A/72/10 United Nations Report of the International Law Commission Sixty-ninth session (1 May-2 June and 3 July-4 August 2017) General Assembly Official Records Seventy-second Session Supplement No. 10 (A/72/10) A/72/10 General Assembly Official Records Seventy-second Session Supplement No. 10 Report of the International Law Commission Sixty-ninth session (1 May-2 June and 3 July-4 August 2017) United Nations • New York, 2017 Note Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. The word Yearbook followed by suspension points and the year (e.g. Yearbook ... 1971) indicates a reference to the Yearbook of the International Law Commission. A typeset version of the report of the Commission will be included in Part Two of volume II of the Yearbook of the International Law Commission 2017. ISSN 0251-822X A/72/10 Summary of contents Chapter Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1 II. Summary of the work of the Commission at its sixty-ninth session ............................................. 5 III. Specific issues on which comments would be of particular interest to the Commission .............. 7 IV. Crimes against humanity ............................................................................................................... 9 V. Provisional application of treaties ................................................................................................. 128 VI. Protection of the atmosphere ......................................................................................................... 147 VII. Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction ..................................................... 163 VIII. Peremptory norms of general international law (jus cogens) ........................................................ 192 IX. Succession of States in respect of State responsibility .................................................................. 203 X. Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts ........................................................ 211 XI. Other decisions and conclusions of the Commission .................................................................... 213 GE.17-13796 (E) 110917 iii A/72/10 Contents Chapter Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1 A. Membership .......................................................................................................................... 1 B. Officers and the Enlarged Bureau ......................................................................................... 2 C. Drafting Committee .............................................................................................................. 2 D. Working Groups ................................................................................................................... 3 E. Secretariat ............................................................................................................................. 4 F. Agenda .................................................................................................................................. 4 II. Summary of the work of the Commission at its sixty-ninth session ............................................. 5 III. Specific issues on which comments would be of particular interest to the Commission .............. 7 A. Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction ............................................. 7 B. Succession of States in respect of State responsibility .......................................................... 7 C. New topics ............................................................................................................................ 7 IV. Crimes against humanity ............................................................................................................... 9 A. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 9 B. Consideration of the topic at the present session .................................................................. 9 C. Text of the draft articles on crimes against humanity adopted by the Commission on first reading ...................................................................................................................... 10 1. Text of the draft articles ............................................................................................... 10 2. Text of the draft articles and commentaries thereto ..................................................... 21 General commentary .................................................................................................... 21 Preamble ....................................................................................................................... 22 Commentary ................................................................................................................. 23 Article 1 Scope ........................................................................................................ 24 Commentary ............................................................................................. 24 Article 2 General obligation .................................................................................... 25 Commentary ............................................................................................. 25 Article 3 Definition of crimes against humanity ...................................................... 28 Commentary ............................................................................................. 29 Article 4 Obligation of prevention ........................................................................... 45 Commentary ............................................................................................. 45 Article 5 Non-refoulement ....................................................................................... 55 Commentary ............................................................................................. 55 Article 6 Criminalization under national law ........................................................... 59 Commentary ............................................................................................. 60 Article 7 Establishment of national jurisdiction ...................................................... 76 Commentary ............................................................................................. 77 Article 8 Investigation ............................................................................................. 79 Commentary ............................................................................................. 80 iv GE.17-13796 A/72/10 Article 9 Preliminary measures when an alleged offender is present ...................... 81 Commentary ............................................................................................. 82 Article 10 Aut dedere aut judicare ............................................................................ 83 Commentary ............................................................................................. 83 Article 11 Fair treatment of the alleged offender ....................................................... 88 Commentary ............................................................................................. 89 Article 12 Victims, witnesses and others ................................................................... 92 Commentary ............................................................................................. 92 Article 13 Extradition ................................................................................................ 98 Commentary ............................................................................................. 99 Article 14 Mutual legal assistance ............................................................................. 109 Commentary ............................................................................................. 110 Article 15 Settlement of disputes ............................................................................... 116 Commentary ............................................................................................. 116 Annex ........................................................................................................................... 118 Commentary ............................................................................................. 121 V. Provisional application of treaties ................................................................................................. 128 A. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 128 B. Consideration of the topic at the present session .................................................................. 128 C. Text of the draft guidelines on provisional application of treaties provisionally adopted so far by the Commission ........................................................................................ 129 1. Text of the draft guidelines .........................................................................................