Article 6 Genocide Convention

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Article 6 of the Genocide Convention is the provision that establishes how individuals accused of genocide are to be tried, specifying jurisdiction and the competent courts for prosecuting the crime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf treaty provision
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptedWithInstrument Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide NERFINISHED
adoptionDate 1948-12-09
allowsFor jurisdiction of an international penal tribunal over genocide
appliesTo individual persons accused of genocide
basisFor domestic implementation of genocide jurisdiction
bindingOn States Parties to the Genocide Convention
citedBy International Court of Justice NERFINISHED
international criminal tribunals
national courts in genocide cases
codifiesPrinciple territorial jurisdiction over genocide
concernsCrime attempt to commit genocide
complicity in genocide
conspiracy to commit genocide
direct and public incitement to commit genocide
genocide
defines rules on where persons charged with genocide shall be tried
doesNotAddress state responsibility for genocide
enteredIntoForceWith Genocide Convention entry into force on 1951-01-12
influenced jurisdictional provisions of later international criminal tribunals
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
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Spanish
legalEffect obliges States Parties to provide for competent tribunals to try genocide
legalField human rights law
international criminal law
international humanitarian law NERFINISHED
mentions competent tribunal of the State in the territory of which the act was committed
international penal tribunal NERFINISHED
normType jurisdictional rule
partOf Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide NERFINISHED
permits trial of genocide by an international penal tribunal with jurisdiction
relatedTo Article 5 Genocide Convention
Article 7 Genocide Convention NERFINISHED
requires existence of a competent tribunal in the territorial State
shortName Article 6 of the Genocide Convention
specifies that persons charged with genocide may be tried by such international penal tribunal as may have jurisdiction
that persons charged with genocide shall be tried by a competent tribunal of the State in the territory of which the act was committed
subjectMatter competent courts for genocide
jurisdiction over genocide
prosecution of genocide
UNResolutionNumber A/RES/260(III) NERFINISHED

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Article 17 Genocide Convention relatedTo Article 6 Genocide Convention