Article VIII

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Article VIII is the provision of the 1948 Genocide Convention that empowers United Nations organs to take appropriate action to prevent and suppress acts of genocide.


Statements (38)
Predicate Object
instanceOf treaty provision
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
alsoKnownAs Article 8 of the Genocide Convention
appliesTo acts of genocide
attempt to commit genocide
complicity in genocide
bindingOn States Parties to the Genocide Convention
concerns prevention of genocide
suppression of genocide
containedIn United Nations Treaty Series, volume 78
dateAdopted 1948-12-09
dateEffective 1951-01-12
empowers Member States of the United Nations
United Nations organs
enables seizure of United Nations organs of matters relating to genocide
enteredIntoForceWith Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
field human rights law
international criminal law
international law
hasLanguage Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
hasNumber 8
jurisdiction States Parties to the Genocide Convention
legalBasisFor referral of genocide situations to competent organs of the United Nations
legalEffect authorizes States Parties to call upon United Nations organs to act
creates a procedural mechanism for international action against genocide
locatedInDocument Chapter concerning prevention and punishment of genocide
partOf Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
purpose to enable United Nations organs to take appropriate action to prevent genocide
to enable United Nations organs to take appropriate action to suppress genocide
relatedTo Article I (Genocide Convention)
Article IX (Genocide Convention)
subjectOf United Nations practice on genocide prevention
international criminal law scholarship

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
GenocideConvention1948
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