Cite material in the Yearbook of the International Law Commission (YILC) in this way:

Eg 2269th Meeting – International liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts prohibited by international law [1992] vol 1 YILC 97 at [42].

Eg Diplomatic Protection – First report on diplomatic protection, by Mr John R Dugard, Special Rapporteur [2000] vol 2, pt 1 YILC 205 at [31].

Eg Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its fifty-fourth session [2002] vol 2, pt 2 YILC 1.

(a) Document title

Give the title of the document in italics with spelling and capitalisation as it appears on the title page of the book (unless the original is in all capitals, in which case capitalise only the first letter of significant words). A subtitle may be preceded by a colon if it is not preceded by any punctuation mark on the title page. Remove any unnecessary punctuation from the title.

(b) Year

Give the year of the yearbook in square brackets.

(c) Volume number

Give the volume of the yearbook. As the yearbook is divided into both volumes and parts, indicate that the number is a volume number by putting “vol” before it.

Note that volume 1 contains a summary of the International Law Commission’s meetings and volume 2 contains reports to the General Assembly.

(d) Part

If the volume being cited is divided into parts, write “pt” and then give the part number. Separate the volume and part numbers with a comma.

(e) Page number

Give the page number on which the document being cited begins.

(f) Pinpoint reference

Where available, pinpoint to paragraph numbers. Pinpoint in accordance with rule 3.2.8.