Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 75Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, published in 2019.

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9 versions · 2002–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/159

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3 topics

International Law Codification Report Preparation State Responsibility

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2022.

2022A/77/198Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts : comments and information received from Governments report of the Secretary-General
2022A/77/74Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts : compilation of decisions of international courts, tribunals and other bodies report of the Secretary-General

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Continues to acknowledge the importance and usefulness of the articles on responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, and commends them once again to the attention of Governments, without prejudice to the question of their future adoption or other appropriate action;

Requests the Secretary-General to invite Governments to submit further written comments on any future action regarding the articles;

Takes note of the comments and observations of Governments and the discussions held in the Sixth Committee, at the fifty-sixth, fifty-ninth, sixty-second, sixty-fifth, sixty-eighth, seventy-first and seventy-fourth sessions of the General Assembly, on responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts;

Acknowledges that a growing number of decisions of international courts, tribunals and other bodies refer to the articles;

Requests the Secretary-General to update the 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-seventh session;

Acknowledges the possibility of requesting, at its seventy-seventh 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;

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-seventh session;

Acknowledges the constructive dialogue in the context of the working group of the Sixth Committee during the seventy-fourth 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-seventh session of the Assembly;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-seventh 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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