Editing International Law Commission (section)

==Criticism==
One of the problems regarding the work of the commission is the capability of governments to ignore its conclusions and refrain from accepting its recommendations when formulating conventions. At the 63rd meeting on July 7, 1950, chairman [[Georges Scelle]] complained that governments tended to ignore questions addressed to them by the commission out of lack of interest in its work.<ref>''Yearbook of the ILC, 1950'', vol. 1, p. 183</ref>
 
One criticism sounded about the work of the commission is that the brevity of its annual sessions (10 to 12 weeks) does not allow thorough study of the problems under discussion. Already at the 83rd meeting of the commission, held on May 17, 1951, commission member Georges Scelle suggested the only way to fix the problem was by reforming the commission so that it would meet more often and whenever the Secretary General desired so.<ref>''Yearbook of the ILC, 1951'', vol. 1, p. 9.</ref>

Another criticism sounded already at the early history of the commission was made by Colombian delegate José María Yepes that the commission refrained from formulating principles on new issues and thus presents itself as incompetent.<ref>''Yearbook of the ILC, 1950'', vol. 1, p. 217</ref>