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State Responsibility

Riot, Villawood Immigration detention centre,
29 November 2011

State Responsibility
A ttribution
+ Internationally Wrongful Act
B reach
‐ ( C ircumstances Precluding Wrongfulness)
 State Responsibility
 R emedy

ILC (Draft) Articles on State
Responsibility
Finalised in 2001 after 46 years
Special Rapporteurs
1. F. Garcia Amador: 1955 ‐ 61
2. Roberto Ago: 1969 ‐ 80
3. Willem Riphagen: 1980 ‐ 86
4. Gaetano Arango ‐ Ruiz: 1988 ‐ 95
5. James Crawford: 1996 ‐ 2001
UNGA Res 58/83 (2002): commends to states without
prejudice to future adoption

Structure of Articles on State Resp
Part 1: Internationally Wrongful Act (IWA) of a State
– Ch I: General Principles
– Ch II: Attribution of Conduct to a State
– Ch III: Breach of an International obligation
– Ch IV: Responsibility of a state in connection with the act of another state
– Ch V: Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness
Part 2: Content of the International Responsibility of astate
– Ch I: General principles
– Ch II: Reparation for Injury
– Ch III: Serious breaches of obligations under peremptory norms of general
international law
Part 3: the Implementation of the International resp of a state
– Ch I: invocation of the resp of a state
– Ch II: Countermeasures
Part 4: General Provisions

State Responsibility
Attribution
+ Internationally Wrongful Act
B reach
‐ ( C ircumstances Precluding Wrongfulness)
 State Responsibility
 R emedy

A ttribution of Conduct to a State
Government (de jure) organs [Art 4]
De facto organs [Art 5]
Ultra vires acts of government organs, officials and unofficial
organs exercising state authority [Art 7]