2023 saw momentum build in favor of the International Law Commission’s Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity. Amidst global challenges, states are rallying around the cause of preventing and punishing crimes against humanity and protecting and enhancing human dignity. Spring and fall saw progress on substantive elements of the treaty through discussion among State representatives in March, April, and October.
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Crimes Against Humanity
Background information for the resumed session of the UN Sixth Committee April 10-14
From April 10-14, 2023, a resumed session of the UN Sixth (Legal) Committee will be held in New York to discuss the ILC draft articles on crimes against humanity. Important background information for the upcoming session in New York is available here.
Important Preparatory Events Held Prior to Resumed Sixth Committee Session in New York
On March 13-14, 2023, the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations, joined by the Permanent Mission of France, hosted a two-day workshop on a Convention on Crimes Against Humanity to discuss the ILC 2019 Draft Articles. Organized by Professor Leila Nadya Sadat, and open to all UN Member States and civil society, the […]
Crimes Against Humanity Treaty Moves Forward in 2022
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. […]
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 […]
U.N. Sixth Committee and General Assembly Pass Resolutions on Crimes Against Humanity
The U.N. Sixth Committee considered the ILC’s Draft Articles on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity in October 2020. In large part due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s limitations on working methods at the United Nations, the Committee was again unable to agree on a way forward in 2020 and instead opted for a […]
Amnesty International Calls Upon the UN to turn the Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity into a UN Convention
Amnesty International issued a press release on September 30, 2020, calling upon the United Nations to turn the Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity into a UN Convention. You can read the full statement here.
Virtual Event on Crimes Against Humanity
On July 24, 2020, an Inter-sessional Dialogue on the Way Forward on a Global Convention on Crimes Against Humanity was hosted virtually by the Permanent Missions of Sierra Leone, Austria, Czech Republic, Mexico, and New Zealand to the United Nations, in collaboration with Florida International University and the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute. Over 200 people […]
CUNY and MADRE Host Experts’ Meeting to Discuss Gender and the ILC Convention on Crimes Against Humanity
On March 12th, the experts’ meeting Re-imagining Justice: Ending Impunity for Gender-Based Crimes was convened at CUNY School of Law to discuss the International Law Commission’s 2017 Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity, with a focus on women’s rights and gender persecution. The meeting brought together over 30 international and regional experts and scholars in […]
Civil Society Begins Consideration of the ILC 2017 Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity
On Friday, March 9th, a diverse group of participants gathered at Matrix Chambers in London to discuss the International Law Commission’s 2017 Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity. These Draft Articles, which were submitted to the General Assembly in fall 2017, mark an important step towards achieving a new global convention on preventing and punishing […]