Sixth Committee (Legal) — 80th session
Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-sixth session (Provisional agenda item 81)
- Authority: resolution 79/121
- Proposed Cluster Distribution for debate on the ILC report
- List of speakers (will be made available upon the closing of the list of speakers)
Documentation
- 2025 ILC Report (advance version)
Summary of work
Background (source: A/80/100)
At its second session, the General Assembly, under the agenda item entitled “Establishment of an International Law Commission”, resolved to establish the International Law Commission, with a view to giving effect to Article 13, paragraph 1 (a), of the Charter of the United Nations and with the objective of promoting the progressive development of international law and its codification (resolution 174 (II)). The statute of the Commission, annexed to resolution 174 (II) (subsequently amended in resolutions 485 (V), 984 (X), 985 (X) and 36/39), provides that the Commission should submit reports to the Assembly.
At its fourth session, the Assembly adopted the resolution entitled “Approval of part I of the report of the International Law Commission covering its first session” (resolution 373 (IV)). The Assembly has had the item entitled “Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its … session” on its agenda since its sixth session (resolution 601 (VI)).
At its seventy-ninth session, the Assembly decided that the next session of the International Law Commission should be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 14 April to 30 May 2025 and from 30 June to 31 July 2025, and stressed the importance of having a 12-week session for the seventy-sixth session of the Commission. The Assembly recommended that the debate on the report of the Commission at the eightieth session of the Assembly commence on 27 October 2025. Moreover, the Assembly reiterated its endorsement of the request of the Commission that the Secretariat proceed with the necessary administrative and organizational arrangements to facilitate the holding of the first part of the seventy-seventh session of the Commission in New York (resolution 79/121).
