ILST 2200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Responsa
17 Feb 2015
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Terminology: responsibility or liability , liability often, refers to obligations of state arising from harmful consequences of hazardous or means obligation to pay compensation. dangerous activities which as such, are not prohibited by international law, compensation for the damages caused. Ilc: article 1, paragraph 1, of the statute of the ilc provides that the commission on 21 november 1947 by the general assembly resolution 174 (ii). shall have for its object the promotion of the progressive development of international law and its codification , codification as meaning the more precise formulation and systematization of rules of international law in fields where there already has been extensive state practice, precedent and doctrine . Requires: (cid:224)an irresistible force or an unforeseen even (neither foreseen nor easily foreseeable) (cid:224)beyond the control of the state (ie the state was unable to avoid or oppose it ) (cid:224)making performance of the obligation materially impossible: countermeasure (art 22, force majeure (art 23, distress (art.
