States Parties to the Genocide Convention

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group of states subject of international law treaty party

States Parties to the Genocide Convention are countries that have ratified or acceded to the treaty and are thereby bound under international law to prevent and punish the crime of genocide through their domestic legal systems and international cooperation.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
States Parties to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide	2
Contracting Parties to the Genocide Convention	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of states ⓘ subject of international law ⓘ treaty party ⓘ
administeredBy	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ surface form: United Nations Secretary-General as depositary
alsoKnownAs	Parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ States Parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ surface form: States Parties to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
basedOn	Convention adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948 ⓘ
cooperateWith	United Nations organs concerned with the prevention and punishment of genocide ⓘ other States Parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ
entryIntoForceOfTreaty	12 January 1951 ⓘ
excludes	States that have signed but not ratified the Genocide Convention ⓘ States that have taken no action regarding the Genocide Convention ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	composed primarily of United Nations member states, with some non-member states also parties ⓘ
includes	States that have acceded to the Genocide Convention ⓘ States that have ratified the Genocide Convention ⓘ States that have succeeded to the Genocide Convention ⓘ
legalEffect	accept the acts enumerated in Article III of the Genocide Convention as punishable ⓘ accept the definition of genocide contained in Article II of the Genocide Convention ⓘ are bound by the provisions of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
legalStatus	bound under international law ⓘ
membershipCriterion	accession to the Genocide Convention ⓘ ratification of the Genocide Convention ⓘ succession to the Genocide Convention ⓘ
monitoredBy	United Nations through reporting and practice of states ⓘ
obligation	cooperate with other states in the prevention and punishment of genocide ⓘ enact domestic legislation to give effect to the Genocide Convention ⓘ ensure that persons charged with genocide are tried by a competent tribunal ⓘ not commit genocide ⓘ prevent and punish attempt to commit genocide ⓘ prevent and punish complicity in genocide ⓘ prevent and punish conspiracy to commit genocide ⓘ prevent and punish direct and public incitement to commit genocide ⓘ prevent genocide ⓘ prevent genocide whether committed in time of peace or in time of war ⓘ provide effective penalties for persons guilty of genocide ⓘ punish genocide ⓘ respect the peremptory norm (jus cogens) character of the prohibition of genocide ⓘ submit disputes relating to the interpretation, application or fulfilment of the Convention to the International Court of Justice, if not otherwise settled ⓘ
purpose	to ensure the effective prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide ⓘ to implement the obligations of the Genocide Convention at the domestic level ⓘ
registeredWith	United Nations ⓘ
relatedTo	International Court of Justice jurisprudence on genocide ⓘ United Nations General Assembly resolution 260 A (III) ⓘ customary international law on genocide ⓘ
subjectOf	United Nations Treaty Collection ⓘ surface form: United Nations Treaty Collection list of parties
subjectTo	reservations and declarations made upon ratification, accession or succession, where not incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention ⓘ
temporalScope	from the date of entry into force of the Genocide Convention for each state ⓘ
treaty	GenocideConvention1948 ⓘ surface form: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

States Parties to the Genocide Convention → alsoKnownAs → States Parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: States Parties to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Article IX → appliesTo → States Parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Article IX (Genocide Convention)

this entity surface form: Contracting Parties to the Genocide Convention

Article XII → appliesTo → States Parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Article XII of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

this entity surface form: States Parties to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Article XVII → appliesTo → States Parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Article XVII (Genocide Convention)

Article VIII → bindingOn → States Parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Article VIII (Genocide Convention)

Article XVIII → hasJurisdictionScope → States Parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ

Article VIII → jurisdiction → States Parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Article VIII (Genocide Convention)

Article V → legalObligationFor → States Parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Article V (Genocide Convention)

Article XIII → requiresComplianceBy → States Parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Article XIII of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide