Vietnam Joins ILC’s Study Group on Sea Level Rise Impacts

Vietnam is now preparing a report on Asian-Pacific countries and the sea level rise issue in relation to international law at the 71st session of the UN’s International Law Commission (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland. Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao, Vietnam’s representative at the ILC, proposed the building of regulations of international law based on the principle of respecting countries’ independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, human rights, and sustainable development. Mr. Thao voiced the country’s support for the approval of the draft convention on crimes against humanity, commenting that the convention, which recognizes the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity, is a peremptory norm of international law. Vietnam took over the task of building a report on Asian-Pacific countries and the sea level rise issue in relation to international law. Thao is the first Vietnamese to be elected to the ILC. He was elected for the position for 2017-2021 term at the UN General Assembly in November 2016. (TinTuc, en.vietnamplus.vn, tapchithongtindoingoai.vn, vovworld.vn)