Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts

A/RES/80/159View PDF

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A document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 76 Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, published in 2025.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 2002–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/159	Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts	853	80%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/97	Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts	862	63%Compare
2019	A/RES/74/180	Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts	633	72%Compare
2016	A/RES/71/133	Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts	582	64%Compare
2013	A/RES/68/104	Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts	381	90%Compare

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 3	Progressive development and codification of international law	18

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 3	Progressive development and codification of international law	18	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

4 reports · 2022–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/156	Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts : comments and information received from Governments report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/97
2025	A/80/77	Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts : compilation of decisions of international courts, tribunals and other bodies report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/97
2022	A/77/198	Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts : comments and information received from Governments report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/180
2022	A/77/74	Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts : compilation of decisions of international courts, tribunals and other bodies report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/180

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

International Law Codification Report Preparation State Responsibility

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Continues to acknowledge the importance and usefulness of the articles on responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts,⁴ and commends them once again to the attention of Governments, without prejudice to the question of their future adoption or other appropriate action;

⁴Resolution 56/83, annex.

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 Governments⁵ and the discussions held in the Sixth Committee, at the fifty-sixth, fifty-ninth, sixty-second, sixty-fifth, sixty-eighth, seventy-first, seventy-fourth, seventy-seventh and eightieth sessions of the General Assembly, on responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts;

⁵See A/62/63, A/62/63/Add.1, A/65/96, A/65/96/Add.1, A/68/69, A/68/69/Add.1, A/71/79, A/74/156, A/77/198 and A/80/156.

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 in advance of its eighty-third session;

Also 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 further requests the Secretary-General to submit such material well in advance of its eighty-third session;

Acknowledges the constructive dialogue in the context of the working group of the Sixth Committee during the eightieth 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 eighty-third session of the Assembly, including on the basis of the procedural options note provided by the Secretary-General at the eightieth session of the General Assembly;⁶

⁶A/80/76.

Encourages Member States to hold an informal commemoration to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the articles during the eighty-first session of the General Assembly;

Recalls the comments and information submitted by Governments, as well as the relevant reports by the Secretary-General;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eighty-third 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, at four meetings over consecutive days, 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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