Article IV

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Article IV is the provision of the 1948 Genocide Convention that establishes the individual criminal responsibility of perpetrators of genocide, including state officials and leaders.

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instanceOf treaty provision ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptedIn 1948 ⓘ
aimsTo ensure punishment of all perpetrators of genocide regardless of status ⓘ
appliesIn armed conflict situations ⓘ
peacetime situations ⓘ
appliesTo constitutionally responsible rulers ⓘ
persons committing any of the other acts enumerated in Article III of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
persons committing genocide ⓘ
private individuals ⓘ
public officials ⓘ
bindingOn States parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ
category international criminal law ⓘ
international human rights law ⓘ
law of genocide ⓘ
citedBy International Court of Justice ⓘ
international criminal tribunals ⓘ
national courts in genocide cases ⓘ
clarifies scope of personal liability for genocide under the Convention ⓘ
complements obligation to prevent and punish genocide in Article I (Genocide Convention) ⓘ
enshrinesPrinciple no official capacity exemption for genocide ⓘ
enteredIntoForceWith Genocide Convention entry into force on 12 January 1951 ⓘ
establishes individual criminal responsibility for genocide ⓘ
hasExactWording Persons committing genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III shall be punished, whether they are constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials or private individuals. ⓘ
hasLegalPrinciple heads of state can be held personally responsible for genocide ⓘ
individuals, not abstract entities, bear criminal responsibility for genocide ⓘ
state officials can be held personally responsible for genocide ⓘ
hasNumber 4 ⓘ
hasRomanNumber IV ⓘ
influenced development of international criminal law on individual responsibility ⓘ
statutes of international criminal tribunals ⓘ
inLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalEffect makes perpetrators of genocide individually liable under international law ⓘ
locatedInDocument Article 4 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ⓘ
partOf Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ⓘ
rejects immunity from responsibility for genocide based on official capacity ⓘ
relatedTo Article I (Genocide Convention) ⓘ
Article II (Genocide Convention) ⓘ
Article III (Genocide Convention) ⓘ
Article VI (Genocide Convention) ⓘ
subjectMatter criminal responsibility for genocide ⓘ

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