Article 17 Genocide Convention

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Article 17 of the Genocide Convention is the provision that addresses the Convention’s territorial application, including how and where its obligations extend, particularly in relation to non-metropolitan or dependent territories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of an international convention
treaty provision
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptedInInstrument GenocideConvention1948
surface form: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
adoptionDateOfInstrument 1948-12-09
appliesInContextOf prevention of genocide
punishment of genocide
appliesTo States Parties to the Genocide Convention
category territorial clause
citationForm Article 17 Genocide Convention self-linksurface differs
surface form: Genocide Convention, Art. 17
concerns application of the Convention to territories for whose international relations a State Party is responsible
notification of territorial extension to the depositary
defines rules for geographic reach of State Party obligations under the Genocide Convention
enteredIntoForceWithInstrument 1951-01-12
field international criminal law
international human rights law
law of treaties
hasDepositaryForInstrument Secretary-General of the United Nations
hasLegalEffectOn application of genocide prevention and punishment obligations beyond metropolitan territory
scope of State Party responsibility in non-metropolitan territories
languageOfOfficialText Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalSystem public international law
partOf GenocideConvention1948
surface form: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
placeOfAdoptionOfInstrument Paris
regulates extension of the Convention to dependent territories
extension of the Convention to non-metropolitan territories
territorial scope of obligations under the Genocide Convention
relatedTo Article 1 Genocide Convention
Article 17 Genocide Convention self-linksurface differs
surface form: Article 12 Genocide Convention

Article 6 Genocide Convention
shortName Article 17 Genocide Convention self-linksurface differs
surface form: Article 17 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
subjectMatter territorial application of the Genocide Convention
UNResolutionNumberOfInstrument A/RES/260(III)

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Article XVII citationForm Article 17 Genocide Convention
subject surface form: Article XVII (Genocide Convention)
Article 17 Genocide Convention shortName Article 17 Genocide Convention self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Article 17 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Article 17 Genocide Convention relatedTo Article 17 Genocide Convention self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Article 12 Genocide Convention
Article 17 Genocide Convention citationForm Article 17 Genocide Convention self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Genocide Convention, Art. 17