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No. 1021. CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION

AND

PUNISHMENT

OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE.

ADOPTED

B Y THE GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF THE

UNITED

NATIONS

ON

9

DECEMBER

1948

THE C O N T R A C T I N G P A R T I E S ,

HAVING C O N S I D E R E D the

declaration

made by the

General

Assembly

of the

United Nations in its resolution 96 (I) dated

1 1

December 1946

2 that

genocide

is a crime under

international

law, contrary to the spirit and aims

of

the United

Nations and condemned by the civilized world ;

RECOGNIZING

that at all periods

of

history

genocide

has inflicted

great

losses on humanity; and

BEING

C O N V I N C E D

that,

in order to liberate mankind from such an

odious

scourge, international co-operation is required,

HEREBY A G R E E A S HEREINAFTER P R O V I D E D :

Came into

force

on

12

January

1951,

the

ninetieth

day

following

the

date

of deposit of the

twentieth instrument of

ratification

or accession,

in

accordance with article

XIII.

The

following

States deposited with

the

Secretary-General of

the United

Nations

their

instruments

of ratification or accession on the

dates

indicated:

A U S T R A L I A July

1949

*EULGARIA

1

July 1950

B y

a

notification received on 8

July 1949 the CAMBODIA 4

October

1950

Government

of Australia

extended

the

ap-

CEYLON

2

October 1 9 5 0

plication of the Convention to all terri-

COSTA

R I C A October 1 9 5 0

tories

for

the

conduct of

whose

foreign

JO RDAN

April 1950

relations Australia is responsible.

K O R E A . 4 October

1 9 5 0

Czechoslovakia

1

December

1950

LAOS December

1950

E C U A D O R .

1

December 1 9 4 9 MONACO 0 March 1 9 5 0

EL SALVADOR. 8

September 1950

*POLAND 4 November

1950

ETHIOPIA.

July

1949 'ROMANIA. November

1950

FRANCE 4

October 1950

S A U D I ARABIA. 3 July

1950

GUATEMALA 3 January 1950 TURKEY

1 July

1950

HAITI 4 October 1 9 5 0 VIET-NAM 1

August

1 9 5 0

ICELAND 9 August 1949

ISRAEL

March 1950

LIBERIA

June

1950

NO R W A Y . 2July 1949

P A N A M A 1 January 1950

PH ILIPPINES

.

July

1950

Y U G O S L A V I A 9 August

1950

* With reservations.

For

text of reservations, see pp. 314-322 of this volume.

a

United Nations, document A/64/Add. 1 .

31

January

1947.


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280 1951

The Contracting

Parties confirm that genocide

whether committed

in

time

of

peace

or

in time of war,

is

a

crime

under international law which they

undertake

to

prevent

and

to punish.

In the

present Convention, genocide means

any

of the

following

acts

committed with intent to destroy, in

whole

or in part,

a

national, ethnical,

racial or religious group,

as

such :

Killing members of the group;

£) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members

of

the group;

Deliberately inflicting on

the group

conditions

of

life

calculated

to

bring

about

its physical destruction in whole or in part;

( r f ) Imposing measures

intended to prevent births within the group;

Forcibly

transferring children of

the group

to another

group.

The

following acts

shall

be

punishable:

a) Genocide;

Conspiracy

to

commit genocide

Direct

and

public

incitement

to commit genocide;

( r f )

Attempt

to

commit genocide

;

Complicity in genocide.

Persons committing

genocide

or

any of

the other acts enumerated

in

article

III shall be

punished, whether

they are

constitutionally responsible

rulers,

public officials

or

private individuals.

The Contracting

Parties

undertake

to

enact,

in accordance

with their

respective Constitutions, the necessary

legislation to give

effect to the provisions

of

the present Convention

and, in particular,

to provide effective

penalties for

persons

guilty

of

genocide

or

of

any

of

the other acts enumerated in article III.

Persons charged

with genocide or

any

of

the other acts enumerated

in

article III shall

be

tried by

a

competent tribunal of the State

in

the territory

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282 1951

of which

the

act

was committed, or by

such

international penal

tribunal

as may

have

jurisdiction with

respect

to those Contracting

Parties which

shall

have

accepted its jurisdiction.

Genocide and the other acts enumerated in article shall not

be

con

sidered

as

political

crimes for the

purpose of extradition.

The Contracting Parties pledge

themselves

in

such

cases to grant

extradi

tion in accordance with their laws and treaties in force.

Any

Contracting may call upon the competent

organs of

the

United Nations to take

such

action

under

the Charter of the United Nations

they consider

appropriate

for

the prevention

and

suppression

of

acts

of

genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article

Disputes

between

the

Contracting Parties relating to

the

interpretation,

application or fulfilment of

the present Convention, including

those

relating

to the responsibility

of

a State for genocide or for any of the other acts

enumer

ated in article shall be

submitted

to the International Court of

Justice

at the request of any of the

parties

to the dispute.

The present Convention,

of

which the C hinese, English, French,

Russian

and

Spanish

texts are

equally

authentic, shall

bear

the date of9 December 1948.

The present Convention

shall

be open until 31 December

1949 for

signature

on behalf

of

any Member

of

the United Nations and

of

any non-member State

to which an invitation to sign has been addressed by the

General

Assembly.

1

In

accordance

with

resolution

368

(IV)

(United

Nations,

document

A/1251,

28

December

1949),

adopted by the General Assembly at

its

266th

meeting on

3

December 1949,

the

Secretary-

General was

requested

to

despatch

invitations

to sign and

ratify

or to accede

to

the Convention... to

each non-member State which

is

or hereafter

becomes an

active member of one or more of

the

special

ized

agencies

of the

United

Nations, or which

is

or hereafter

becomes

a

party to

the Statute of

the

International

Court of

Justice .

Accordingly, invitations were addressed

to

the following States on the dates

indicated

below:

6

December

1949 Portugal 31 May 1950

Albania

Romania Cambodia

Austria Switzerland

Laos

Bulgaria Hashimite

Kingdom Viet-Nam

Ceylon

of

the

Jordan

Finland

20

December

1950

Hungary 27

March

1950 Germany

Ireland Indonesia

Italy

28 May

1951

Korea

10

April 1950 Japan

Monaco Liechtenstein


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The present Convention shall be ratified, and the instruments of

ratifica

tion

shall be deposited with the

Secretary-General

of the United Nations.

After

January

1950

the present Convention may be acceded to on

behalf

of

any

Member

of

the

United

Nations

and

of any

non-member State

which

has

received an invitation as aforesaid.

Instruments

of

accession shall be deposited with the

Secretary-General

of

the

United

Nations.

Any

Contracting Party may

at

any

time,

by notification

addressed

to the

Secretary-General

of

the United Nations, extend the application

of

the present

Convention to all or any of the territories for the

conduct

of whose foreign

relations

that

Contracting

Party

is

responsible.

On the day when the

first

twenty instruments

of

ratification

or accession

have been

deposited,

the Secretary-General shall draw up a and

transmit a copy thereof to each Member of the United Nations and to

each

of

the non-member States contemplated in article XI.

The present

Convention

shall come

into force

on the ninetieth day

following the date of deposit of the twentieth instrument

of ratification or

accession.

Any

ratification or accession

effected

subsequent

to

the

latter

date shall

become effective on the ninetieth day following the deposit of the instrument

of

ratification

or accession.

The

present Convention

shall

remain

in effect for a period often

years

as

from

the date

of

its

coming

into force.

It

shall

thereafter remain in

force

for

successive

periods

of

five

years for

such Contracting Parties

as

have not denounced it

at

least

six

months before

the

expiration

of the current

period.

Denunciation shall be effected by

a

written notification addressed to the

Secretary-General

of the United Nations.

If

as a result of denunciations, the number of Parties to the present

Con

vention

should

become less

than sixteen,

the Convention shall cease to

be

in

force

as

from

the

date

on

which the last

of

these

denunciations

shall become

effective.

See note

See p. 3 1 2 this

No.


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A

request for the revision of the present Convention may be made at any

time by any Contracting Party by means of a notification in

writing

addressed

to the

Secretary-General.

The General Assem bly shall decide upon the steps,

if

any, to

be

taken in

respect

of

such request.

The

Secretary-General

of the

United

Nations shall notify all Members of

the United Nations and the non-member States contemplated in article XI of

the

following:

Signatures, ratifications and

accessions received

in accordance with

article

XI;

Notifications received

in accordance with article

XII;

The

date upon which the

present Convention

comes

into force in

accordance

with article XIII;

Denunciations

received

in accordance

with article

XIV;

| V ) The abrogation of the Convention in

accordance with article

XV;

(/)

Notifications

received in accordance with article XVI.

The

original

of the

present Convention shall

be deposited in the archives

of

the United

Nations.

A

certified

copy

of

the Convention shall be

transmitted

to each

Member

of the

United

Nations and to each of the non-member States contemplated in

article

XI.

