Cases of Practice
Accountability Mechanisms or Bodies
20 cases — Cases of GA resolutions establishing or supporting accountability initiatives, fact-finding missions and bodies.
- South Africa and Apartheid1962–1993
- Myanmar: Response to the 2021 Declaration of a State of Emergency2021
- Fact-Finding Mission: South Vietnam1963
- Group of Experts: Cambodia1998
- Investigative Team: Afghanistan1999
- Special Committee: Hungary1956–1957
- Special Committee: Occupied Palestinian Territory1968–present
- Commission of Inquiry: Mozambique1973
- International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism2016
- Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia2003
- Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons1994
- Request for an Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara1974–1975
- Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory2003
- Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Status of Kosovo2008
- Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 19652017
- Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of Israeli Policies and Practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem2022
- Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change2023
- Request for an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Obligations of Israel in Relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States2024
- Referral of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the International Criminal Court2014–present
- Referral of the Syrian Arab Republic to the International Criminal Court2016
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