GenocideConvention1948
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GenocideConvention1948 refers to the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the first international treaty to define and criminalize genocide under international law.
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Target entity: GenocideConvention1948 Context triple: [Holocaust, followedBy, GenocideConvention1948]
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Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany and its collaborators murdered six million Jews and millions of other targeted groups across Europe.
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NurembergLaws
The Nuremberg Laws were a set of antisemitic racial laws enacted by Nazi Germany in 1935 that stripped Jews of citizenship and laid crucial legal groundwork for their systematic persecution during the Holocaust.
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Nuremberg trials
The Nuremberg trials were a series of landmark military tribunals held after World War II to prosecute leading Nazi officials for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace.
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WannseeConference
The Wannsee Conference was a 1942 meeting of senior Nazi officials in Berlin where they formalized plans for the systematic genocide of European Jews known as the Holocaust.
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a landmark 1948 United Nations document that sets out fundamental human rights and freedoms to be universally protected.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: GenocideConvention1948 Target entity description: GenocideConvention1948 refers to the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the first international treaty to define and criminalize genocide under international law.
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A.
Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany and its collaborators murdered six million Jews and millions of other targeted groups across Europe.
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B.
NurembergLaws
The Nuremberg Laws were a set of antisemitic racial laws enacted by Nazi Germany in 1935 that stripped Jews of citizenship and laid crucial legal groundwork for their systematic persecution during the Holocaust.
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C.
Nuremberg trials
The Nuremberg trials were a series of landmark military tribunals held after World War II to prosecute leading Nazi officials for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace.
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D.
WannseeConference
The Wannsee Conference was a 1942 meeting of senior Nazi officials in Berlin where they formalized plans for the systematic genocide of European Jews known as the Holocaust.
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E.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a landmark 1948 United Nations document that sets out fundamental human rights and freedoms to be universally protected.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations convention
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criminal law treaty ⓘ human rights treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1948-12-09 ⓘ |
| adoptionPlace |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| appliesToPersons |
constitutionally responsible rulers
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private individuals ⓘ public officials ⓘ |
| articleCount | 19 ⓘ |
| containsArticle |
Article I
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Article II ⓘ Article III ⓘ Article IV ⓘ Article IX ⓘ Article V ⓘ Article VI ⓘ Article VII ⓘ Article VIII ⓘ Article X ⓘ Article XI ⓘ Article XII ⓘ Article XIII ⓘ Article XIV ⓘ Article XIII ⓘ
surface form:
Article XIX
Article IX ⓘ
surface form:
Article XV
Article XVI ⓘ Article XVII ⓘ Article XVIII ⓘ |
| crimeListedInArticleIII |
attempt to commit genocide
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complicity in genocide ⓘ conspiracy to commit genocide ⓘ direct and public incitement to commit genocide ⓘ genocide ⓘ |
| defines | crime of genocide ⓘ |
| definesInArticleII | acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group ⓘ |
| depositary | Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ |
| disputeSettlement | disputes submitted to the International Court of Justice under Article IX ⓘ |
| entryIntoForceDate | 1951-01-12 ⓘ |
| field |
international criminal law
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international human rights law ⓘ international humanitarian law ⓘ |
| fullName |
GenocideConvention1948
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
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| influenced | Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Raphael Lemkin’s concept of genocide ⓘ |
| jurisdictionProvision | persons charged with genocide shall be tried by a competent tribunal of the state where the act was committed or by an international penal tribunal ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalNature |
codification of customary international law principles on genocide
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multilateral treaty ⓘ |
| listsAsGenocidalAct |
causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
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deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the group’s 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 ⓘ |
| obligationInArticleI |
states undertake to prevent genocide
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states undertake to punish genocide ⓘ |
| openedForSignatureDate | 1948-12-11 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to prevent and punish the crime of genocide
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to recognize genocide as a crime under international law ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ |
| requiresDomesticLegislation | states must enact necessary legislation to give effect to the convention ⓘ |
| scope | applies in time of peace and in time of war ⓘ |
| shortName |
GenocideConvention1948
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Genocide Convention
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| status | in force ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
prevention of genocide
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punishment of genocide ⓘ |
| UNGeneralAssemblyResolutionNumber | Resolution 260 A (III) ⓘ |
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Subject: GenocideConvention1948 Description of subject: GenocideConvention1948 refers to the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the first international treaty to define and criminalize genocide under international law.
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