Legal

28 October 1997

Press Release
L/2844

INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ASKED TO DO TOO MUCH, STATE SPEAKERS AT INTERNATIONAL LAW COLLOQUIUM

19971028 Say Commission Can Develop, Not Revolutionize International Law; Panels Address Selection of Codification Topics, Shaping of International Law

28 October 1997

Press Release
L/2842

27 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3049

REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION INTRODUCED IN LEGAL COMMITTEE

19971027

Speaking "clearly and with brutal frankness" this morning, the Chairman of the International Law Commission said the Sixth Committee (Legal) did not always properly discharge its role of guidance and leadership for the Commission.

24 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3048

SPEAKERS IN LEGAL COMMITTEE CALL FOR REVIEW OF STATUTE OF UN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL

19971024 Debate on International Criminal Court Concluded

The statute of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal should be reviewed to bring it up to date, the Sixth Committee (Legal) was told this morning as it considered a request to amend the statute's provision relating to the competence of the Tribunal to specialized agencies.

23 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3046

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE TELLS LEGAL COMMITTEE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SHOULD NOT BE DIRECT PART OF UNITED NATIONS

19971023 Treaty-Based Scheme for Funding is Suggested; Others Take Different View, Proposing Relationship with Security Council

23 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3047

DELEGATES DIFFER ON WHETHER STATUTE OF PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SHOULD COVER CRIME OF 'AGGRESSION'

19971023 Exclusion Would Weaken Body, Some Argue; Others Tell Legal Committee Jurisdiction Should Be Limited to Conduct of Individuals

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3045

STATUTE OF PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SHOULD BE BASED ON STATE SOVEREIGNTY PRINCIPLES, LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19971022 Croatia Stresses Primacy of National Jurisdictions; Others Take Different Views as Debate Continues on Creation of New Body

21 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3044

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT BODY, AND NOT SUBSIDIARY OF SECURITY COUNCIL, SPEAKERS TELL LEGAL COMMITTEE

19971021 Committee Establishes Working Group to Discuss Draft Text on Question of Security Council Sanctions Affecting Third States

17 October 1997

Press Release
L/2841

INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA CONFIRMS INDICTMENTS

19971017

ARUSHA, Tanzania, 17 October (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) -- The indictments of former Prime Minister of Rwanda, Jean Kambanda, and former Prefect of Butare, Sylvain Nsabimana, were confirmed yesterday. The two accused, arrested in Kenya last July during the Nairobi-Kigali operation, are presently detained in Arusha.

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3043

SPEAKERS CRITICIZE COERCIVE, UNILATERAL MEASURES TAKEN BY CERTAIN STATES AS LEGAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON LAW DECADE

19971017

As the Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning concluded its debate on the United Nations Decade of International Law (1990-1999), a number of representatives criticized coercive and unilateral measures taken by certain States and stressed that international law should be upheld.