The

present Convention

shall

be registered by the Secretary-General of

the United Nations on the

date of

its coming into force.


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S O C I A L I S T A S O V I É T I C A D E B I E L O H R U S I A I

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C A N A D A :

P O U R L E C A N A D A :

P O R

E L C A N A D A :

C o r o B O p u a M n no C T a T b i r a IX n

XII,

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P E A R S O N

Nov .

28/1949

1

With

the

r e s e rva t ions regarding

Ar t i c l e s IX

and

XII stated

in the special

drawn

up on signature of the present

Convention.

16/XII/49

These

r eservat ions are

worded

as follows:

Atthe

time

ofsigning the present Convention

the delegation of the Byelo russ ian S ovie t S oc ia li s t

Republic

deems it

essen t ia l to state the following:

The

Byelo russ ian

SSR

does

not consider

as

binding

upon itself

the

p rovis ions of

Article

which provides that

disputes between the

Contracting

Parties

with

regard

to

the interpretation, application and

implementation of the present Convention shall

be

referred for

examination

to

the International

Court at the request of any party to the dispute,

and

declares

that, as

regards

the International

Court'sjurisdiction

in

respect ofdisputes concern

ing

the interpretation, application and

imple

mentation

of the

Convention,

the Byelo russ ian

SSR will, as

hitherto, maintain

the position that

in each particular c a s e the agreement of

all

parties to the dispute is es sen tia l for the submiss ion

of

any

particular

dispute to

the International

Court

for dec is ion .

The

Byelo russ ian

SSR

declares

tliat

it

is

not in

agreement

with Article

XII

of the Convention

and

con s ide r s

rhat all

the

p rovis ions of the

Convention

should extend to

non-self-governing territories, including trust

territories.

1 Sous les r e s e rve s relatives aux articles IX e t

XII

formulées dans

le

procès-verbal spécial

établi lors de la signature de la présente Conven

tion.

K.

KlSSELYOV

16/XII/49

C e s

rése rves sont conçue s comme

suit:

T R A D U C T I O N

-

T R A N S L A T I O N

« A u

moment

de signer

la

présente Convention,

ladélégationde la République socialis te soviétique

de Biélorussie

tient expressément à déclarer c e

qui

suit:

La

RSS

de

Biélorussie

ne

s ' e s t ime pas tenue

par

les disposi

t ions de l'article IX

qui

stipule que les différends

entre

les

Parties

contractantes re la tifs à l'inter

prétation, l'application

ou

l'exécution de la

présente Convention seront soumis à l'examen de

la Cour

internationale

de Justice à la requête

d'une partie au différendj

et

déclare qu'en c e

qui

concerne la compétence

de

la

Cour

e n matière de

différends relatifs à l'interprétation,

l'application

et

l'exécution de

la Convention, la

RSS de

Biélo

russ ie continuera à

soutenir,

comme elle

l'a

fait

jusqu'à

c e jour, que, dans

chaque

ca s

particulier,

l'accord de toutes les parties au différend es t

néc e s s a i r e

pour que la

Cour

internationale

pui s se

être saisie

de ce

différend

aux

fins

de décision.

«£« La RSS de

Biélorussie déclare qu'elle

n'accepte

pas les termes

de

l'article XII

de

la

Convention

et

es t ime

que

toutes les c lause s de

ladite

Convention devraient

s'appliquer aux

territoires

non

autonomes,

y

comp r i s les

territoires sous

tutelle.»

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C o n g r e s o

de

mi pais.

1

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P O R

L A

C H I N A :

F O R C O L O M B I A :

P O U R L A

C O L O M B I E ; Eduardo Z U L E T A

A N G E L

Aug.

12,

1949

3a

P O R C O L O M B I A :

F O R C U B A ;

P O U B C U B A : Carlos B L A N G O

E

;

December

28,

1949

3a

K y 6 y :

P O H C U B A :

1

Subject to the reservation that it

also

requires

A v e c

la ré s e rve

que

l'approbationduCongrès

the

approval

of the C o n g r e s s of my country. de mon pays es t

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C Z E C H O S L O V A K I A :

P O U R

L A T C H É C O S L O V A Q U I E :

3a

C H E C O E S L O V A Q U I A :

With

the

r ese rvat ions*

to Ar t i c l e s IX

and XII

as

contained in

the

of Signature dated

to-day.

