List of members of the International Law Commission

The United Nations' International Law Commission is composed of 34 members:

Current members[]

(for 2017–2021)

	Qatar	2002–
	Nicaragua	2017–
Bogdan Aurescu	Romania	2017–
	Côte d’Ivoire	2017–
	Spain	2011–
	Portugal	2017–
	Mexico	2012–
	Chile	2017–
	Egypt	2007–
	Jordan	2007–
	People's Republic of China	2010–
	Sierra Leone	2017–
	Algeria	2012–
Marja Lehto	Finland	2017–
	Japan	2009–
Sean D. Murphy	United States	2012–
	Viet Nam	2017–
Georg Nolte	Germany	2007–
	Turkey	2017–
	Morocco	2017–
	Republic of Korea	2012–
	Tanzania	2012–
Ernest Petric	Slovenia	2007–
	India	2017–
August Reinisch	Austria	2017–
	Peru	2017–
	Brazil	2007–
	Czech Republic	2012–
Dire D. Tladi	South Africa	2012–
Eduardo Valencia Ospina	Colombia	2006–
	Ecuador	2007–2011 2013–
	Kenya	2007–
Sir Michael Wood	United Kingdom	2008–
	Russia	2018–

Past members[]

Emmanuel Nii Akwei Addo	Ghana	1997–2006
Mohammed Bello Adoke	Nigeria	2011–2016
Roberto Ago	Italy	1957–1978
	Nigeria	1987–1991
	Nigeria	1982–1986
	Bahrain	1987–2006
	Chile	1967–1971
	Ecuador	1970–1972
	United States	1981
Ricardo J. Alfaro	Panama	1949–1953
Awn S. Al-Khasawneh	Jordan	1987–1999
	Iraq	1982–1991
	Brazil	1949–1969
	Italy	1985–1996
João Clemente Baena Soares	Brazil	1997–2006
	Zaire	1982–1986
Julio Barboza	Argentina	1979–1996
Yuri G. Barsegov	Soviet Union	1987–1991
	Yugoslavia	1957–1973
Mohammed Bedjaoui	Algeria	1965–1981
John Alan Beesley	Canada	1987–1991
Mohamed Bennouna	Morocco	1987–1998
	Turkey	1972–1976
Boutros Boutros-Ghali	Egypt	1979–1991
Derek William Bowett	United Kingdom	1992–1996
James Leslie Brierly	United Kingdom	1949–1951
Herbert W. Briggs	United States	1962–1966
Ian Brownlie	United Kingdom	1997–2008
Marcel Cadieux	Canada	1962–1966
Lucius Caflisch	Switzerland	2007–2016
	Brazil	1982–1996
	Peru	1973–1981
Enrique J.A. Candioti	Argentina	1997–2016
Jorge Castañeda	Mexico	1967–1986
	Finland	1962–1971
	Republic of Korea	2002–2006
	Mozambique	2002–2016
	Mexico	1949–1954
James Richard Crawford	Australia	1992–2001
Emmanuel Kodjoe Dadzie	Ghana	1977–1981
	Syria	2002–2006
John de Saram	Sri Lanka	1992–1996
	Venezuela	1977–1991
C. John R. Dugard	South Africa	1997–2011
	Greece	1997–2001 2003–2006
Douglas L. Edmonds	United States	1954–1961
Gudmundur Eiriksson	Iceland	1987–1996
	Egypt	1957–1958 1962–1978
Nabil Elaraby	Egypt	1994–2001
Taslim Olawale Elias	Nigeria	1962–1975
Faris El-Khouri	Syria	1949–1961
	Libya	2012–2016
	Sudan	1982–1986
Nihat Erim	Turkey	1959–1961
Paula Escarameia	Portugal	2002–2010
Constantin Th. Eustathiades	Greece	1967–1971
Jens Evensen	Norway	1979–1984
Luigi Ferrari Bravo	Italy	1997–1998
Gerald Fitzmaurice	United Kingdom	1955–1960
	Romania	1982–1986
	Mali	1992–1996 2002–2011
	France	2012–2016
	Jamaica	1977–1991
	Netherlands	1949–1961
Giorgio Gaja	Italy	1999–2011
	Poland	1997–2011
	Cuba	1953–1961
	Philippines	1997–2001
	German Democratic Republic	1987–1991
	France	1961–1963
Mehmet Güney	Turkey	1992–1996
	Austria	1997–2001
Edvard Hambro	Norway	1972–1977
Francis Mahon Hayes	Ireland	1987–1991
	People's Republic of China	1994–2001
Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa	Nicaragua	1997–2001
	Republic of China	1949–1961
	People's Republic of China	1985–1986
Manley O. Hudson	United States	1949–1953
Kamil E. Idris	Sudan	1992–1996 2000–2001
	Nigeria	died before start of term
	Benin	1967–1969
