The Hague 2019

 

Bureau during the session*

Nico Schrijver (Pr.)
Xue Hanqin (V.-Pr.)
Brigitte Stern (V.-Pr.)
Mojtaba Kazazi (V.-Pr.)
Marcelo Kohen (S.G.)
Fausto Pocar (Tr.)

 

 

 

Deliberations :

 

Equality of Parties before International Investment Tribunals (Campbell McLachlan, 18th commission) resolution adopted ;

Internet and the Infringement of Privacy: Issues of Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Erik Jayme et Symeon Symeonides, 8th commission) resolution adopted ;

Human Rights and Private International Law (Jürgen Basedow, 4th commission) ;

Are there Limits to the Dynamic Interpretation of the Constitution and Statutes of International Organizations (with Particular Reference to the UN System)? (Mahnoush Arsanjani, 7th commission) ;

Territorial Administration by the United Nations and other International Institutions Endorsed by the United Nations (Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, 13th commission).

 

Hyderabad 2017

Bureau during the session*

Sreenivasa Pemmaraju Rao (Pr.)
Joe Verhoeven (V.-Pr.)
Andrea Giardina (V.-Pr.)
Raymond Ranjeva (V.-Pr.)
Marcelo Kohen (S.G.)
Fausto Pocar (Tr.)

 

Deliberations :

 

Judicial Control of Security Council Decisions (UN) (Rüdiger Wolfrum, 12th commission) resolution adopted;

Provisional Measures (Lord Collins of Mapesbury, 3rd commission) resolution adopted;

Mass Migrations (Maurice Kamto, 16th commission) resolution adopted;

Human Rights and Private International Law (Jürgen Basedow, 4th commission).

 

Tallinn 2015

Bureau during the session*

Rein Müllerson (Pr.)
Sreenivasa Pemmaraju Rao (V.-Pr.)
Mrs María Teresa Infante Caffi (V.-Pr.)
Bernard Audit (V.-Pr.)
Joe Verhoeven (S.G.)
Fausto Pocar (Tr.)

 

 

Deliberations:

 

Universal Civil Jurisdiction with regard to Reparation for International Crimes (Andreas Bucher, 1st commission) resolution adopted;

The Legal Regime of Wrecks of Warships and Other State-owned Ships in International Law (Natalino Ronzitti, 9th commission) resolution adopted;

Humanitarian Intervention (Michael Reisman, 10th commission);

Judicial Control of Security Council Decisions (UN) (Rüdiger Wolfrum, 12th commission);

State Succession in Matters of State Responsibility (Marcelo Kohen, 14th commission) resolution adopted;

Unilateral Sanctions and International Law (Special Session, Memorandum Alain Pellet).

 

Tokyo 2013

Bureau during the session*

Hisashi Owada (Pr.)
Mrs Rosalyn Higgins (V.-Pr.)
Lucius Caflisch (V.-Pr.)
Ahmed Mahiou (V.-Pr.)
Joe Verhoeven (S.G.)
Fausto Pocar (Tr.)

 

 

Deliberations:

 

Present Problems of the Use of Force in International Law (Sub-group B) – Humanitarian Intervention (Michael Reisman, 10th commission) ;

Judicial Control of Security Council Decisions (UN) (Rüdiger Wolfrum, 12th commission) ;

State Succession in Matters of State Responsibility (Marcelo Kohen, 14th commission) ;

Legal Aspects of Recourse to Arbitration by an Investor Against the Authorities of the Host State under Inter-State Treaties (Andrea Giardina, 18th commission), resolution adopted ;

Natural Disasters and International Law (Special Commission, Hisashi Owada; Lucius Caflisch).

 

Rhodes 2011

Bureau during the session*

Emmanuel Roucounas (Pr.)
Christian Tomuschat (V.-Pr.)
Mrs Vanda Lamm (V.-Pr.)
Vladimir-Djuro Degan (V.-Pr.)
Joe Verhoeven (S.G.)
Fausto Pocar (Tr.)

 

 

Deliberations:

 

The Position of the International Judge (Gilbert Guillaume, 6th commission), resolution adopted;

The Legal Regime of Wrecks of Warships and Other State-owned Ships in International Law (Natalino Ronzitti, 9th commission);

Intervention by Invitation (Gerhard Hafner, 10th commission – Present Problems of the Use of Force in International Law – sub-group C), resolution adopted (Military Assistance on Request);

Authorization of the Use of Force by the United Nations (Raúl Emilio Vinuesa, 10th commission – Present Problems of the Use of Force in International Law – sub-group D), resolution adopted;

Legal Aspects of Recourse to Arbitration by an Investor Against the Authorities of the Host State under Inter-State Treaties (Andrea Giardina, 18th commission).

