Necessary Voices, Missed Opportunities? Strengthening theEngagement of Global South States with the Work of theInternational Law Commission

CILPA in collaboration with the Permanent Missions of Mexico and Sierra Leone to the United Nations in New York hosted an interactive dialogue on Strengthening the Engagement of Global South States with the Work of the International Law Commission on the margins of the International Law Week in New York. This interactive dialogue provided an opportunity for delegates from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean alongside ILC members to explore how to strengthen the engagement of small and developing States with the work of the Commission. They specifically addressed the commonalities in the obstacles that Global South States and ILC members face in their engagement with the Sixth Committee, the Commission, and international law and considered practical ways and means to enhance the contributions of Global South States and their legal experts in the codification and progressive development of a rules-based international law system for the benefit of all States and the internationa community as a whole