Sixth Committee (Legal) — 76th session
Crimes against humanity (Agenda item 83)
Draft resolution A/C.6/76/L.17 was adopted without a vote at the 29th meeting on 18 November 2021. The Committee thus concluded its consideration of agenda item 83.
- Authority: resolution 75/136
Documentation
- 2019 ILC Report
- A/C.6/76/L.17 — Draft resolution
Summary of work
Background (source: A/76/100)
At its seventy-fourth session, the General Assembly, under the item entitled “Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-first session”, took note of the draft articles on prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity contained in chapter IV of the report of the Commission (A/74/10), and decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session an item entitled “Crimes against humanity” and to continue to examine the recommendation of the Commission contained in paragraph 42 of its report on the work of its seventy-first session (resolution 74/187).
At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the item to the Sixth Committee, where statements in the debate were made by 45 delegations (see A/C.6/75/SR.5, 6 and 19). The Assembly took note of the draft articles presented by the International Law Commission and decided to continue to examine the recommendation of the Commission contained in paragraph 42 of its report (A/74/10) at the seventy-sixth session of the Assembly (resolution 75/136).
Consideration at the seventy-sixth session
Archived videos and summaries of plenary meetings
8th meeting (13 October 2021, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
9th meeting (15 October 2021, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
29th meeting (18 November 2021, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
