82 The plunder of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo via Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda is part of the international conflict over resources, determined in particular by the possibility of gaining access to rich natural resources in the Great Lakes Region. On the subject of the raw material curse in Nigeria: J. Osiejewicz, Prawo ludności tubylczej do czystego środowiska naturalnego w konfrontacji z wydobyciem ropy naftowej w Delcie Nigru, (in:) J. Jaskiernia, K. Spryszak, Ochrona praw człowieka w Afryce. Aksjologia – instytucje – nowe wyzwania – praktyka, Toruń 2017, p. 445–459.
83 See comprehensively: D. Dam-de Jong, International Law and Governance of Natural Resources in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations, Cambridge 2015.
84 The Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/publications/icrc-002-0173.pdf (2018-11-26).
85 UNGA resolution of 1 Mai 1974, 3201 (S-VI), Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Arab territories, https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/NR0/739/38/IMG/NR073938.pdf?OpenElement (2018-11-26).
86 Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda), Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 2005, p. 168, http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/116/10455.pdf (2018-11-26).
87 International Court of Justice, Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, …, op. cit., No. 111.
88 A. Pellet, Article 38, (in:) A. Zimmermann, C. Tomuschat, K. Oellers-Frahm, C. Tams, The Statute of the International Court of Justice. A Commentary, Oxford 212, p. 924–1044. However, the statutory calculation of sources of international law is not exhaustive. It is not disputed that there are at least two additional sources of law not mentioned in Article 38 of the Statute of the ICJ, i.e. unilateral acts of states and binding resolutions of international organizations.
89 Ibidem, No. 60–63.
90 R. Wolfrum, Sources of international law, (in:) R. Wolfrum (red), Max Planck encyclopedia of public international law, vol X. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012, No. 55.
91 World Trade Organization, Trade in natural resources. WTO, Geneva 2010, No. 5, 46, https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/anrep_e/world_trade_report10_e.pdf (2018-12-14).
92 Havana Charter for an International Trade Organization, including Annexes, United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment held at Havana, Cuba, from November 21, 1947, to March 24, 1948, United Nations document E/Conf. 2/78, https://treaties.un.org/doc/source/docs/E_CONF.2_78-E.pdf (2018-06-15).
93 F. Weiss, B. Scherzer, (Existence of) Common or Universal Principles for Resource Management (?), in: M. Bungenberg, S. Hobe (ed.), Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources, Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015, p. 35–36.
94 See more: P. Menon, The Subjects of Modern International Law, Hague Yearbook of International Law 3/1990, p. 30–36.
95 N. Shrijver, Sovereignty over natural resources. Balancing rights and duties, Cambridge 2008, p. 10.
96 J. Crawford, The Creation of States in International Law, Oxford 1979, p. 36–48.
97 On the categorization of developing countries: W. Verwey, The Principle of Preferential Treatment for Developing Countries, Indian Journal of International Law 23/1983, p. 359–374.
98 N. Shrijver, Sovereignty…, op. cit., p. 10.
99 Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties (1978), Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of State Property, Archives and Debts, The Work of the International Law Commission (4th edn, New York: United Nations, 1988), p. 323, 343, http://legal.un.org/ilc/publications/yearbooks/english/ilc_1988_v1.pdf (2017-06-15).
100 Art. 2 (f) of the 1978 Convention and Art. 2 (e) of the 1983 Convention, op. cit.
101 International Court of Justice, Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion, ICJ Reports 1949, s. 174, http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/4/1835.pdf (2018-06-15), p. 174.
102 D. Kokkini-Iatridou, P. de Waart, Legal Personality of Multinationals in International Law, Netherlands International Law Review 14/1983, p. 129–31.
103 World Bank Convention on the International Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States, ICSID/15 April 2006, https://icsid.worldbank.org/en/Documents/icsiddocs/ICSID%20Convention%20English.pdf (2018-06-15).
104 World Bank Convention Establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), Art. 24 with Annex I and Art. 57 with Annex II, https://www.miga.org/Documents/MIGA%20Convention%20February%202016.pdf (2018-06-15).
105 See specifically Section 6 Part XI UNCLOS; N. Shrijver, Sovereignty…, op.cit., p. 226–227.
106 Comprehensively: K. Baslar, The concept of the common heritage of mankind, Hague 1997.
107 UNGA resolution