Article III

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article of an international convention treaty provision

Article III is the provision of the 1948 Genocide Convention that enumerates and criminalizes specific acts related to genocide, including conspiracy, incitement, attempt, and complicity.

Aliases (1)

Article III of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ×45

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of an international convention → treaty provision →
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly →
adoptedWith	Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide →
adoptionDate	1948-12-09 →
aimsTo	prevent genocide → punish preparatory and ancillary acts of genocide →
appliesTo	States Parties to the Genocide Convention →
basisFor	individual criminal responsibility for genocide-related acts →
buildsOnDefinitionIn	Article II of the Genocide Convention →
citationForm	Genocide Convention, Article III →
criminalizes	attempt to commit genocide → complicity in genocide → conspiracy to commit genocide → direct and public incitement to commit genocide → genocide →
definesCrimeOf	genocide →
fieldOfLaw	human rights law → international criminal law →
hasNumber	III →
influenced	jurisprudence on incitement to genocide → national criminal legislation on genocide →
languageOfOfficialText	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
legalEffect	obligation of States Parties to criminalize listed acts in domestic law →
legalSystem	international law →
listsAsPunishableAct	attempt to commit genocide → complicity in genocide → conspiracy to commit genocide → direct and public incitement to commit genocide → genocide →
partOf	Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide →
protects	national, ethnical, racial or religious groups →
relatedTo	Article II of the Genocide Convention →
requires	punishment of listed acts regardless of whether genocide is completed →
shortName	Article III of the Genocide Convention →
subjectOf	criminal responsibility for genocide-related acts →
UNResolutionNumber	A/RES/260(III) →
usedBy	International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda → International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia → international criminal tribunals →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
GenocideConvention1948 →	containsArticle