1

V. O U T R A T A

December 28th,

1949

F O R

P O U R L E

D A N E M A R K

3a

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BORBERG

le 2 8 septembre 1949

* T h e s e reservations are

worded

as

follows:

At

the

time of s igning

the present Convention

the delegation of Czechoslovakia deems

it

essen t ia l

to

state

the following:

Czechos lovakia does

not

consider binding upon itself the provis ions of

Article

IX

which

provides that disputes between

the

Contracting Parties with regard

to

the inter

pretation, application

and implementation

of the

present

Convention

shall be

referred

for exami

nation to

the

International Court at

the request of

any party

to

the

dispute,

and declares that, as

regards the International

Court's jurisdiction

in

respect of

disputes concerning

the interpretation,

application

and

implementationof the Convention,

Czechoslovakia

will, as hitherto, maintain the

position that in each par'

icular

c a s e the

agreement

of all parties to the dispute is essentia l for the

submiss ion of any particular

dispute

to the Inter

national Court

for dec is ion .

Czechos lovakia

declares

that

it is not

in agreement

with

Article XII of the

Convention

and con s ide r s that all the provis ions

of the Convention should extend to

non-se l f -

governing territories, including

trust territories,

1 S ous le s ré se rve s* relatives

aux

articles IX

et

XII

formulées

dans le procès-verbal de signature

e n

date

de

c e

jour.

V. O U T R A T A

le 2 8

décembre

1949

* C e s rése rves sont conçue s comme suit

:

T R A D U C T I O N

-


«Au moment

de s igne r la présente

Convention,

la

délégation de Tchécoslovaquie tient

exp r e s sé

ment

à

déclarer

c e

qui suit :

La

Tchécoslova

quie ne

s ' e s t ime

pas tenue par les dispositions de

l'article

IX

qui

stipule

que

les différends entre

les

Parties contractantes

relatifs

à

l'interprétation,

l'application ou

l'exécution de

la

présente

Con

vention

seront

soumis à l'examen de

la

Cour

internationale

de

Justice

à

la requête d'une partie

au différend, et

déclare

qu'en

c e qui

concerne la

compétence

de

la

Cour e n

matière

de

différends

relatifs

à

l'interprétation, l'application, e t l'exécu

tion de

la

Convention,

la

Tchécoslovaquie conti

nuera

à

soutenir, comme

elle l'a fait jusqu'à

c e

jour, que, dans chaque

ca s

particulier,

l'accord

de

toutes

les parties au

différend

e s t néc e s s a ir e pour

que la Cour internationale de

Justice

pu i s s e être

saisie de c e différend

aux

fins de

décis ion.

La

Tchécoslova

quie déclare

qu'elle n'accepte

pas les termes de

l'article XII

de

la

Convention

et es t ime que

toutes

les c lause s de

la

Convention devraient

s'appliquer

aux

territoires

non

autonomes,

y

compris lea

territoires sous tutelle. »

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REPUBLIC:

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11,

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F O R

S W E D E N :

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No.

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F O R T H E U K R A I N I A N S O V I E T S O C I A L I S T

REPUBLIC:

P O U R

L A

R É P U B L I Q U E S O C I A L I S T E S O V I É T I Q U E

D ' U K R A I N E :

yw CoBercsyio ConaaJiHCTmecicyio PernyÔJiroty:

P O R

L A

R E P Û B L I C A

S O C I A L I S T A

S O V I É T I C A

D E

U C R A N I A :

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XII,

H S J I O S C C H H M M H B

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16/XII-1949r.'

1 With

the reservations regarding Articles IX

and XII

stated

in the special drawn

up on

signature

of

the present Convention.

A.

V O I N A

16/XII/1949

These

reservations

are worded as follows:

At

the

time

ofsigning the present Convention

the delegation of

the

Ukrainian Soviet

Socialist

Republic deems it essential to state the following:

The Ukrainian

SSR

does

not consider

as

binding upon itself

the

provisions

of

Article IX which provides

that

disputes

between

the

Contracting

Parties with regard to the inter

pretation,

application and implementation

of

the

present

Convention shall be referred

for

exami

nation to the International Court

at

the request

of any

parly to the dispute,

and declares

that, as

regards the International Court's jurisdiction in

respect of

disputes concerning

the interpretation,

application

and

implementation of

the Conven

tion,

the

Ukrainian

SSR

will, as

hitherto,

main

tain

the

position that

in

each particular case

the

agreement of all

parties

to

the

dispute is essential

for the submission

ofany

particular

dispute

to the

International Gourt for

decision.

The Ukrainian

SSR

declares

that it is not in agreement

with Article

XII of the Convention

and

considers that

all

the

provisions

of the Convention

should

extend to

non-self-governing territories, including trust

territories.

