior to Annexation — Meaning of the Term “Annexation” — Reference to Other Contemporaneous Treaties — Relevance of Unratified Treaties — Acquisition of Rights by Virtue of a Treaty to which the State was not a Party — Incorporation of One Treaty in a Subsequent Treaty — Competence of International Tribunals to Decide on Rights Grounded in Municipal Law — Exhaustion of Local Remedies — Nationality of Claims — Restitution or Compensation — Measure of Damages — Standards of Valuation — Speculative Enterprises — Reparation Due to the Claimant Government as Distinguished from Compensation to Private Persons — Interest.

Nationality of Claims — Nationality of the Claim at the Moment of the Damage and at the Moment of the Presentation of the Claim — Exceptional Conditions — Evolution of the French Protection over Syrians.

Nationality of Claims — Change from the Nationality of one Allied State to that of Another — Effect of Marriage of Parents on Nationality of Children.

Nationality of Claims — Vessel of Norwegian Registry and Ownership — American Charterer — Claim for Damages under Article 232 of the Treaty of Versailles.

Measure of Damages — Meaning of “Prospective Profits” — Meaning of “Material Damage to Tangible Things” — The Reasonable Market Value — Claims of Charterers of Ships — Article 232 of the Treaty of Versailles.

Nationality of Claims — Election of Nationality — Nationality of Married Women — Automatic Resumption of Previous Nationality.

Nationality of Claims — Status of American Indian Tribes in International Law.

Nationality of Claims — Proof of Nationality — Relevance of the Municipal Law of the Defendant State.