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The international law on state responsibility has been codified in the twenty-first century by the International Law Commission, created by the General Assembly of the UN. As of now, the Draft Code on state responsibility has not been adopted by the international community in the form of a legally binding convention. In this chapter, some of the contentious issues have been examined, such as rules on attribution, private individual’s responsibility under certain circumstances, and concept of injury. Some of the landmark judicial pronouncements have been also analyzed and evaluated in this chapter. Finally, the position of South Asian nations at the time of preparation of the Draft Code has been evaluated in this chapter.
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Bhatti, M. (2018). Rules of State Responsibility: A South Asian Perspective. In: Kaul, J., Jha, A. (eds) Shifting Horizons of Public International Law. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3724-2_12
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