On September 11, 2017, the International Law Commission (ILC) released its 2017 Report [3], which summarizes the work of the ILC at its sixty-ninth session. The ILC notes [4] that the report “includes information concerning the organization of the session, the progress of work and the future work of the Commission on the topics given substantive consideration during the session, the texts of draft articles and commentaries adopted by the Commission during the session, any procedural recommendations of the Commission calling for a decision on the part of the General Assembly as well as other decisions and conclusions of the Commission.” The major topics [5] for discussion at the sixty-ninth session included: immunity of state officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction, provisional application of treaties, protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts, protection of the atmosphere, crimes against humanity, peremptory norms of general international law, and succession of states in respect of state responsibility.