Progressive Development and Codification of International Law: A Case for the Re-listing of Common and Transboundary Oil and Gas Resources into the Work of the International Law Commission
Article from: OGEL 4 (2016), in International Law & Regulations / Law of the Sea
Abstract
The Decision of the International Law Commission (ILC) to discontinue the topic of oil and gas on its programme of work in 2010, after a very short spell (2007-2010), without the formulation of draft articles, may not only be described as premature, but a lost opportunity to regulate the exploitation of common or transboundary oil and gas resources at the international level. It may be recalled that ILC undertook similar work on other Shared natural resources, such as international watercourses and transboundary aquifers which culminated in the formulation of draft ...