Codification Division
E145017
The Codification Division is a unit within the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs responsible for promoting the progressive development, codification, and dissemination of international law.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Codification Division canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1268339 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Codification Division Context triple: [Office of Legal Affairs, hasPart, Codification Division]
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A.
Legislation and Research Division
The Legislation and Research Division is a specialized unit within Japan’s Cabinet Legislation Bureau responsible for analyzing, drafting, and reviewing government legislation and related legal matters.
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B.
Enforcement Division
The Enforcement Division is a specialized branch of the Supreme People's Court of China responsible for overseeing and directing the implementation and execution of court judgments nationwide.
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C.
Standards Code
The Standards Code was a multilateral trade agreement under the GATT that established detailed rules to prevent technical regulations and product standards from becoming disguised barriers to international trade.
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D.
Legal and Technical Commission
The Legal and Technical Commission is a specialized expert body of the International Seabed Authority that evaluates seabed mining applications, develops environmental and technical standards, and advises on the regulation of mineral resources in the international seabed area.
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E.
Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice
The Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice is the federal government’s primary litigating arm for civil matters, handling a wide range of cases including constitutional challenges, tort claims, consumer protection, and immigration-related litigation on behalf of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Codification Division Target entity description: The Codification Division is a unit within the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs responsible for promoting the progressive development, codification, and dissemination of international law.
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A.
Legislation and Research Division
The Legislation and Research Division is a specialized unit within Japan’s Cabinet Legislation Bureau responsible for analyzing, drafting, and reviewing government legislation and related legal matters.
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B.
Enforcement Division
The Enforcement Division is a specialized branch of the Supreme People's Court of China responsible for overseeing and directing the implementation and execution of court judgments nationwide.
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C.
Standards Code
The Standards Code was a multilateral trade agreement under the GATT that established detailed rules to prevent technical regulations and product standards from becoming disguised barriers to international trade.
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D.
Legal and Technical Commission
The Legal and Technical Commission is a specialized expert body of the International Seabed Authority that evaluates seabed mining applications, develops environmental and technical standards, and advises on the regulation of mineral resources in the international seabed area.
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E.
Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice
The Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice is the federal government’s primary litigating arm for civil matters, handling a wide range of cases including constitutional challenges, tort claims, consumer protection, and immigration-related litigation on behalf of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
division of the United Nations
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legal office unit ⓘ |
| activity |
drafting of legal publications
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maintenance of databases on international law ⓘ organization of training and capacity-building in international law ⓘ preparation of analytical studies for the International Law Commission ⓘ preparation of memoranda and reports for the Sixth Committee ⓘ preparation of studies on international legal issues ⓘ research on international law ⓘ support to codification conferences and processes ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | international community ⓘ |
| country |
Member States of the United Nations
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surface form:
United Nations member states (international organization)
|
| employer |
UN staff
ⓘ
surface form:
staff of the United Nations Secretariat
|
| field | international law ⓘ |
| follows |
Charter of the United Nations
ⓘ
mandates of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Audiovisual Library of International Law
ⓘ
Secretariat services for legal bodies and expert groups on international law ⓘ Secretariat services for the International Law Commission ⓘ Secretariat services for the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly ⓘ United Nations Treaty Collection ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations Treaty Collection (substantive support)
|
| headquartersLocation |
New York City
ⓘ
United Nations Headquarters ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalForm |
United Nations Secretariat
ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations Secretariat unit
|
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
New York
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | United Nations ⓘ |
| partOf |
Office of Legal Affairs
ⓘ
surface form:
Office of the Legal Counsel (United Nations Office of Legal Affairs)
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs ⓘ |
| purpose |
codification of international law
ⓘ
dissemination of international law ⓘ progressive development of international law ⓘ promotion of the rule of law at the international level ⓘ |
| website | https://legal.un.org/cod/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Codification Division Description of subject: The Codification Division is a unit within the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs responsible for promoting the progressive development, codification, and dissemination of international law.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs