SIXTH
Sixth Legal Commission
President: Miguel Ángel Pérez Rodríguez
Chair: Lesly Minerva Reyes Castillo, Erick Muedano Monroy, Jacobo Nicolás Palafox Valdes, Ramiro Rosas Silva y Emilio Antonio Contreras Salas
Topic A) Mechanisms to regulate the application of immunity of State officials in Sub-Saharan Africa, with emphasis on international criminal jurisdiction.
Topic B) Legal measures to prevent transnational financing of extremist groups in the Sahel region, with emphasis on regional legal cooperation and information sharing.
Background and faculties
The Sixth Legal Committee is one of the main bodies of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), whose main function is to hang out all the juridical matters within the United Nations Framework which was established on January 11, 1946 at the first session of the UNGA in London. The Sixth Committee is allocated for the role of dealing with legal issues and the codification and development of international law under the article 13 of the United Nations charter. All the 193 United Nations members are entitled to representation to ensure worldwide and equal participation in deliberation on decision-making collaborating to strengthen and implement the international law to ensure peace, justice and security. The Sixth committee strongly collaborates with key organizations such as the International Law Commission (ILC), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to address a wide range of important topics such as the promotion and adherence of the international law, protection of human rights, among others.
In order to enhance the legal framework and the international law by facing international challenges, the Sixth Legal Committee, based on universal principles, recognizes:
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Addressing legal conflicts among nations; bringing juridic assistance and research for the implementation of global policies;
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Collaborates with international organizations and agencies to improve and develop the international justice system with the implementation of global policies;
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Imputes the guiltiness of the United Nations officials;
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Enhances legal frameworks of laws by modifying laws, policies and national and international treaties;
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Summons protocolarial procedures and conventions relating to humanitarian law by doing new regulations and protocols that can be applied in armed conflicts.