UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION A/RES/56/83
‘Taken Note’: 12 December 2001
In Force: Not applicable
PART ONE THE INTERNATIONALLY WRONGFUL ACT OF A STATE 66
CHAPTER I GENERAL PRINCIPLES 66
Article l Responsibility of a State for its internationally wrongful acts 66
Article 2 Elements of an internationally wrongful act of a State 66
Article 3 Characterization of an act of a State as internationally wrongful 66
CHAPTER II ATTRIBUTION OF CONDUCT TO A STATE 66
Article 4 Conduct of organs of a State 66
Article 5 Conduct of persons or entities exercising elements of governmental authority 66
Article 6 Conduct of organs placed at the disposal of a State by another State 66
Article 7 Excess of authority or contravention of instructions 67
Article 8 Conduct directed or controlled by a State 67
Article 9 Conduct carried out in the absence or default of the official authorities 67
Article 10 Conduct of an insurrectional or other movement 67
Article 11 Conduct acknowledged and adopted by a State as its own 67
CHAPTER III BREACH OF AN INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATION 67
Article 12 Existence of a breach of an international obligation 67
Article 13 International obligation in force for a State 67
Article 14 Extension in time of the breach of an international obligation 67
Article 15 Breach consisting of a composite act 68
CHAPTER IV RESPONSIBILITY OF A STATE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACT OF ANOTHER STATE 68
Article 16 Aid or assistance in the commission of an internationally wrongful act 68
Article 17 Direction and control exercised over the commission of an internationally wrongful act 68
Article 18 Coercion of another State 68
Article 19 Effect of this chapter 68
CHAPTER V CIRCUMSTANCES PRECLUDING WRONGFULNESS 69
Article 20 Consent 69
Article 21 Self-defence 69
Article 22 Countermeasures in respect of an internationally wrongful act 69
Article 23 Force majeure 69
Article 24 Distress 69
Article 25 Necessity 69
Article 26 Compliance with peremptory norms 70
Article 27 Consequences of invoking a circumstance precluding wrongfulness 70
PART TWO CONTENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF A STATE 70
CHAPTER I GENERAL PRINCIPLES 70
Article 28 Legal consequences of an internationally wrongful act 70
Article 29 Continued duty of performance 70
Article 30 Cessation and non-repetition 70