Disambiguation evidence for Article II via surface form

"Article II of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide"


As subject (47)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Article II of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide".

Predicate Object
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptedIn 1948
adoptionInstrument United Nations General Assembly resolution 260 A (III)
surface form: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 260 A (III)
basisFor individual criminal responsibility for genocide
basisFor 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)
surface form: Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro (ICJ)
citedInCase Croatia v. Serbia (ICJ, 2015)
surface form: Croatia v. Serbia (ICJ)
citedInCase International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
surface form: Prosecutor v. Akayesu (ICTR)
citedInCase Prosecutor v. Krstić (ICTY)
coreConcept actus reus of genocide
coreConcept mens rea of genocide
defines crime of genocide
doesNotInclude political groups as protected groups
doesNotInclude social groups as protected groups
enteredIntoForceWith GenocideConvention1948
surface form: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide on 12 January 1951
influenced Article 6 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
influenced definitions of genocide in international criminal tribunals
instanceOf article of an international convention
instanceOf treaty provision
language English authentic text
language 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
listsAct deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part
listsAct forcibly transferring children of the group to another group
listsAct imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group
listsAct killing members of the group
partOf GenocideConvention1948
surface form: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
protects existence of national, ethnical, racial and religious groups
requiresElement specific intent to destroy a protected group in whole or in part
requiresElement targeting of a national group
requiresElement targeting of a racial group
requiresElement targeting of a religious 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
surface form: Article II of the Genocide Convention
subjectMatter international criminal law
subjectMatter protection of groups from destruction
usedBy International Court of Justice
usedBy International Criminal Court
usedBy International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
usedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia