Editing Codification (law) (section)

==International law codification==
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Following the First World War and the establishment of the [[League of Nations]], the need for codification of international law arose. In September 1924, the General Assembly of the League established a committee of experts for the purpose of codification of international law, which was defined by the Assembly as consisting of two aspects:
* Putting existing customs into written [[treaty|international agreement]]s
* Developing further rules
In 1930 the League of Nations held at the Hague a [[League of Nations Codification Conference, 1930|conference]] for the purpose of codification of rules on general matters, but very little progress was made.

Following the Second World War, the [[International Law Commission]] was established within the United Nations as a permanent body for the formulation of principles in international law.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Meyer |first1=Timothy |title=Codifying Custom |journal=University of Pennsylvania Law Review |date=2012 |volume=160 |page=995-1069 |url=https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1053&context=penn_law_review}}</ref>