Jorge E. Illueca	Panama	1982–1991 1997–2001
	Sweden	2007–2016
	Cyprus	1982–1996
	India	1977–1986
Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga	Uruguay	1960–1969
	Uganda	1992–2001 2002–2006
Maurice Kamto	Cameroon	1999–2016
	Cameroon	1962–1964
	Tanzania	1997–2006
	United States	1967–1976
	Tunisia	2002–2011
Thanat Khoman	Thailand	1957–1959
	Thailand	2012–2016
	Russia	2003–2011 2015–2018
	Soviet Union	1949–1951
Abdul G. Koroma	Sierra Leone	1982–1993
Martti Koskenniemi	Finland	2002–2006
Feodor I. Kozhevnikov	Soviet Union	1952–1953
	Soviet Union	1954–1956
	Indonesia	1992–2001
	Russia	2002
Manfred Lachs	Poland	1962–1966
	Spain	1982–1986
Hersch Lauterpacht	United Kingdom	1952–1954
	People's Republic of China	1962–1966
	Russia	1995–2001
	Spain	1962–1966
	Algeria	1982–1996
	Lebanon	1982–1986
	New Zealand	2002–2006
Alfredo Martínez Moreno	El Salvador	1973–1976
	United States	2003–2006
Ahmad Matine-Daftary	Iran	1957–1961
Stephen C. McCaffrey	United States	1982–1991
	Canada	2007–2016
Teodor Meleşcanu	Romania	1997–2001 2003–2011
	Czechoslovakia	1992–1998
Djamchid Momtaz	Iran	2000–2006
	People's Republic of China	1982–1984
Bernd H. Niehaus	Costa Rica	2002–2016
	Kenya	1976–1991
	Japan	1982–1991
Didier Opertti Badán	Uruguay	1997–2006
Luis Padilla Nervo	Mexico	1955–1963
Radhabinod Pal	India	1952–1966
	Gabon	1992–2006
	Ecuador	1962–1966
John J. Parker	United States	1954
Stanisław Pawlak	Poland	1987–1991
Alain Pellet	France	1990–2011
A. Rohan Perera	Sri Lanka	2007–2011
	Benin	1962–1966
	Sri Lanka	1973–1981
Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada	Pakistan	1982–1986
	New Zealand	1972–1984
	Madagascar	1967–1976
Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao	India	1987–2006
Benegal Narsing Rau	India	1949���1951
	Madagascar	1982–1996
Paul Reuter	France	1964–1989
	Netherlands	1977–1986
Patrick Lipton-Robinson	Jamaica	1992–1996
	Venezuela	1997–2006
Shabtai Rosenne	Israel	1962–1971
	United States	1992–2003
	Cyprus	1972–1976
	Greece	1985–1991
José María Ruda	Argentina	1964–1972
	Yugoslavia	1974–1981
	Bolivia	1954–1956
	Sweden	1949–1961
Georges Scelle	France	1949–1960
Stephen M. Schwebel	United States	1977–1980
Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor	Mexico	1997–2005
	Mexico	1987–1991
	Brazil	1970–1978
Jiuyong Shi	People's Republic of China	1987–1993
Bruno Simma	Germany	1997–2002
Ian Sinclair	United Kingdom	1982–1986
Nagendra Singh	India	1967–1972
Narinder Singh	India	2007–2016
	Peru	1987–1991
Jean Spiropoulos	Greece	1949–1957
	Greece	1982–1984
	Thailand	1977–1986
	Mexico	1992–1996
	Afghanistan	1962–1981
	Netherlands	1967–1976
Doudou Thiam	Senegal	1970–1999
Peter Tomka	Slovakia	1999–2002
Christian Tomuschat	West Germany	1985–1996
	Japan	1961–1981
Grigory I. Tunkin	Soviet Union	1957–1966
	Soviet Union	1967–1986
	Hungary	1967–1976
Sir Francis Vallat	United Kingdom	1973–1981
	Chile	1992–1996 2007–2011
Stephen C. Vasciannie	Jamaica	2007–2011
	Austria	1957–1966
	Russia	1992–1994
	Austria	1977–1981
Francisco Villagrán Kramer	Guatemala	1992–1996
Humphrey Waldock	United Kingdom	1961–1972
Nugroho Wisnumurti	Indonesia	2007–2016
Xue Hanqin	People's Republic of China	2002–2010
	Japan	1992–2008
	Bulgaria	1977–1996
	Iraq	1960–1976
	Colombia	1949–1953
Kisaburo Yokota	Japan	1957–1960
	Czechoslovakia	1949–1961

References[]

• Present and former members of the International Law Commission (un.org)