ABSTRACT
The essence of the Part I of the draft articles on State responsibility, adopted by the International Law Commission on first reading from its twenty-fifth to thirty-second sessions, seems to be represented by the following Articles: Every internationally wrongful act of aState entails the international responsibility of that State (Art. 1). There is an internationally wrongful act of aState when: (a) conduct consisting of an action or omission is attributable to the State under international law; and (b) that conduct constitutes a breach of an international obligation of the State (Art. 3). An act of aState which constitutes a breach of an international obligation is an internationally wrongful act regardless of the origin, whether customary, conventional or other, of that obligation (Art. 17, para. 1).1
