Sixth Committee (Legal) — 76th session
The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction (Agenda item 86)
Draft resolution A/C.6/76/L.14 was adopted without a vote at the 29th meeting on 18 November 2021. The Committee thus concluded its consideration of agenda item 86.
- Authority: resolution 75/142
Documentation
- A/76/203 — Report of the Secretary-General
- A/C.6/76/L.14 — Draft resolution
Additional documents from previous sessions:
- Reports of the Secretary-General:
A/75/151 | A/74/144 | A/73/123 + Add.1 | A/72/112 | A/71/111 | A/70/125 | A/69/174 | A/68/113 | A/67/116 | A/66/93 + Add.1 | A/65/181 - A/C.6/75/SR.17 | A/C.6/74/SR.34 | A/C.6/73/SR.33 — Summary records of the 17th meeting (11 November 2020), the 34th meeting (11 November 2019) and the 33rd meeting (5 November 2018)
- A/C.6/66/WG.3/1 — Informal Working Paper
- A/C.6/66/WG.3/DP.1 — Informal paper of the Working Group: Non-paper by Chile
- Informal Working Paper (Annex)
Summary of work
Background (source: A/76/100)
The item entitled “The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction” was included in the agenda of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly at the request of the United Republic of Tanzania on behalf of the Group of African States (A/63/237/Rev.1). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since then (resolutions 64/117, 65/33, 66/103, 67/98, 68/117, 69/124, 70/119, 71/149, 72/120, 73/208, 74/192 and 75/142).
At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the item to the Sixth Committee, where statements in the debate were made by 41 delegations (see A/C.6/75/SR.11, 12, 17 and 19). The Assembly decided to establish, at its seventy-seventh session, a working group of the Sixth Committee to continue to undertake a thorough discussion of the scope and application of universal jurisdiction. The Assembly also decided that the working group would be open to all Member States and that relevant observers to the Assembly would be invited to participate in the work of the working group. The Assembly invited Member States and relevant observers, as appropriate, to submit information and observations on the scope and application of universal jurisdiction, including, where appropriate, information on the relevant applicable international treaties and on their national legal rules and judicial practice, and requested the Secretary-General to prepare and submit to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session a report based on such information and observations (resolution 75/142).
Consideration at the seventy-sixth session
Archived videos and summaries of plenary meetings
14th meeting (21 October 2021, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
15th meeting (22 October 2021, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
29th meeting (18 November 2021, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
Full texts of reports (A/76/203)
| State | Original reply | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Armenia | English | |
| Brazil | English | |
| Chile | Spanish | English |
| Colombia | Spanish | English |
| Costa Rica | Spanish | English |
| Egypt | English | |
| El Salvador | Spanish | English |
| Finland | English | |
| Germany | English | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Russian | English |
| Lithuania | English | |
| Netherlands | English | |
| Qatar | Arabic | English |
| Saudi Arabia | Arabic | English |
| Sweden | English | |
| Switzerland | French | English |
| Relevant observer | Original reply | Translation |
| African Union | English | |
| Council of Europe | English | |
| IMO | English | |
| OPCW | English | |
