Article II
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Article II is the provision of the 1948 Genocide Convention that legally defines genocide by specifying the acts and intent that constitute this international crime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Article II canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T75798 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Article II Context triple: [GenocideConvention1948, containsArticle, Article II]
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Article II
Article II is the section of the United States Constitution that establishes the executive branch of the federal government and defines the powers and duties of the President.
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Article II of the United States Constitution
Article II of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, defining the powers, duties, and election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
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Article III
Article III is the section of the United States Constitution that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and defines its powers and jurisdiction.
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Article I
Article I of the 1948 Genocide Convention establishes the legal obligation of states to prevent and punish the crime of genocide, affirming it as a crime under international law.
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E.
Article IV
Article IV of the United States Constitution outlines the relationships and obligations among the states and between the states and the federal government, including provisions on full faith and credit, privileges and immunities, and the admission of new states.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Article II Target entity description: Article II is the provision of the 1948 Genocide Convention that legally defines genocide by specifying the acts and intent that constitute this international crime.
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A.
Article II
Article II is the section of the United States Constitution that establishes the executive branch of the federal government and defines the powers and duties of the President.
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B.
Article II of the United States Constitution
Article II of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, defining the powers, duties, and election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
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C.
Article III
Article III is the section of the United States Constitution that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and defines its powers and jurisdiction.
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D.
Article I
Article I of the 1948 Genocide Convention establishes the legal obligation of states to prevent and punish the crime of genocide, affirming it as a crime under international law.
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E.
Article IV
Article IV of the United States Constitution outlines the relationships and obligations among the states and between the states and the federal government, including provisions on full faith and credit, privileges and immunities, and the admission of new states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
article of an international convention
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treaty provision ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| adoptedIn | 1948 ⓘ |
| adoptionInstrument |
United Nations General Assembly resolution 260 A (III)
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surface form:
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 260 A (III)
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| basisFor |
individual criminal responsibility for genocide
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state responsibility for genocide ⓘ |
| category | substantive provision of the Genocide Convention ⓘ |
| citedAs | Article 2 of the Genocide Convention ⓘ |
| citedInCase |
Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro (ICJ, 2007)
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surface form:
Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro (ICJ)
Croatia v. Serbia (ICJ, 2015) ⓘ
surface form:
Croatia v. Serbia (ICJ)
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ
surface form:
Prosecutor v. Akayesu (ICTR)
Prosecutor v. Krstić (ICTY) ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
actus reus of genocide
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mens rea of genocide ⓘ |
| defines | crime of genocide ⓘ |
| doesNotInclude |
political groups as protected groups
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social groups as protected groups ⓘ |
| enteredIntoForceWith |
GenocideConvention1948
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surface form:
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide on 12 January 1951
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| influenced |
Article 6 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
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definitions of genocide in international criminal tribunals ⓘ |
| language |
English authentic text
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French authentic text ⓘ |
| legalEffect | obliges States Parties to criminalize genocide in domestic law ⓘ |
| legalNature | binding definition of genocide in international law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | customary international law reference point for genocide definition ⓘ |
| listsAct |
causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
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deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part ⓘ forcibly transferring children of the group to another group ⓘ imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group ⓘ killing members of the group ⓘ |
| partOf |
GenocideConvention1948
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surface form:
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
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| protects | existence of national, ethnical, racial and religious groups ⓘ |
| requiresElement |
specific intent to destroy a protected group in whole or in part
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targeting of a national group ⓘ targeting of a racial group ⓘ targeting of a religious group ⓘ targeting of an ethnical group ⓘ |
| requiresMensRea | intent to destroy a protected group as such ⓘ |
| requiresProofOf | destruction of a group in whole or in part ⓘ |
| scope | applies in time of peace and in time of war ⓘ |
| shortName |
GenocideConvention1948
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surface form:
Article II of the Genocide Convention
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| subjectMatter |
international criminal law
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protection of groups from destruction ⓘ |
| usedBy |
International Court of Justice
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International Criminal Court ⓘ International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ |
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Subject: Article II Description of subject: Article II is the provision of the 1948 Genocide Convention that legally defines genocide by specifying the acts and intent that constitute this international crime.
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