UN convention on genocide

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UN convention on genocide

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Approved and proposed for signatureand ratification or accession by General Assembly resolution 260 A (III) of 9 December 1948 entry into force12 January 1951, in accordance with article XIII

The Contracting Parties,
Having considered the declaration made by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 96 (I)dated 11 December 1946 that genocide is a crime under international law, contrary to the spirit and aims ofthe United Nations and condemned by the civilized world, Recognizing that at all periods of history genocidehas inflicted great losses on humanity, and Being convinced that, in order to liberate mankind from such anodious scourge, international co-operation is required,

Hereby agree as hereinafter provided:

Article 1
The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is acrime under international law, which they undertake to prevent and to punish.

Article 2
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in wholeor in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destructionin whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Article 3
The following acts shall be punishable:
(a) Genocide;
(b) Conspiracy to commit genocide;
(c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;
(d) Attempt to commit genocide;
(e) Complicity in genocide.

Article 4
Persons committing genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III shall be punished, whether theyare constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials or private individuals.

Article 5
The Contracting Parties undertake to enact, in accordance with their respective Constitutions, the necessarylegislation to give effect to the provisions of the present Convention, and, in particular, to provideeffective penalties for persons guilty of genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III.

Article 6
Persons charged with genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III shall be tried by a competenttribunal of the State in the territory of which the act was committed, or by such international penal tribunalas may have jurisdiction with respect to those Contracting Parties which shall have accepted its jurisdiction.

Article 7
Genocide and the other acts enumerated in article III shall not be considered as political crimes for thepurpose of extradition. The Contracting Parties pledge themselves in such cases to grant extradition inaccordance with their laws and treaties in force.

Article 8
Any Contracting Party may call upon the competent organs of the United Nations to take such action under theCharter of the United Nations as they consider appropriate for the prevention and suppression of acts ofgenocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III.

Article 9
Disputes between the Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation, application or fulfillment of thepresent Convention, including those relating to the responsibility of a State for genocide or for any of theother acts enumerated in article III, shall be submitted to the International Court of Justice at the requestof any of the parties to the dispute.