8 Other Sources of International Law

8.1 Resolutions of the General Assembly and Security Council• Security Council resolutions under Chapter VII: binding decisions (Article 25) — sanctions, authorizations, tribunals' creations (the ICTY/ICTR) — genuine law-making by vote (the Council's limits: veto, purposive interpretation — the "unit for measure" debates);• General Assembly resolutions: recommendations (Articles 10–14) — not binding as such, yet normatively potent: the declarations that crystallize custom (UDHR 1948's human- rights code; the 1970 Friendly Relations Declaration; the Definition of Aggression 1974; the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States' contested career); the spectrum from soft recommendation to "instant custom" evidence — the Namibia Advisory Opinion's acknowledgment of GA practice's weight; the ILA's consensus-classification (deliberative → hortatory → declaratory).8.2 Draft Conventions of the International Law CommissionThe ILC (established 1946 under Article 13 of the Charter) — the system's codification engine: draft articles → GA adoption → diplomatic conference → convention (the VCT itself, UNCLOS' base, the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the 2001 Articles on State Responsibility — adopted as draft, cited as customary law). The modern phenomenon: ILC drafts as such influencing courts (the ARSIWA's own career — adopted, never converted to convention, yet the responsibility- law's grammar — Unit 7).8.3 State Practice, Considerations of Humanity and Modern Trends• State practice as continuous source-feeding (custom's raw material — above);• Considerations of humanity —…