2022 saw important advances in the work to negotiate a new global treaty on crimes against humanity. The Spring was devoted to developing a series of practical procedural options that States wishing to advance to negotiations could use to bypass what seemed to be an intractable block posed by the consensus tradition in the U.N. […]
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Disappointing Outcome but Glimmers of Hope at the U.N. Sixth Committee in 2021
Crimes Against Humanity Initiative Director Leila Nadya Sadat, James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law, carefully followed the meetings of the U.N. Sixth Committee in Fall 2021 and the discussions of the International Law Commission’s Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity. Her analysis of the negotiations and the tabulation of State responses, conducted by the […]
CAH Initiative and Global Justice Center Circulate Letter to UN Sixth Committee Representatives
Crimes Against Humanity Initiative Director Leila Nadya Sadat and Global Justice Center Akila Radkrishnan have been closely following the work of the UN Sixth Committee delegates as they debate the International Law Commission’s draft articles on crimes against humanity. The negotiations have been very productive this year, but there remain some holdouts which could block […]
The U.N. Sixth Committee to Discuss Draft Articles for a Crimes Against Humanity Convention
Building on the work of the Harris Institute’s Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, a new global treaty on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity is gaining momentum. In summer 2017, the International Law Commission (ILC) completed Draft Articles for a global convention for crimes against humanity and requested comments from governments, international organizations, and […]
UN International Law Commission Begins its Second Reading of Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity
By: Madaline George, Harris Institute Fellow May 16, 2019 A new global convention on preventing and punishing crimes against humanity is one step closer to reality. The UN International Law Commission (ILC) began its Second Reading of Draft Articles following a unanimous decision by Members of the Commission to send the Articles to the Commission’s […]
A Discussion on the Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity
On 3 May 2019, the War Crimes Committee of the International Bar Association hosted a Discussion on the Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity at the Palais des Nations, home of the United Nations Office in Geneva. Co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of […]
South Africa Policy Seminar on Crimes Against Humanity
On 21 February 2019, the Human Science Research Council and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa will host a Policy Seminar on Crimes Against Humanity. In conjunction with the seminar, the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Center will host a film screening of Never Again: Forging a Convention on Crimes Against Humanity.
Comments and Observations on the 2017 Draft Articles for a new global convention on crimes against humanity
The United Nations International Law Commission has been receiving comments from governments and other interested actors on the 2017 Draft Articles for a new global convention on crimes against humanity. On November 30, 2018, the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative submitted its Comments and Observations to the 2017 ILC Draft Articles. The Commission will complete a […]
Updated Compilation of Government Reactions to the International Law Commission’s Project on Crimes Against Humanity
The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute has updated the compilation report of government reactions on the International Law Commission’s Project on crimes against humanity, which now includes the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee. Read more.
Conference and workshop on the Draft Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity
[Originally published by the Coalition for the International Criminal Court.] The Draft Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity has been in the agenda of the International Law Commission since 2014, and,following the presentation of the third and final report in 2017 by the Special Rapporteur for the subject, Prof. Sean […]