Article VI of the Genocide Convention

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Article VI of the Genocide Convention is the provision that governs the prosecution of individuals accused of genocide, specifying that they are to be tried by competent national courts or an international penal tribunal with jurisdiction.

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Article VI of the Genocide Convention canonical 2

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf treaty article
addresses individual criminal responsibility for genocide
adoptedWith Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in 1948 NERFINISHED
aimsTo ensure prosecution of individuals responsible for genocide
prevent impunity for genocide
allocatesJurisdiction international penal tribunal NERFINISHED
territorial State
alsoKnownAs Article 6 of the Genocide Convention
appliesTo persons charged with attempt to commit genocide
persons charged with complicity in genocide
persons charged with conspiracy to commit genocide
persons charged with direct and public incitement to commit genocide
persons charged with genocide
basedOnPrinciple international criminal jurisdiction
territorial jurisdiction
bindingOn States Parties to the Genocide Convention
category provisions on enforcement mechanisms
citedIn case law on genocide jurisdiction
conditionForInternationalTribunal international penal tribunal must be accepted by the Contracting Parties
international penal tribunal must have jurisdiction over the Contracting Parties
ensures that persons charged with genocide are tried by competent courts
focusesOn venue and jurisdiction for genocide trials
influenced statutes of later international criminal tribunals
inForceWith the rest of the Genocide Convention since 1951
interpretedBy International Court of Justice NERFINISHED
language English
French
other official UN languages of the Genocide Convention
legalDomain international criminal law
international human rights law
limits forum for prosecution to territorial State or international penal tribunal
partOf Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide NERFINISHED
protectsInterest international community’s interest in punishing genocide
providesFor trial by a competent tribunal of the State in the territory of which the act was committed
trial by an international penal tribunal
recognizes possibility of an international penal tribunal for genocide
regulates trial of persons charged with genocide
relatedTo Article IV of the Genocide Convention
Article V of the Genocide Convention NERFINISHED
requires trial of accused persons by a competent tribunal
requiresFromStates cooperation in prosecuting genocide within their territorial jurisdiction
subjectMatter prosecution of genocide
usedAsLegalBasisFor arguments on the necessity of international criminal tribunals for genocide

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Article 9 of the Genocide Convention relatedTo Article VI of the Genocide Convention
Serbia must take steps to comply with its obligations under the Genocide Convention legalBasis Article VI of the Genocide Convention
subject surface form: "Serbia must take steps to comply with its obligations under the Genocide Convention"