The EU’s Contribution to ‘The Strict Observance and the Development of International Law’ at the UNGA Sixth Committee

KU Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies Institute for International Law, Working Paper No. 177, October 2016

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Jan Wouters

KU Leuven - Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies

Marta Hermez

KU Leuven, Institute for International Law, Students

Date Written: October 1, 2016

Abstract

This paper assesses the EU’s performance in carrying out its self-imposed objective of contributing to ‘the strict observance and development of international law’. It thereto analyses how the EU organizes itself with regard to the statements delivered in the Sixth Committee and with regard to the development of draft resolutions to be put before the UN General Assembly (UNGA) plenary. The practice and content of those statements and draft resolutions, which partly result from the consensual nature of the UNGA’s Sixth Committee, make it difficult for the EU to display innovative leadership in that particular forum. The paper also calls for a more consistent approach between EU institutions, with a more convergent attitude towards international law.

Keywords: COJUR, Court of Justice of the European Union, Draft Resolutions, EU Delegations, EU External Relations, EU Statements, International Law, International Law Commission, Treaty on European Union, Treaty on Functioning of the European Union, United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee

Suggested Citation

Wouters, Jan and Hermez, Marta, The EU’s Contribution to ‘The Strict Observance and the Development of International Law’ at the UNGA Sixth Committee (October 1, 2016). KU Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies Institute for International Law, Working Paper No. 177, October 2016 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3271720

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Marta Hermez

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