text: act". When the ILC considered paragraph 3 of that article, it should reflect on the scope of the subordination of the rights and obligations set forth under that article in the "procedures embodied in the United Nations Charter with respect to the maintenance of international peace and security" and also contemplate other ways of reflecting the erga omnes effect of various international crimes. 22. Lastly, the reference in draft article 16 to the notion of "belligerent reprisals" did not seem particularly clear, and doubts could legitimately be entertained with regard to the exclusion of that matter from the scope of the topic, since it was generally known that humanitarian law applicable to armed conflicts called for the prohibition of reprisals against the civilian population, and that the party on behalf of which reprisals were carried out bore international responsibility. Articles 51 (para. 6) and 91 of Additional Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions should be able to facilitate the task of the International Law Commission on at least one aspect of that question. 23. As a result of the increase in its membership, the Commission should be more sensitive to the concerns of the third world and, at the beginning of the next five-year term of its members, it should arrange to study topics which presented a new interest for the inter national community, such as "development law". The Commission would thus not only have contributed to extracting international law from the impasse which had persisted so long because certain parties wished to perpetuate relationships of domination and conquest, but it would also have attempted with some success to reflect the contemporary world. 24. Mr. HUANG Jiahua (China) considered that the results of the thirty-sixth session of the Commission were very encouraging. 25. He underlined the importance of the draft Code of Offences against the Peace 
analysis: The text appears to be a discussion about international law and its application to various issues, including war, peace, and humanitarian law. The language used is formal and technical, indicating a focus on legal and diplomatic issues rather than economic or social ones. The references to specific articles and protocols of international law suggest that the topic is related to the regulation of international relations and the protection of human rights.