Part IV The Content of International Responsibility, Ch.39 Assurances and Guarantees of Non-Repetition
Sandrine Barbier
From: The Law of International Responsibility
Edited By: James Crawford, Alain Pellet, Simon Olleson, Kate Parlett
- Subject(s):
- Responsibility of states — Wrongful acts — Reparations — Opinio juris — Peremptory norms / ius cogens — Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
The Articles on State Responsibility establish assurances and guarantees of non-repetition as a consequence of internationally wrongful acts. According to article 30(b) ‘the State responsible for the internationally wrongful act is under an obligation … to offer appropriate assurances and guarantees of non-repetition, if circumstances so require’. According to the Commission, assurances and guarantees of non-repetition are distinguishable from the other two consequences of the wrongful act—reparation and cessation of continuing breaches—in that they aim at...