The Rule of Law at the National and International Levels

A/RES/63/128View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 79 Rule of law at the national and international levels, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

20 versions · 2006–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/167

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/167	The rule of law at the national and international levels	1,908	90%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/126	The rule of law at the national and international levels	1,803	94%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/112	The rule of law at the national and international levels	1,806	92%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/110	The rule of law at the national and international levels	1,677	92%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/117	The rule of law at the national and international levels	1,584	98%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

22 reports · 2007–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/184	Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/167
2025	A/80/99	Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/126
2024	A/79/117	Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/112
2023	A/78/184	Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/110
2022	A/77/213	Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/117

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Capacity Building Coordination Within UN System International Law Rule of Law Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Notes with appreciation the inventory of current rule of law activities of the United Nations submitted by the Secretary-General³ and the report of the Secretary-General on strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities;⁴

³See A/63/64.

⁴A/63/226.

Reaffirms the role of the General Assembly in encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification, and reaffirms further that States shall abide by all their obligations under international law;

Stresses the importance of adherence to the rule of law at the national level, and the need to strengthen support to Member States, upon their request, in the domestic implementation of their respective international obligations through enhanced technical assistance and capacity-building, based on greater coordination and coherence within the United Nations system and among donors, and calls for greater evaluation of the effectiveness of such activities;

Calls upon the United Nations system to systematically address, as appropriate, aspects of the rule of law in relevant activities, recognizing the importance of the rule of law to virtually all areas of United Nations engagement;

Expresses full support for the overall coordination and coherence role of the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group within the United Nations system within existing mandates, supported by the Rule of Law Unit in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, under the leadership of the Deputy Secretary-General, and requests the Secretary-General to submit an annual report on United Nations rule of law activities, in particular the work of the Group and the Unit, with special regard to the improvement of the coordination, coherence and effectiveness of rule of law activities, taking note of the elements set out in paragraphs 77 and 78 of the report of the Secretary-General;3

Encourages the Secretary-General and the United Nations system to accord high priority to rule of law activities;

Invites the International Court of Justice, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and the International Law Commission to continue to comment, in their respective reports to the General Assembly, on their current roles in promoting the rule of law;

Invites the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group and the Rule of Law Unit to interact with Member States, in particular in informal briefings;

Stresses the need to consider without delay the report of the Secretary-General on the resource requirements of the Unit,⁵ and urges the Secretary-General and Member States to continue to support the functioning of the Unit during the interim phase;

⁵See A/63/154.

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth session the item entitled “The rule of law at the national and international levels”, and invites Member States to focus their comments in future Sixth Committee debates on the sub-topics “Promoting the rule of law at the international level” (sixty-fourth session), “Laws and practices of Member States in implementing international law” (sixty-fifth session), and “Rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict situations” (sixty-sixth session),⁶ without prejudice to the consideration of the item as a whole.

⁶For further explanations on the sub-topics see A/C.6/63/L.23.

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