The International Law Commission 1999-2009 Volume 4 Treaties, Final Draft Articles and Other Materials

Comprehensive and well-structured compilation of the work of the International Law Commission, the pivotal body charged with codifying international law, from 1999 to 2009
Provides analytical introductions, overviews of the negotiating history, and bibliographies for every document
Completes the work started by Sir Arthur Watts in his three-volume series on the ILC published in 1999 and 2000
This book continues the three-volume series edited by Sir Arthur Watts and published in 1999 and 2000. It contains the final product of the International Law Commission (ILC)'s work over the decade 1999-2009. The ILC's work is frequently cited by international and national courts, by governments, practitioners, and academic authors.

The present volume includes the full text - and commentaries where applicable - of ILC texts adopted during the period under review, on such important topics as State responsibility, diplomatic protection, nationality in relation to the succession of States, unilateral acts of States, the fragmentation of international law, as well as several topics relevant to international environmental law, including prevention of transboundary harm from hazardous activities, international liability in case of loss from transboundary harm arising out of hazardous activities, and the law of transboundary aquifers. It further updates the existing series with the inclusion of a chapter on the United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property.

Each text is accompanied by an authoritative introduction, a note on the preparatory work, and a carefully selected bibliography.

Readership: Scholars and post-graduate students of international law; government legal advisers; practitioners working in international law.