Establishment of the International Criminal Court

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 162Establishment of the International Criminal Court, published in 2001.

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4 versions · 2000–2003

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8 topics

Conference and Meeting Services Documents Intergovernmental Organizations International Criminal Jurisdiction Non-Governmental Organizations Observer Status Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Trust Funds

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Reiterates the historic significance of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court;Error: Reference source not found

Calls upon all States to consider signing, ratifying or acceding to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, as appropriate, and encourages efforts aimed at promoting awareness of the results of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court and of the provisions of the Statute;

Welcomes the important work accomplished by the Preparatory Commission in the completion of the part of the mandate relating to the draft texts of the rules of procedure and evidence and the elements of crimes, as required under resolution F,4 and notes in this respect the importance of the growing participation in the work of the working group on the crime of aggression;

Requests the Secretary-General to reconvene the Preparatory Commission, in accordance with resolution F, from 26 February to 9 March and from 24 September to 5 October 2001, to continue to carry out the mandate of that resolution and, in that connection, to discuss ways to enhance the effectiveness and acceptance of the Court;

Also requests the Secretary-General to make available to the Preparatory Commission secretariat services, including the preparation of working documents if so requested by the Commission, to enable it to perform its functions;

Further requests the Secretary-General to invite, as observers to the Preparatory Commission, representatives of organizations and other entities that have received a standing invitation from the General Assembly, pursuant to its relevant resolutions, to participate in the capacity of observers in its sessions and work, and also to invite as observers to the Commission representatives of interested regional intergovernmental organizations and other interested international bodies, including the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Tribunal for Rwanda;

Notes that non-governmental organizations may participate in the work of the Preparatory Commission by attending its plenary and its other open meetings, in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Commission, receiving copies of the official documents and making available their materials to delegates;

Encourages States to make voluntary contributions to the trust funds established pursuant to General Assembly resolutions 51/207 and 52/160, the mandates of which were expanded pursuant to Assembly resolution 53/105, towards meeting the costs of the participation in the work of the Preparatory Commission of the least developed countries and of those developing countries not covered by the trust fund established pursuant to resolution 51/207;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session the item entitled “Establishment of the International Criminal Court”.

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