Sixth Committee (Legal) — 80th session
The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction (Agenda item 85)
Draft resolution A/C.6/80/L.12 was adopted without a vote at the 38th meeting on 21 November 2025. The Committee thus concluded its consideration of agenda item 85.
- Authority: resolution 79/127
- List of speakers
- List of crimes mentioned in the comments by Governments concerning which universal jurisdiction (including other bases of jurisdiction) is established under their national legislation
Documentation
- A/80/274 — Report of the Secretary-General
- A/C.6/80/L.12 — Draft resolution
Additional documents from previous sessions:
- Reports of the Secretary-General:
A/79/269 | A/78/130 | A/77/186 | A/76/203 | A/75/151 | A/74/144 | A/73/123 + Add.1 | A/72/112 | A/71/111 | A/70/125 | A/69/174 | A/68/113 | A/67/116 | A/66/93 + Add.1 | A/65/181 - A/C.6/77/SR.35, A/C.6/75/SR.17 | A/C.6/74/SR.34 | A/C.6/73/SR.33 — Summary records of the 35th meeting (10 November 2022), the 17th meeting (11 November 2020), the 34th meeting (11 November 2019) and the 33rd meeting (5 November 2018)
- A/C.6/66/WG.3/1 — Informal Working Paper
- A/C.6/66/WG.3/DP.1 — Informal paper of the Working Group: Non-paper by Chile
- Informal Working Paper (Annex)
Summary of work
Background (source: A/80/100)
The item entitled “The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction” was included in the agenda of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly at the request of the United Republic of Tanzania on behalf of the Group of African States (A/63/237/Rev.1).
At its seventy-ninth session, the Assembly decided to establish, at its eighty-first session, a working group of the Sixth Committee to continue to undertake a thorough discussion of the scope and application of universal jurisdiction and invited the working group to consider and comment on the question “how the principle of universal jurisdiction is distinct from other related concepts”. The Assembly also decided that the working group should be open to all Member States and that relevant observers to the Assembly would be invited to participate in the work of the working group. The Assembly invited Member States and relevant observers, as appropriate, to submit, before 25 April 2025, information and observations on the scope and application of universal jurisdiction, including, where appropriate, information on the relevant applicable international treaties and on their national legal rules and judicial practice, and requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its eightieth session a report based on such information and observations (resolution 79/127 ).
Archived videos and summaries of plenary meetings
22nd meeting (21 October 2025, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
23rd meeting (22 October 2025, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
24th meeting (23 October 2025, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
38th meeting (21 November 2025, 10:30am – 1:00pm) | Summary
Full texts of submissions (A/80/274)
| State | Original submission | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Andorra | French | English |
| Austria | English | |
| Bahrain | Arabic | English |
| France | French | |
| India | English | |
| Norway | English | |
| Rwanda | English | |
| Observer | Original submission | Translation |
| ICRC | English | |
| OPCW | English | |
