Article V of the Genocide Convention

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Article V of the Genocide Convention is the provision that obliges States Parties to enact the necessary domestic legislation and penalties to give effect to the Convention’s prohibition and punishment of genocide.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf treaty provision ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
aimsTo give effect to the prohibition of genocide ⓘ
give effect to the punishment of genocide ⓘ
basedOn principle of aut dedere aut judicare in relation to genocide ⓘ
category substantive provision of an international treaty ⓘ
codifies duty of States to criminalize genocide domestically ⓘ
connectedTo Article I of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
Article IV of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
Article VI of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
dateOfAdoption 1948-12-09 ⓘ
ensures compatibility of national law with the Genocide Convention ⓘ
internal legal mechanisms to punish genocide ⓘ
imposesOn States Parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ
inForceSince 1951-01-12 ⓘ
interpretedBy International Court of Justice ⓘ
languageOfText Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalEffect creates positive obligations for States Parties ⓘ
legalNature binding obligation on States Parties ⓘ
linkedTo obligations erga omnes partes concerning genocide ⓘ
objective deterrence of genocide through domestic penalties ⓘ
effective implementation of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
obliges States Parties to establish genocide as a crime under national law ⓘ
States Parties to provide effective penalties for persons guilty of attempt to commit genocide ⓘ
States Parties to provide effective penalties for persons guilty of complicity in genocide ⓘ
States Parties to provide effective penalties for persons guilty of conspiracy to commit genocide ⓘ
States Parties to provide effective penalties for persons guilty of direct and public incitement to commit genocide ⓘ
States Parties to provide effective penalties for persons guilty of genocide ⓘ
partOf Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ⓘ
referencedIn ICJ case Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ
ICJ case Croatia v. Serbia ⓘ
relatesTo domestic criminalization of genocide ⓘ
implementation of international criminal law at the domestic level ⓘ
penal sanctions for genocide ⓘ
requires enactment of necessary domestic legislation ⓘ
provision of effective penalties for genocide ⓘ
requiresComplianceFrom all States that are parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ
scope legislative measures at the national level ⓘ
penal measures at the national level ⓘ
subjectMatter prohibition and punishment of genocide ⓘ
supports domestic prosecution of genocide ⓘ
prevention of impunity for genocide ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Article 9 of the Genocide Convention → relatedTo → Article V of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
Article VI of the Genocide Convention → relatedTo → Article V of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
Article XV (Genocide Convention) → relatedToArticle → Article V (Genocide Convention) ⓘ
linked to: Article V of the Genocide Convention