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C O M M I S S I O N S

Programme Committee (Article 13 of the Statutes)

Between brackets: the end of the mandate.

President	Mr Orrego Vicuña
Vice-President	Mr Abi-Saab (2009)
Members	Mrs Burdeau (2007), Sir Lawrence Collins (2011), Messrs El-Kosheri (2011), Fatouros (2011), Frowein (2009), Gaja (2011), Sir Kenneth Keith (2009), Messrs Momtaz (2011), Roucounas (2011), Salmon (2007), Treves (2009).
Substitutes	Mrs Gaudemet-Tallon (2011), Messrs Hafner (2009), von Hoffman (2009), Ress (2009), Vukas (2007, Yusuf (2007).

Scientific Commissions (January, 2006)

First Commission

Substitution and the Principle of Equivalence in Private International Law

Creation	Strasbourg, 1997
Rapporteur	Mr Erik Jayme
Members	Messrs Bucher, El-Kosheri, Gannagé, Mrs Gaudemet-Tallon, Messrs Lagarde, Marotta Rangel, Moura Ramos, Sir Peter North, Mrs Pérez Vera, Messrs Picone, Pocar, Schwind, Struycken.

Second Commission

La référence "en bloc" à un ordre juridique étranger en droit international privé

Creation	Krakow, 2005
Rapporteur	Mr Paolo Picone
Members	Messrs Gannagé, González Campos, Lagarde, Moura Ramos, Mrs Pérez Vera.

Third Commission

The Fundamental Rights of the Person and the Immunity from Jurisdiction in International Law

Creation	Lisbonne, 1995
Rapporteur	Lady Fox
Members	Messrs Conforti, Crawford, Dimitrijevic, Doehring, Dugard, Gros Espiell, Henkin, Kooijmans, Matscher, Mbaye, Morin, Ress, Salmon.

Fourth Commission

Same-Sex Union in Private International Law

Creation	Vancouver, 2001
Rapporteur
Members	Messrs Bucher, Fadlallah, Gannagé, Mrs Gaudemet-Tallon, Messrs Gonzalez Campos, Lagarde, Moura Ramos, Mrs Pérez Vera, Messrs Picone, Pocar.

Sixth Commission

The Position of the International Judge

Creation	Vancouver, 2001
Rapporteur	Mr G. Guillaume
Members	Messrs Bernhardt, Dame Rosalyn Higgins, Messrs Makarczyk, Marotta Rangel, Meron, Orrego Vicuña, Ress, Rozakis, Schwebel, Verhoeven, Wildhaber, Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, Messrs Ranjeva, Rosenne, Treves, Tomuschat.

Seventh Commission

Are there Limits to Dynamic Interpretation of the Constitution and Statutes of International Organizations by the Internal Organs of such Organizations, having Special Reference to the UN System ?

Creation	Bruges, 2003
Rapporteur
Members	Messrs Abi-Saab, Amerasinghe, Bernhardt, Caminos, Cançado Trindade, Franck, Fujita, Gaja, Sir Kenneth Keith, Kooijmans, Mrs Lamm, Messrs Matscher, Ress, Rosenne, Vukas, Zemanek.

Eighth Commission

The Impact of Information Technology on Rights of Privacy

Creation	Berlin, 1999
Rapporteur	Mr Christopher Weeramantry
Members	Messrs Diez de Velasco, Gros Espiell, von Hoffmann, Jayme, Koroma, Marotta Rangel, Morin, Pinto, Pocar, Rigaux, Roucounas, Rudolf.

Tenth Commission

Creation: Berlin, 1999

Present Problems of the Use of Armed Force in International Law

Sub-groups :

Self-defence

Rapporteur	Mr Roucounas
Members	Messrs Arangio-Ruiz, Conforti, Crawford, Koroma, Mc Whinney, Pinto, Remiro Brotons, Skubiszewski, Torres Bernárdez, Vignes, Vinuesa.

Humanitarian Intervention

Rapporteur	Mr Reisman
Members	Messrs Abi-Saab, Arangio-Ruiz, Conforti, Degan, Mrs Infante Caffi, Messrs Lankosz, Mensah, Momtaz, Owada, Paolillo, Treves, Vukas, Yusuf, Zemanek.

L'autorisation du recours à la force par les Nations Unies

Rapporteur	Mr Vinuesa
Members	Mr Abi-Saab, Mrs Bastid-Burdeau, Messrs Crawford, Frowein, Mrs Infante Caffi, Messrs Koroma, Owada, Paolillo, Pinto, Rao, Remiro-Brotons, Skubiszewski, Torres Bernárdez

Intervention by Invitation

Rapporteur	Mr Hafner
Members	Mrs Bastid-Burdeau, Messrs Degan, Frowein, Lankosz, Mc Whinney, Mensah, Momtaz, Paolillo, Treves, Vignes, Vukas, Yusuf.

Eleventh Commission

The International Status, Rights and Duties of Duly Accredited Journalists in Times of Armed Conflict

Creation	Bruges, 2003
Rapporteur	Mr Yoram Dinstein
Members	Messrs Broms, Ferrari Bravo, Lady Fox, Mr Fujita, Sir Kenneth Keith, Messrs Pocar, Ress.

Thirteenth Commission

Territorial Administration by the United Nations and other International Institutions Endorsed by the United Nations

Creation	Bruges, 2003
Rapporteur	Mr Jochen Frowein
Members	Messrs Abi-Saab, Ando, Caminos, Cançado Trindade, Dominicé, Ko, Mahiou, McWhinney, Owada, Roucounas, Sucharitkul, Vignes, Vukas, Yusuf.

Fourteenth Commission

State Succession in Matters of State Responsibility

Creation	Bruges, 2003
Rapporteur
Members	Mrs Bastid-Burdeau, Messrs Degan, Fadlallah, Ferrari-Bravo, Fujita, Hafner, Mrs Infante Caffi, Mr Ko, Mrs Lamm, Messrs Mahiou, Remiro Brotons, Ress, Salmon, Sucharitkul.

Eighteenth Commission

Legal Aspects of Recourse to Arbitration by an Investor Against the Authorities of the Host State under Inter-State Treaties

Creation	Bruges, 2003
Rapporteur	M. A. Giardina
Members	M. Audit, Mrs Bastid-Burdeau, Sir Lawrence Collins, MM. Dominicé, El-Kosheri, Gaja, Fadlallah, Pierre Lalive, Lankosz, Lowenfeld, Orrego Vicuña, Ranjeva, Remiro Brotons, Schwebel, Sucharitkul, Treves, Vinuesa.