Key Documents

General Assembly resolutions

  • Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels ()
  • 2005 World Summit Outcome ()
  • United Nations Millennium Declaration ()
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels (A/RES/76/117)
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels (A/RES/75/141)
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels (A/RES/74/191)
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels (A/RES/73/207)
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels (A/RES/72/119)
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels (A/RES/71/148)
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels (A/RES/70/118)
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels ()
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels ()
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels ()
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels ()
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels ()
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels ()
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels ()
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels ()
  • General Assembly resolution on the rule of law at the national and international levels ()

Annual reports of the Secretary-General

  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities ()
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities (A/76/235)
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities (A/75/284)
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities (A/74/139)
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities (A/73/253)
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities (A/72/268)
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities (A/71/169)
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities ()
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities ()
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities ()
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities, Addendum ()
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities ()
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities ()
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities ()
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities ()
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities ()
  • Report of the Secretary-General on the rule of law at the national and international levels: comments and information received from Governments ()

Other reports of the Secretary-General

  • Report of the Secretary-General: Delivering justice: programme of action to strengthen the rule of law at the national and international levels ()
  • Report of the Secretary-General: Uniting our strengths: Enhancing United Nations support for the rule of law (–)
  • ‘Brahimi Report’, Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations (–)

Security Council

  • Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on measuring the effectiveness of the support provided by the United Nations system for the promotion of the rule of law in conflict and post-conflict situations ()
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict situations ()
  • Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict situations ()

UN guidance notes and common positions

  • Guidance Note of the UN Secretary-General on Democracy (click here)
  • Guidance Note of the Secretary-General: UN Approach to Justice for Children ()
  • Guidance Note of the Secretary-General: UN Assistance to Constitution-making Processes ()
  • Guidance note of the Secretary-General: United Nations Approach to Transitional Justice ()
  • Guidance Note of the Secretary-General: The United Nations and Statelessness ()
  • Guidance Note of the Secretary-General: United Nations Approach to Rule of Law Assistance ()
  • Guidance Note of the Secretary-general: The United Nations and Land and Conflict ()
  • Guidance Note of the Secretary-General on United Nations Constitutional Assistance ()
  • The UN common position to address global corruption: Towards UNGASS 2021 ()
  • United Nations System Common Position on Incarceration ()