Concluding Remarks by Shinya Murase

Abstract

The International Law Commission has been reviewing its working methods through the “Working Group on Methods of Work of the Commission”, currently chaired by Hussein A. Hassouna, where a discussion is in progress on a wide range of issues.1 The present paper discusses some of the outstanding questions on the working methods, with a particular focus on the final form of the Commission’s products. It also discusses briefly other issues relating to the working methods, including its decisionmaking procedure, study groups, Special Rapporteurs’ reports, commentaries and input from scientists.