 

Naples 2009

Bureau during the session*

Benedetto Conforti (Pr.)
Emmanuel Roucounas (V.-Pr.)
Mrs Geneviève Bastid-Burdeau (V.-Pr.)
Roy Lee (V.-Pr.)
Joe Verhoeven (S.G.)
Fausto Pocar (Tr.)

 

 

Deliberations:

 

The Fundamental Rights of the Person and the Immunity from Jurisdiction in International Law (Lady Fox, 3rd commission) resolution adopted;

Present Problems of the Use of Force in International Law – sub-group C: Authorization of the Use of Force by the United Nations (Raúl Emilio Vinuesa, 10th commission);

Present Problems of the Use of Force in International Law – sub-group D: Intervention by Invitation (Gerhard Hafner, 10th commission);

The International Status, Rights and Duties of Duly Accredited Journalists in Times of Armed Conflict (Yoram Dinstein, 11th commission);

Legal Aspects of Recourse to Arbitration by an Investor Against the Authorities of the Host State under Inter-State Treaties (Andrea Giardina, 18th commission);

Working group on Piracy (Tullio Treves) declaration .

 

 

Santiago 2007

Bureau during the session*

Francisco Orrego Vicuña (Pr.)
Gilbert Guillaume (V.-Pr.)
Georg Ress (V.-Pr.)
Ahmed El-Kosheri (V.-Pr.)
Joe Verhoeven (S.G.)
Fausto Pocar (Tr.)

 

 

Deliberations:

 

Substitution and principle of equivalence in Private International Law (Erik Jayme, 1st commission) resolution adopted;

Present Problems of the Use of Armed Force in International Law – sub-group A: Self-defence (Emmanuel Roucounas, 10th commission) resolution adopted;

Present Problems of the Use of Armed Force in International Law – sub-group B: Humanitarian Intervention (Michael Reisman, 10th commission).

 

Krakow 2005

Bureau during the session*

Jerzy Makarczyk (Pr.)
Christian Dominicé (V.-Pr.)
Hugo Caminos (V.-Pr.)
Arthur von Mehren (V.-Pr.)
Joe Verhoeven (S.G.)
Fausto Pocar (Tr.)

 

 

Deliberations:

 

Obligations and Rights erga omnes in International Law (Giorgio Gaja, 5th commission) resolution adopted;

Cultural Differences and ordre public in Family Private International Law (Paul Lagarde, 9th commission) resolution adopted ;

Universal Jurisdiction with Respect to the Crime of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes (Christian Tomuschat, 17th commission) resolution adopted.

 

Bruges 2003

Bureau during the session*

Georges van Hecke (Pr.)
Georges Abi-Saab (V.-Pr.)
Santiago Torres Bernárdez (V.-Pr.)
Ian Brownlie (V.-Pr.)
Christian Dominicé (S.G.)
Fausto Pocar (Tr.)

 

 

Deliberations:

 

The principles for determining when the use of the doctrine of forum non conveniens and anti-suit injunctions is appropriate (Sir Lawrence Collins, 2nd commission), resolution adopted;

Arbitral settlement of international disputes other than between States involving more than two parties (Allan Philip, 12th commission), resolution adopted;

Humanitarian Assistance (Budislav Vukas, 16th commission) resolution adopted;

Bruges Declaration on the Use of Force.

 

 

Vancouver 2001

Bureau during the session*

Edouard McWhinney (Pr.)
Mohamed Shahabuddeen (V.-Pr.)
Karl Zemanek (V.-Pr.)
Moragodage Pinto (V.-Pr.)
Christian Dominicé (S.G.)
Franck Vischer (Tr.)

 

 

Deliberations:

 

The Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of States (François Rigaux, 19th commission);

State Succession in Matters of Property and Obligations (Georg Ress, 7th commission), resolution adopted;

Immunities from Jurisdiction and Execution of Heads of State and of Government in International Law (Joe Verhoeven, 13th commission), resolution adopted.

 

*before the elections at the first administrative meeting

Pr. : President
V.-Pr. : Vice-President
S.G. : Secretary-General
Tr. : Treasurer