Establishment of an International Criminal Court

A/RES/52/160View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 150 Establishment of an international criminal court, published in 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 1995–1999

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/53/105

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1999	A/RES/53/105	Establishment of an international criminal court	835	21%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/160	Establishment of an international criminal court	1,001	16%Compare
1997	A/RES/51/207	Establishment of an international criminal court	916	28%Compare
1995	A/RES/50/46	Establishment of an international criminal court	806	37%Compare
1995	A/RES/49/53	Establishment of an International Criminal Court	454	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Budget Contributions Conferences Financial Assistance International Criminal Courts Italy Least Developed Countries Observer Status Participants Rules of Procedure Trust Funds

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Accepts with deep appreciation the generous offer of the Government of Italy to act as host to the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court;

Requests the Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court to continue its work in accordance with General Assembly resolution 51/207 and, at the end of its sessions, to transmit to the Conference the text of a draft convention on the establishment of an international criminal court prepared in accordance with its mandate;

Decides that the Conference, open to all States Members of the United Nations or members of specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency, shall be held at Rome from 15 June to 17 July 1998, with a view to finalizing and adopting a convention on the establishment of an international criminal court, and requests the Secretary-General to invite those States to the Conference;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare the text of the draft rules of procedure of the Conference, to be submitted to the Preparatory Committee for its consideration and for recommendations to the Conference, with a view to the adoption of such rules by the Conference in accordance with the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, and to provide for consultations on the organization and methods of work of the Conference, including rules of procedure, prior to the convening of the last session of the Preparatory Committee;

Urges participation in the Conference by the largest number of States so as to promote universal support for an international criminal court;

Notes with appreciation the establishment by the Secretary-General, pursuant to resolution 51/207, of a trust fund for the participation of the least developed countries in the work of the Preparatory Committee and in the Conference, welcomes the decision by a number of States to make contributions to the trust fund, and encourages States to contribute voluntarily to it;

Requests the Secretary-General to establish a trust fund for voluntary contributions towards meeting the cost of participation in the work of the Preparatory Committee and the Conference of those developing countries not covered by the trust fund referred to in paragraph 6 above, and invites States to contribute voluntarily to this trust fund;

Also requests the Secretary-General to invite to the Conference representatives of organizations and other entities that have received a standing invitation from the General Assembly pursuant to its relevant resolutions⁴ to participate, in the capacity of observers, in its sessions and work, on the understanding that such representatives would participate in the Conference in that capacity, and to invite, as observers to the Conference, representatives of interested regional intergovernmental organizations and other interested international bodies, including the international tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda;

⁴Resolutions 253 (III), 477 (V), 2011 (XX), 3208 (XXIX), 3237 (XXIX), 3369 (XXX), 31/3, 33/18, 35/2, 35/3, 36/4, 42/10, 43/6, 44/6, 45/6, 46/8, 47/4, 48/2, 48/3, 48/4, 48/5, 48/237, 48/265, 49/1, 49/2, 50/2, 51/1, 51/6, 51/204 and 52/6.

Further requests the Secretary-General to invite non-governmental organizations, accredited by the Preparatory Committee with due regard to the provisions of part VII of Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996, and in particular to the relevance of their activities to the work of the Conference, to participate in the Conference, along the lines followed in the Preparatory Committee, on the understanding that participation means attending meetings of its plenary and, unless otherwise decided by the Conference in specific situations, formal meetings of its subsidiary bodies except the drafting group, receiving copies of the official documents, making available their materials to delegates and addressing, through a limited number of their representatives, its opening and/or closing sessions, as appropriate, in accordance with the rules of procedure to be adopted by the Conference;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the item entitled "Establishment of an international criminal court".

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