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Key UN committee adopts resolution paving the way for a first-ever treaty on crimes against humanity

A key U.N. General Assembly committee adopted a resolution for negotiations on the first-ever treaty on preventing and punishing crimes against humanity after Russia dropped amendments that would have derailed the effort.
The resolution, approved by consensus, includes all 193-member U.N. Nations and is expected to be adopted in a General Assembly final vote on Dec. 4.
Richard Dicker from Human Rights Watch called the agreement to negotiate a new treaty an "historic achievement that was a long time coming.