Sixth Committee (Legal) — 81st session
The rule of law at the national and international levels (Provisional agenda item 84)
- Authority: resolution 80/167
- List of speakers (will be made available upon the closing of the list of speakers)
Documentation
Documents will be listed as they become available.
Summary of work
Background (source: A/81/100)
The item entitled “The rule of law at the national and international levels” was included in the agenda of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly at the request of Liechtenstein and Mexico (A/61/142).
At its eightieth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit, in a timely manner, his next annual report on United Nations rule of law activities, in accordance with paragraph 5 of its resolution 63/128, addressing, in a balanced manner, the national and international dimensions of the rule of law, and invited Member States to focus their comments during the upcoming Sixth Committee debate on the subtopic “Enhancing the rule of law by strengthening the cooperation between the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly and the International Law Commission” (resolution 80/167).
