Article VI of the Genocide Convention

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Article VI of the Genocide Convention is the provision that governs the prosecution of individuals accused of genocide, specifying that they are to be tried by competent national courts or an international penal tribunal with jurisdiction.

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf treaty article ⓘ
addresses individual criminal responsibility for genocide ⓘ
adoptedWith Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in 1948 ⓘ
aimsTo ensure prosecution of individuals responsible for genocide ⓘ
prevent impunity for genocide ⓘ
allocatesJurisdiction international penal tribunal ⓘ
territorial State ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Article 6 of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
appliesTo persons charged with attempt to commit genocide ⓘ
persons charged with complicity in genocide ⓘ
persons charged with conspiracy to commit genocide ⓘ
persons charged with direct and public incitement to commit genocide ⓘ
persons charged with genocide ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple international criminal jurisdiction ⓘ
territorial jurisdiction ⓘ
bindingOn States Parties to the Genocide Convention ⓘ
category provisions on enforcement mechanisms ⓘ
citedIn case law on genocide jurisdiction ⓘ
conditionForInternationalTribunal international penal tribunal must be accepted by the Contracting Parties ⓘ
international penal tribunal must have jurisdiction over the Contracting Parties ⓘ
ensures that persons charged with genocide are tried by competent courts ⓘ
focusesOn venue and jurisdiction for genocide trials ⓘ
influenced statutes of later international criminal tribunals ⓘ
inForceWith the rest of the Genocide Convention since 1951 ⓘ
interpretedBy International Court of Justice ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
other official UN languages of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
legalDomain international criminal law ⓘ
international human rights law ⓘ
limits forum for prosecution to territorial State or international penal tribunal ⓘ
partOf Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ⓘ
protectsInterest international community’s interest in punishing genocide ⓘ
providesFor trial by a competent tribunal of the State in the territory of which the act was committed ⓘ
trial by an international penal tribunal ⓘ
recognizes possibility of an international penal tribunal for genocide ⓘ
regulates trial of persons charged with genocide ⓘ
relatedTo Article IV of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
Article V of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
requires trial of accused persons by a competent tribunal ⓘ
requiresFromStates cooperation in prosecuting genocide within their territorial jurisdiction ⓘ
subjectMatter prosecution of genocide ⓘ
usedAsLegalBasisFor arguments on the necessity of international criminal tribunals for genocide ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Article 9 of the Genocide Convention → relatedTo → Article VI of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
"Serbia must take steps to comply with its obligations under the Genocide Convention" → legalBasis → Article VI of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
Article V of the Genocide Convention → connectedTo → Article VI of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
Article VII of the Genocide Convention → relatesTo → Article VI of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
Article XV (Genocide Convention) → relatedToArticle → Article VI (Genocide Convention) ⓘ
linked to: Article VI of the Genocide Convention