The International Law Commission's Draft Conclusions on Peremptory Norms

Dire Tladi is Professor of International Law at the University of Pretoria and holder of the DST/NRF SARChI Chair in International Constitutional Law and the Future Africa Chair in Global Equity in Africa. Former member and Chair of the UN International Law Commission. He was also ILC Special Rapporteur on Jus Cogens. He was previously legal adviser in the South African Foreign Ministry and Legal Counsel of the South Africa's Permanent Mission to the UN in New York. Tladi also served as Special Adviser to the Foreign Minister

• 1: The International Law Commission's Draft Conclusions: Setting the Scene2: Scope of the Draft Conclusions3: Definitional Issues4: Identifying Peremptory Norms5: First Criterion: A Norm of General International Law6: Second Criterion: Acceptance and Recognition by the International Community as a Norm from which no Derogation is Permitted7: The Second Criterion: Evidence of Acceptance and Recognition8: Consequences of Jus Cogens for Treaties9: Consequences of Jus Cogens for Other Sources of International Law10: Consequences of Jus Cogens for the Law of State Responsibility11: Particular Consequences of Jus Cogens Norms12: Jus Cogens and Interpretation in International Law13: Recommended Dispute Settlement Procedure14: Non-Exhaustive List of Jus Cogens15: Prospects and Concluding ThoughtsAppendix