Disambiguation evidence for Article IV via surface form

"Article IV (Genocide Convention)"


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Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Article IV (Genocide Convention)".

Predicate Object
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptedIn 1948
aimsTo ensure punishment of all perpetrators of genocide regardless of status
appliesIn armed conflict situations
appliesIn peacetime situations
appliesTo constitutionally responsible rulers
appliesTo persons committing any of the other acts enumerated in Article III of the Genocide Convention
appliesTo persons committing genocide
appliesTo private individuals
appliesTo public officials
bindingOn States parties to the Genocide Convention
category international criminal law
category international human rights law
category law of genocide
citedBy International Court of Justice
citedBy international criminal tribunals
citedBy national courts in genocide cases
clarifies scope of personal liability for genocide under the Convention
complements obligation to prevent and punish genocide in Article I (Genocide Convention)
enshrinesPrinciple no official capacity exemption for genocide
enteredIntoForceWith Genocide Convention entry into force on 12 January 1951
establishes individual criminal responsibility for genocide
hasExactWording Persons committing genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III shall be punished, whether they are constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials or private individuals.
hasLegalPrinciple heads of state can be held personally responsible for genocide
hasLegalPrinciple individuals, not abstract entities, bear criminal responsibility for genocide
hasLegalPrinciple state officials can be held personally responsible for genocide
hasNumber 4
hasRomanNumber IV
inLanguage Arabic
inLanguage Chinese
inLanguage English
inLanguage French
inLanguage Russian
inLanguage Spanish
influenced development of international criminal law on individual responsibility
influenced statutes of international criminal tribunals
instanceOf treaty provision
legalEffect makes perpetrators of genocide individually liable under international law
locatedInDocument GenocideConvention1948
surface form: Article 4 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
partOf GenocideConvention1948
surface form: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
rejects immunity from responsibility for genocide based on official capacity
relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
surface form: Article I (Genocide Convention)
relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
surface form: Article II (Genocide Convention)
relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
surface form: Article III (Genocide Convention)
relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
surface form: Article VI (Genocide Convention)
subjectMatter criminal responsibility for genocide