Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:international_treaties
gptkbp:effective_date January 12, 1951
gptkbp:historical_context post-World War II
development of human rights law
response to atrocities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Nuremberg_Trials
decolonization movements
humanitarian interventions
Holocaust awareness
gptkbp:is_adopted_by gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly
gptkbp:is_criticized_for lack of enforcement mechanisms
ambiguity in definitions
political bias in application
gptkbp:is_implemented_in gptkb:international_law
gptkbp:is_monitored_by gptkb:UN_Human_Rights_Council
gptkbp:key Article II defines genocide
Article III outlines punishable acts
Article IV states that individuals can be punished
Article VI discusses jurisdiction
Article VII allows for extradition
Article VIII allows for UN intervention
gptkbp:promotes gptkb:human_rights
peace and security
international justice
gptkbp:purpose prevent and punish genocide
gptkbp:ratified_by over 150 countries
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Rome_Statute
gptkb:International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_the_former_Yugoslavia
gptkb:International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_Rwanda
gptkb:Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
gptkb:International_Criminal_Court
gptkb:Geneva_Conventions
gptkb:Responsibility_to_Protect
gptkb:international_law
gptkbp:requires state cooperation
judicial accountability
domestic legislation
gptkbp:significant_event gptkb:Rwandan_Genocide
gptkb:Bosnian_Genocide
gptkb:Cambodian_Genocide
gptkb:Holocaust
gptkb:Armenian_Genocide
gptkbp:year_created December 9, 1948
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nuremberg_Trials
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3