Criminal Accountability of United Nations Officials and Experts on Mission

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 80Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission, published in 2007.

What other versions does this mandate have?

20 versions · 2006–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/160

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

2 entities

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What subjects does this mandate have?

18 topics

Accountability Capacity Building Criminal Investigation Criminal Jurisdiction Criminal Law Criminal Liability Experts Field Staff Impunity Information Exchange International Civil Service Judicial Assistance Peacekeeping Operations Privileges and Immunities Prosecution Sex Crimes Standards of Conduct Training Programmes

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2008.

2008A/63/260Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

11 operative paragraphs

Expresses its appreciation for the work done by the Ad Hoc Committee on criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission and the Working Group of the Sixth Committee on the same subject;

Strongly urges States to take all appropriate measures to ensure that crimes by United Nations officials and experts on mission do not go unpunished and that the perpetrators of such crimes are brought to justice, without prejudice to the privileges and immunities of such persons and the United Nations under international law, and in accordance with international human rights standards, including due process;

Strongly urges all States to consider establishing to the extent that they have not yet done so jurisdiction, particularly over crimes of a serious nature, as known in their existing domestic criminal laws, committed by their nationals while serving as United Nations officials or experts on mission, at least where the conduct as defined in the law of the State establishing jurisdiction also constitutes a crime under the laws of the host State;

Encourages all States to cooperate with each other and with the United Nations in the exchange of information and in facilitating the conduct of investigations and, as appropriate, prosecution of United Nations officials and experts on mission who are alleged to have committed crimes of a serious nature, in accordance with their domestic laws and applicable United Nations rules and regulations, fully respecting due process rights, as well as to consider strengthening the capacities of their national authorities to investigate and prosecute such crimes;

Requests the Secretariat to ensure that requests to Member States seeking personnel to serve as experts on mission make States aware of the expectation that persons who serve in that capacity should meet high standards in their conduct and behaviour and are aware that certain conduct may amount to a crime for which they may be held accountable;

Urges the Secretary-General to continue to take such other practical measures as are within his authority to strengthen existing training on United Nations standards of conduct, including through predeployment and in-mission induction training for United Nations officials and experts on mission;

Decides that the Ad Hoc Committee on criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission shall reconvene from 7 to 9 and on 11 April 2008 for the purpose of continuing the consideration of the report of the Group of Legal Experts, in particular its legal aspects, taking into account the views of Member States and the information contained in the note by the Secretariat, and that the work shall continue during the sixty-third session of the General Assembly within the framework of a working group of the Sixth Committee;

Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session;

Requests the Secretary-General to bring credible allegations that reveal that a crime may have been committed by United Nations officials and experts on mission to the attention of the States against whose nationals such allegations are made, and to request from those States an indication of the status of their efforts to investigate and, as appropriate, prosecute crimes of a serious nature, as well as the types of appropriate assistance States may wish to receive from the Secretariat for the purposes of such investigations and prosecutions;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution on the basis of information received from Governments, in particular with respect to paragraphs 3 and 9 above;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the item entitled “Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission”.

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