Convention adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948
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The Convention adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948 is the Genocide Convention, an international treaty that defines and criminalizes genocide and obliges states to prevent and punish it.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Convention adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3751613 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Convention adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948 Context triple: [States Parties to the Genocide Convention, basedOn, Convention adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948]
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A.
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.
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B.
Declaration by United Nations
The Declaration by United Nations was a 1942 wartime alliance agreement in which the Allied powers pledged to cooperate against the Axis and laid the groundwork for the postwar United Nations organization.
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C.
International Bill of Human Rights
The International Bill of Human Rights is the collective name for the core United Nations human rights instruments that together set out the fundamental civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of all people.
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D.
Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949
Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 is an international treaty that sets out comprehensive rules for the protection and treatment of wounded and sick members of armed forces in the field during armed conflicts.
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E.
Geneva Convention of 1929
The Geneva Convention of 1929 was an international treaty that codified rules for the humane treatment of prisoners of war, laying key groundwork for the later, broader Geneva Conventions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Convention adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948 Target entity description: The Convention adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948 is the Genocide Convention, an international treaty that defines and criminalizes genocide and obliges states to prevent and punish it.
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A.
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.
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B.
Declaration by United Nations
The Declaration by United Nations was a 1942 wartime alliance agreement in which the Allied powers pledged to cooperate against the Axis and laid the groundwork for the postwar United Nations organization.
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C.
International Bill of Human Rights
The International Bill of Human Rights is the collective name for the core United Nations human rights instruments that together set out the fundamental civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of all people.
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D.
Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949
Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 is an international treaty that sets out comprehensive rules for the protection and treatment of wounded and sick members of armed forces in the field during armed conflicts.
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E.
Geneva Convention of 1929
The Geneva Convention of 1929 was an international treaty that codified rules for the humane treatment of prisoners of war, laying key groundwork for the later, broader Geneva Conventions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United Nations convention
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human rights treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1948-12-09 ⓘ |
| adoptionPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| appliesTo | states parties ⓘ |
| 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 XIX ⓘ Article XV ⓘ Article XVI ⓘ Article XVII ⓘ Article XVIII ⓘ |
| criminalizes | genocide ⓘ |
| defines | crime of genocide ⓘ |
| definesInArticleII | acts constituting genocide ⓘ |
| depositedWith | Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ |
| entryIntoForceDate | 1951-01-12 ⓘ |
| field |
humanitarian law
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international criminal law ⓘ international human rights law ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor | prosecution of genocide under international law ⓘ |
| listsInArticleIII | punishable acts related to genocide ⓘ |
| obligesStatesTo |
prevent genocide
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punish genocide ⓘ |
| officialName |
GenocideConvention1948
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surface form:
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
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| openedForSignatureDate | 1948-12-11 ⓘ |
| preambleRecognizes |
genocide as a crime under international law
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genocide as an odious scourge ⓘ |
| providesFor |
jurisdiction of competent national tribunals
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jurisdiction of international penal tribunals ⓘ |
| registration | registered with the United Nations Secretariat ⓘ |
| shortName |
GenocideConvention1948
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surface form:
Genocide Convention
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| subjectMatter | genocide ⓘ |
| UNResolutionNumber |
United Nations General Assembly resolution 260 A (III)
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surface form:
A/RES/260(III)
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Subject: Convention adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948 Description of subject: The Convention adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948 is the Genocide Convention, an international treaty that defines and criminalizes genocide and obliges states to prevent and punish it.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
States Parties to the Genocide Convention
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basedOn
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Convention adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948
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