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May 9, 2025
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Seventy-sixth Session (2025)
In accordance with resolution 79/121 of 4 December 2024, the International Law Commission is scheduled to hold its seventy-sixth session at the United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG), in conference room XXI. As a consequence of the ongoing financial crisis facing the United Nations, the annual session of the Commission has been reduced to five weeks and will take place from 28 April to 30 May 2025.
Topics to be considered in 2025
Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction (Summary | Analytical Guide)
See also: Comments by Governments
Succession of States in respect of State responsibility (Summary | Analytical Guide)
See also: Comments by Governments
General principles of law (Summary | Analytical Guide)
See also: Comments by Governments
Sea-level rise in relation to international law (Summary | Analytical Guide)
See also: Comments by Governments
Settlement of disputes to which international organizations are parties (Summary | Analytical Guide)
See also: Comments by Governments
Prevention and repression of piracy and armed robbery at sea (Summary | Analytical Guide)
See also: Comments by Governments
Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law (Summary | Analytical Guide)
See also: Comments by Governments
Non-legally binding international agreements (Summary | Analytical Guide)
See also: Comments by Governments
Cooperation with other bodies
- The President of the International Court of Justice, H.E. Judge Yuji Iwasawa, addressed the Commission, at the 3710th meeting, held on 8 May 2025. An exchange of views followed.
Other business
- The Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, Ms. Elinor Hammarskjöld, made a statement at the 3703rd meeting, held on 29 April 2025, informing the Commission of the activities of the Office of Legal Affairs and recent developments of international law in the context of the United Nations. An exchange of views followed.