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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Article 6 Genocide Convention canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf treaty provision ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptedWithInstrument Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalEffect obliges States Parties to provide for competent tribunals to try genocide ⓘ
legalField human rights law ⓘ
international criminal law ⓘ
international humanitarian law ⓘ
mentions competent tribunal of the State in the territory of which the act was committed ⓘ
international penal tribunal ⓘ
normType jurisdictional rule ⓘ
partOf Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ⓘ
permits trial of genocide by an international penal tribunal with jurisdiction ⓘ
relatedTo Article 5 Genocide Convention ⓘ
Article 7 Genocide Convention ⓘ
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) ⓘ

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Article 17 Genocide Convention → relatedTo → Article 6 Genocide Convention ⓘ