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International Criminal Jurisdiction

A/RES/489(V)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1951.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1951–1958
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/1187(XII)
  • 1958A/RES/1187(XII)International criminal jurisdictionLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1955A/RES/898(IX)International criminal jurisdictionCompare with previous version
  • 1953A/RES/687(VII)International criminal jurisdictionCompare with previous version
  • 1951A/RES/489(V)International criminal jurisdiction

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 topics
Conference and Meeting ServicesEstablishmentInternational Criminal CourtsInternational Criminal JurisdictionMembersTreatiesWritten Communications

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
1
Decides that a committee composed of the representatives of the following seventeen Member States, namely, Australia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Denmark,
21 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifth Session, Supplement No. 12.
22 Sec resolution 260 A (III), annex. Egypt, France, India, Iran, Israel, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, Syria, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and K orthern Ireland, the United States of America and uruguay, shall meet in Geneva on 1 August 1951 for the purpose of preparing one or more preliminary draft conventions and proposals relating to the establishment and the statute of an international <.:riminal court;
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Requests the Secretary-General to prepare and submit to the committee referred to above one or more preliminary draft conventions and proposals regarding ~uch a court;
3
Requests the Secretary-General to make all necessary arrangements for the convening of the committee and for its meetings ;
4
Requests the Secretary-General to communicate the report of the committee to the governments of Member States so that their observations may be submitted not later than 1 June 1952, and to place the question on the agenda of the seventh session of the General Assembly.
12 December 1950.

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