subjeat-matter had already been discussed in dotail during the consideration of his fourth report (A/CN.4/396) at the Commission’s thirty-eighth session, Draft artiales 15, 16 and 17, dealing reepoctivoly with complicity, conspiracy and attempt, were being presented in the light of that discussion. 34. During tho Commission@s consideration of these three draft articles, some goneral remarks on mothodology were formulated, as well as more specific comments on each draft article which are summarised below. 35. In the opinion of some members, complicity, conspiracy and attempt should not be treated as separate offences in the draft Code, since they only constituted forms of participation in the commission of a certain crfmo. Complicity, conspiracy and attempt were only purrishsble in connection with the --__I 241 As regards article 17, see subsection 3 below. 23 The Commission provisionally decided that this article should be included in the Part of Chapter II devoted to crimes against humanity. - 15 -prinoipal crime and were therefore of an accessary character. Consequently, they should be placed in the part of the draft Code dealing with general principles. 36. Moreover, some members took the view that none of those notions - complicity, aonspiracy and attempt -could be dealt with in the abstraat. Eaah of them should be examined in relation to each one of the crimes covered by the Code so as to determine, for example ,what constituted attempted aggression or attempted genocide. Each crime had to be considered separately and it was necessary to determine to what extent and acaording to what modalities complicity, conspiracy and attempt were possible for each crime. In their view, instead of including the notions of complicity, conspiracy and attempt among the general principles, the Special Rapporeur should examine them case by case, to determine whether each crime considered could be the
**Analysis**
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International law, Humanitarian aid and relief