Resolution 260 A (III)

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Resolution 260 A (III) is the 1948 United Nations General Assembly resolution that adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
A/RES/260(III) 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations General Assembly resolution
international legal instrument
action adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptedIn Paris
adoptionDate 1948-12-09
aim to codify genocide as a crime under international law
to oblige states to prevent and punish genocide
category United Nations General Assembly resolutions
surface form: United Nations General Assembly resolutions concerning human rights

United Nations General Assembly resolutions concerning international law
concerns prevention of genocide
punishment of genocide
establishes text of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
followedBy entry into force of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
hasShortName GenocideConvention1948
surface form: Genocide Convention adoption resolution
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalEffect opened the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide for signature and ratification
number 260 A (III)
partOf United Nations General Assembly resolutions
referenceTo Charter of the United Nations
relatedTo crime of genocide
human rights
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
session Third session of the United Nations General Assembly
subject GenocideConvention1948
surface form: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
underAuspicesOf United Nations
year 1948

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Article III UNResolutionNumber Resolution 260 A (III)
subject surface form: Article III of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
this entity surface form: A/RES/260(III)