A/RES/73/208
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 January 2019
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 87
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 20 December 2018
[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/73/550)]
73/208.
The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the
United Nations, to international law and to an international order based on the rule of
law, which is essential for peaceful coexistence and cooperation among States,
Recalling its resolutions 64/117 of 16 December 2009, 65/33 of 6 December
2010, 66/103 of 9 December 2011, 67/98 of 14 December 2012, 68/117 of
16 December 2013, 69/124 of 10 December 2014, 70/119 of 14 December 2015,
71/149 of 13 December 2016 and 72/120 of 7 December 2017,
Taking into account the comments and observations of Governments and
observers and the discussions held in the Sixth Committee at the sixty-fourth to
seventy-third sessions of the General Assembly on the scope and application of
universal jurisdiction, 1
Noting the constructive dialogue in the Sixth Committee, including in the
context of its working group, recognizing the diversity of views expressed by States,
including concerns expressed in relation to the abuse or misuse of the principle of
universal jurisdiction, and acknowledging, in order to make progress, the need for
continuing discussions on the scope and application of the principle of universal
jurisdiction in the Sixth Committee,
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See A/C.6/64/SR.12, A/C.6/64/SR.13, A/C.6/64/SR.25 and A/C.6/64/SR.1–28/Corrigendum;
A/C.6/65/SR.10, A/C.6/65/SR.11, A/C.6/65/SR.12, A/C.6/65/SR.27 and A/C.6/65/SR.28;
A/C.6/66/SR.12, A/C.6/66/SR.13, A/C.6/66/SR.17 and A/C.6/66/SR.29; A/C.6/67/SR.12,
A/C.6/67/SR.13, A/C.6/67/SR.24 and A/C.6/67/SR.25; A/C.6/68/SR.12, A/C.6/68/SR.13,
A/C.6/68/SR.14 and A/C.6/68/SR.23; A/C.6/69/SR.11, A/C.6/69/SR.12 and A/C.6/69/SR.28;
A/C.6/70/SR.12, A/C.6/70/SR.13 and A/C.6/70/SR.27; A/C.6/71/SR.13, A/C.6/71/SR.14,
A/C.6/71/SR.15 and A/C.6/71/SR.31; A/C.6/72/SR.13, A/C.6/72/SR.14 and A/C.6/72/SR.28; and
A/C.6/73/SR.10, A/C.6/73/SR.11, A/C.6/73/SR.12 and A/C.6/73/SR.33.
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