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Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts

A/RES/71/133No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 74Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 2002–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/159
  • 2025A/RES/80/159Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful actsLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/77/97Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful actsCompare with previous version
  • 2019A/RES/74/180Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful actsCompare with previous version
  • 2016A/RES/71/133Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful actsCompare with previous version
  • 2013A/RES/68/104Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful actsCompare with previous version

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
International Law CodificationReport PreparationState Responsibility

What does this mandate say?

8 operative paragraphs
1
Acknowledges that a growing number of decisions of international courts, tribunals and other bodies refer to the articles on responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts;
2
Continues to acknowledge the importance and usefulness of the articles, and commends them once again to the attention of Governments, without prejudice to the question of their future adoption or other appropriate action;
3
Requests the Secretary-General to invite Governments to submit further written comments on any future action regarding the articles;
4
Also requests the Secretary-General to prepare a technical report listing, in a tabular format, the references to the articles contained in the compilation of decisions of international courts, tribunals and other bodies referring to the articles prepared since 2001, as well as references to the articles made in submissions presented by Member States before international courts, tribunals and other bodies since 2001, and further requests the Secretary-General to submit such material during its seventy-first session;
5
Acknowledges the possibility of requesting, at its seventy-fourth session, the Secretary-General to provide the General Assembly with information on all procedural options regarding possible action on the basis of the articles, without prejudice to the question of whether such possible action is appropriate;
6
Requests the Secretary-General to update the compilation of decisions of international courts, tribunals and other bodies referring to the articles and to invite Governments to submit information on their practice in this regard, and also requests the Secretary-General to submit such material well in advance of its seventy-fourth session;
7
Acknowledges the constructive dialogue in the context of the working group of the Sixth Committee during the seventy-first session of the General Assembly, and encourages all Member States to continue the substantive dialogue on an informal basis during the period prior to the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly;
8
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session the item entitled “Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts” and to further examine, within the framework of a working group of the Sixth Committee and with a view to taking a decision, the question of a convention on responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts or other appropriate action on the basis of the articles.

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