In a historic moment, the Sixth (Legal) Committee of the U.N. General Assembly has decided to move forward and develop a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity.
States adopted a revised version of Draft Resolution A/C.6/79/L.2/Rev.1, titled “United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity,” with consensus. The Resolution creates a formal timeline and process for treaty negotiations.
We applaud the skillful leadership of Mexico and The Gambia and the principled efforts by States to achieve consensus.
Watch the moment the Sixth Committee adopted the Resolution here:
The full recording of the session is available here and here.
Professor Leila Nadya Sadat, Director of the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative and James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law at WashU Law, has also covered the historic moment in-depth here.