Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 73Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, published in 2022.

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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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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

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What subjects does this mandate have?

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, 2025.

2025A/80/156Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts : comments and information received from Governments report of the Secretary-General
2025A/80/77Responsibility 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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What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs

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, seventy-fourth and seventy-seventh 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, and further requests the Secretary-General to submit such material during its eightieth session;

Also requests the Secretary-General to provide the General Assembly, at its eightieth session, with a report on all procedural options based on precedents regarding action taken on other products of the International Law Commission, without prejudice to the question of whether such possible action is appropriate, and takes note of the discussions on procedural precedents for action on International Law Commission products and all views, comments and concerns expressed thereon;

Further 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 eightieth session;

Acknowledges the constructive dialogue in the context of the working group of the Sixth Committee during the seventy-seventh 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 eightieth session of the Assembly, including on the basis of the information that will be provided in advance by the Secretary-General at the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly, regarding the report requested in paragraph 6 of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eightieth 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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