Responsibility of States under International Law
Tripos Part IB, Paper 38: International Law
17, 23, 24 and 30 January 2019
1. Reading:
A. Primary materials:
ILC, Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts 2001 (ARS):
o Articles: in Blackstone’s Documents
o Articles + the ILC’s Commentaries:
http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/commentaries/9_6_2001.pdf
ILC, Articles on Diplomatic Protection 2006 (ADP)
o Articles: in Blackstone’s Documents
o Articles + the ILC’s Commentaries:
http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/commentaries/9_8_2006.pdf
B. Textbooks (at least one of the following three):
Evans (ed) International Law (5th edn, 2018) Chapters 14 (Crawford and Olleson: but
only the responsibility of states, not of international organizations) and 15 (Okowa);
Shaw, International Law (8th edn, 2017) Chapter 13;
Crawford, Brownlie’s Principles of International Law (8th edn, 2012) Chapters 25, 26, 27
C. The most relevant cases:
Harris, Cases and Materials in International Law (8th edn, 2015) Chapter 8 [but note that
you only need to know the minimum, not the details, about the primary rules of the
treatment of aliens; you can skim read pages 471-507, just to get an impression of what
the rules cover; no need to go into the details of eg expropriation].
Chorzów Factory (Poland v Germany) (Merits) [1928] PCIJ Rep Ser A No 17, 47;
Corfu Channel Case (UK v Albania) (Merits) [1949] ICJ Rep 4, 18, 22-23;
Corfu Channel Case (UK v Albania) (Compensation) [1949] ICJ Rep 244, 250;
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company Limited (Belgium v Spain) (Second
Phase) [1970] ICJ Rep 3, 32, 36, 42, 44, paras 33-34, 46-47, 70, 79;
United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (USA v Iran) (Merits) [1980] ICJ
Rep 3, 35 para 74;
Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against (Nicaragua v USA) (Merits) [1986]
ICJ Rep 14, 50, 61-65, para 86, paras 105-116;
Gabčikovo-Nagymaros Project (also known as Danube Dam) (Hungary/Slovakia) [1997]
ICJ Rep 7, 37-39, 55-63, paras 46-48, 51-52, 82-97, 101-102;
Case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide (Bosnia & Herzegovina v Yugoslavia) (Merits) [2007] ICJ Rep 43,
111, 115, 206-215, 234-235, paras 162-167, 170, 396-415, 462-463;
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall (Advisory Opinion) [2004] ICJ Rep
136, 194-200 paras 140, 147-154, 159-160;
Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Guinea v Democratic Republic of Congo) (Preliminary
Objections) [2007] ICJ Rep 582, 597-607, 613-616, paras 35, 39,43-48, 50-67, 84-94;
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Tripos Part IB, Paper 38: International Law
17, 23, 24 and 30 January 2019
1. Reading:
A. Primary materials:
ILC, Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts 2001 (ARS):
o Articles: in Blackstone’s Documents
o Articles + the ILC’s Commentaries:
http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/commentaries/9_6_2001.pdf
ILC, Articles on Diplomatic Protection 2006 (ADP)
o Articles: in Blackstone’s Documents
o Articles + the ILC’s Commentaries:
http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/commentaries/9_8_2006.pdf
B. Textbooks (at least one of the following three):
Evans (ed) International Law (5th edn, 2018) Chapters 14 (Crawford and Olleson: but
only the responsibility of states, not of international organizations) and 15 (Okowa);
Shaw, International Law (8th edn, 2017) Chapter 13;
Crawford, Brownlie’s Principles of International Law (8th edn, 2012) Chapters 25, 26, 27
C. The most relevant cases:
Harris, Cases and Materials in International Law (8th edn, 2015) Chapter 8 [but note that
you only need to know the minimum, not the details, about the primary rules of the
treatment of aliens; you can skim read pages 471-507, just to get an impression of what
the rules cover; no need to go into the details of eg expropriation].
Chorzów Factory (Poland v Germany) (Merits) [1928] PCIJ Rep Ser A No 17, 47;
Corfu Channel Case (UK v Albania) (Merits) [1949] ICJ Rep 4, 18, 22-23;
Corfu Channel Case (UK v Albania) (Compensation) [1949] ICJ Rep 244, 250;
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company Limited (Belgium v Spain) (Second
Phase) [1970] ICJ Rep 3, 32, 36, 42, 44, paras 33-34, 46-47, 70, 79;
United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (USA v Iran) (Merits) [1980] ICJ
Rep 3, 35 para 74;
Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against (Nicaragua v USA) (Merits) [1986]
ICJ Rep 14, 50, 61-65, para 86, paras 105-116;
Gabčikovo-Nagymaros Project (also known as Danube Dam) (Hungary/Slovakia) [1997]
ICJ Rep 7, 37-39, 55-63, paras 46-48, 51-52, 82-97, 101-102;
Case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide (Bosnia & Herzegovina v Yugoslavia) (Merits) [2007] ICJ Rep 43,
111, 115, 206-215, 234-235, paras 162-167, 170, 396-415, 462-463;
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall (Advisory Opinion) [2004] ICJ Rep
136, 194-200 paras 140, 147-154, 159-160;
Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Guinea v Democratic Republic of Congo) (Preliminary
Objections) [2007] ICJ Rep 582, 597-607, 613-616, paras 35, 39,43-48, 50-67, 84-94;
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