Legal

9 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3091

SIXTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL EFFORTS TO COMPLETE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITY OF STATES AND THEIR PROPERTY

19981109 Many Speakers Urge Establishment of Committee Working Group To Consider Draft Articles during Fifty-fourth Assembly Session

5 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3089

STATE RESPONSIBILITY CAN ONLY BE CIVIL, NOT CRIMINAL, IN CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, ASSEMBLY'S LEGAL COMMITTEE TOLD

19981105 As Debate Continues on Report of Law Commission, China Urges Distinction in Degree Between Various Wrongful Acts

5 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3090

LEGAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF COMMISSION REPORT

19981105 Chairman Notes 'Positive Dialogue' on State Responsibility, Trans-boundary Damage, Other Areas of Evolving International Law

4 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3088

QUESTION OF 'STATE RESPONSIBILITY' SAID TO BE MAIN OBSTACLE IN PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL RULE OF LAW, LEGAL COMMITTEE TOLD

19981104 Debate Continues on Commission Report; Call for Agreement On Procedures to Criminalize 'Heinous Behaviour' by Individuals

3 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3087

LEGAL COMMITTEE BEGINS REVIEW OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTS DEEMED INTERNATIONALLY WRONGFUL

19981103

The Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon began discussion of issues involved in State responsibility for internationally wrongful acts, as it took up a section of the International Law Commission's report dealing with the subject.

2 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3086

PROBLEMS RELATED TO SUCCESSION OF STATES AND RESERVATIONS TO TREATIES AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED BY LEGAL COMMITTEE

19981102 Consideration of Report of International Law Commission Continues

30 October 1998

Press Release
L/2902

KAYISHEMA/RUZINDANA TRIAL CLOSE TO COMPLETION

19981030

ARUSHA, 29 October (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) -- The joint trial of Clement Kayishema and Obed Ruzindana is close to completion as the Prosecution concluded its closing argument on 27 October and the Defence began its own summation today. The trial is taking place in Trial Chamber 2 (Judges William Sekule, presiding, Yakov Ostrovsky, and Tafazzal H. Khan).

29 October 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3084

SIXTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERING REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION

19981029 Legal Committee Takes Up Unilateral Acts of States, Nationality in Relation to Succession and Reservations to Treaties

29 October 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3085

SPEAKERS ON RESERVATIONS TO TREATIES AND UNILATERAL ACTS OF STATES HEARD IN SIXTH COMMITTEE DEBATE

19981029 Committee Continues Discussing International Law Commission Report

The Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon continued its discussion of the International Law Commission's report on the work of its fiftieth session, hearing speakers on the subjects of reservations to treaties and unilateral acts of States, among other topics.

28 October 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3083