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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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations convention
criminal law treaty
human rights treaty
international treaty
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptionDate 1948-12-09
adoptionPlace Paris
surface form: Paris, France
appliesToPersons constitutionally responsible rulers
private individuals
public officials
articleCount 19
containsArticle Article I
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
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
international human rights law
international humanitarian law
fullName GenocideConvention1948 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
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
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalNature codification of customary international law principles on genocide
multilateral treaty
listsAsGenocidalAct causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
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
states undertake to punish genocide
openedForSignatureDate 1948-12-11
purpose to prevent and punish the crime of genocide
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
surface form: Genocide Convention
status in force
subjectMatter prevention of genocide
punishment of genocide
UNGeneralAssemblyResolutionNumber Resolution 260 A (III)

Referenced by (72)

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Article XVIII partOf GenocideConvention1948
this entity surface form: Genocide Convention
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 recalls GenocideConvention1948
this entity surface form: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Article I relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
subject surface form: Article I of the 1948 Genocide Convention
this entity surface form: Article II of the 1948 Genocide Convention
Article I relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
subject surface form: Article I of the 1948 Genocide Convention
this entity surface form: Article III of the 1948 Genocide Convention
Article III relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
subject surface form: Article III of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
this entity surface form: Article II of the Genocide Convention
Article IV relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
subject surface form: Article IV (Genocide Convention)
this entity surface form: Article I (Genocide Convention)
Article IV relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
subject surface form: Article IV (Genocide Convention)
this entity surface form: Article II (Genocide Convention)
Article IV relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
subject surface form: Article IV (Genocide Convention)
this entity surface form: Article III (Genocide Convention)
Article IV relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
subject surface form: Article IV (Genocide Convention)
this entity surface form: Article VI (Genocide Convention)
Article V relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
subject surface form: Article V (Genocide Convention)
this entity surface form: Article I of the Genocide Convention
Article V relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
subject surface form: Article V (Genocide Convention)
this entity surface form: Article III of the Genocide Convention
Article V relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
subject surface form: Article V (Genocide Convention)
this entity surface form: Article IV of the Genocide Convention
Article VII relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
subject surface form: Article VII (Genocide Convention)
this entity surface form: Article I of the Genocide Convention
Article VII relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
subject surface form: Article VII (Genocide Convention)
this entity surface form: Article VI of the Genocide Convention
Nuremberg Principles relatedTo GenocideConvention1948
this entity surface form: Genocide Convention
Article II shortName GenocideConvention1948
subject surface form: Article II of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
this entity surface form: Article II of the Genocide Convention
Article III shortName GenocideConvention1948
subject surface form: Article III of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
this entity surface form: Article III of the Genocide Convention
Article X shortName GenocideConvention1948
this entity surface form: Article 10 of the Genocide Convention
GenocideConvention1948 shortName GenocideConvention1948 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Genocide Convention
Resolution 260 A (III) subject GenocideConvention1948
this entity surface form: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
this entity surface form: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
States Parties to the Genocide Convention treaty GenocideConvention1948
this entity surface form: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide