The draft articles were described as a suitable codification of customary law on the subject, while including innovative elements aimed at ensuring that the regime governing State responsibility was fair in the light of new realities in international relations.
它一方面适当地编纂关于这个主题的习惯法，一方面载入旨在确保关于国家责任的制度符合国际关系新现实的创新要素。