Convention adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948

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The Convention adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948 is the Genocide Convention, an international treaty that defines and criminalizes genocide and obliges states to prevent and punish it.

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instanceOf United Nations convention ⓘ
human rights treaty ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate 1948-12-09 ⓘ
adoptionPlace Paris ⓘ
appliesTo states parties ⓘ
articleCount 19 ⓘ
containsArticle Article I ⓘ
Article II ⓘ
Article III ⓘ
Article IV ⓘ
Article IX ⓘ
Article V ⓘ
Article VI ⓘ
Article VII ⓘ
Article VIII ⓘ
Article X ⓘ
Article XI ⓘ
Article XII ⓘ
Article XIII ⓘ
Article XIV ⓘ
Article XIX ⓘ
Article XV ⓘ
Article XVI ⓘ
Article XVII ⓘ
Article XVIII ⓘ
criminalizes genocide ⓘ
defines crime of genocide ⓘ
definesInArticleII acts constituting genocide ⓘ
depositedWith Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
entryIntoForceDate 1951-01-12 ⓘ
field humanitarian law ⓘ
international criminal law ⓘ
international human rights law ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasisFor prosecution of genocide under international law ⓘ
listsInArticleIII punishable acts related to genocide ⓘ
obligesStatesTo prevent genocide ⓘ
punish genocide ⓘ
officialName Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ⓘ
openedForSignatureDate 1948-12-11 ⓘ
preambleRecognizes genocide as a crime under international law ⓘ
genocide as an odious scourge ⓘ
providesFor jurisdiction of competent national tribunals ⓘ
jurisdiction of international penal tribunals ⓘ
registration registered with the United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
shortName Genocide Convention ⓘ
subjectMatter genocide ⓘ
UNResolutionNumber A/RES/260(III) ⓘ

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