Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts

A/RES/71/133View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 74 Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 2002–2025

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

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

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?

8 operative paragraphs

Acknowledges that a growing number of decisions of international courts, tribunals and other bodies refer to the articles on responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts;³

³Resolution 56/83, annex.

Continues to acknowledge the importance and usefulness of the articles, 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;

Also requests the Secretary-General to prepare a 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-first session;

Acknowledges the possibility of requesting, at its seventy-fourth 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-fourth session;

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

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