1 Sous les réserves relatives aux articles

IX

et

XII formulées dans

le procès-verbal spécial

établi

lors de la signature de la présente Convention.

A.

V O I N A

16/XI1/1949

C e s rése rves sont conçue s comme suit:

T R A D U C T I O N

- T R A N S L A T I O N

«Au moment de signer la présente Convention,

la délégation

de

la République socialiste soviéti

que

d'Ukraine

tient expressément à

déclarer ce

qui suit

La République

socialiste

soviétique d'Ukraine ne

s e

considère pas

comme

liée

par les dispositions de l'article

IX

qui

stipule

que

les

différends

entre les Parties

con

tractantes relatifs à l'interprétation,

l'application

ou

l'exécution

de

la

présente

Convention seront

soumis à l'examen de la Cour internationale de

Justice à

la

requête d'une partie

au différend, et

déclare

qu'en ce qui

concerne la compétence de

la Cour en matière de différends

relatifs à

l'inter

prétation,

l'application, et l'exécution de la Con

vention, la

RSS

d'Ukraine continuera à soutenir,

comme

elle l'a fait

jusqu'à c e

jour,

la

thèse

selon

laquelle dans chaque cas particulier,

l'accord

de

toutes les

parties

au différend est nécessaire

pour

que la

Cour

internationale

puisse

être

sais ie

de c e différend aux

fins

de

décision.

La

RSS

d'Ukraine

déclare

qu'elle ne donne pas son accord à l'article

XII

de la Convention et estime que toutes

les

dispositions de la Convention devraient s'appli

quer

aux

territoires

non autonomes, y compris

les

territoires

sous

tutelle.»


17/25

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1951

F O B T H E

U N I O N

O F S O V I E T S O C I A L I S T

REPUBLICS:

P O U R L ' U N I O N D E S R É P U B L I Q U E S

S O C I A L I S T E S

S O V I É T I Q U E S :

S a

C o K > 3 C O B B T C K H X C o o H O H C T H M e c K H x P e c n v Ô J i H K :

P O R

L A

U N I O N

D E

R E P Û B L I C A S

S O C I A L I S T A S

S O V I É T I C A S :

16.12.49'

F O R T H E

U N I T E D S T A T E S

O F

A M E R I C A :

Pounds

E T A T S - U N I S D'AMÉRIQUE:

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A

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11, 1948

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P O R

L O S E S T A D O S U N I D O S D E

A M E R I C A :

1 With the reservations regarding Articles IX

and XII

stated in the

spec ia l

drawn

up on signature of the present

Convention.

A . P A N Y U S H K I N

16.12.49

These reservations are worded

as

follows:

At

the time of

signing

the

present

Convention

the

delegation

of the Union of Sovie t

Social ist

Republics deems

it

essentia l to

state

the following :

The

Sovie t Union does

not consider

as binding upon itself the provis ions

of

Article

IX

which

provides that

disputesbetween

the Contracting Parties with

regard

to the

inter

pretation,

application

and

implementation

of the

present

Convention

shall be referred for

exami

nation

to

the

International

Court

at

the request

of

any party to the dispute,

and declares

that,

as

regards the

International

Court's

jurisdiction in

respect of disputes

concerning

the interpretation,

application

and

implementation of the Conven

tion, the

Sovie t Union

will,

as hitherto, maintain

the pos i t ion that in each

particular

ca s e the

agreement

of

all parties to the dispute

is

essen t ia l

for the

submission

of

any

particular

dispute

to the

International

Court

for decision,

The

Union of Sovie t

Social ist Republics

dec la res

that it is

not

in

agreement with Article

XII

of the

Convention

and

con s ide r s that all the provis ions

of

the Convention

should

extend to

non-s e l f -govern ing

territories,

including

trust territories.

1 Sous les rése rves relatives aux articles IX

et

XII

formulées

dans le

procès-verbal

spéc ia l

établi

lors de

la

signature de la présente

Convention.

A . P A N Y O U C H K I N E

16.12 .49

C e s rése rves

sont

conçues comme suit:

T R A D U C T I O N - T R A N S L A T I O N

«Au

moment

de signer

la

présente Convention,

la délégation

de

l'Union

des Républiques

socialis

tes soviétiques

tient

expressément à déclarer c e

qui suit

L'Union

soviéti

que

ne s'estime pas tenue par les disposit ions de

l'article IX qui

stipule

que

les différends

entre

les

Parties contractantes re la tifs à l'interprétation,

l'application ou

l'exécution

de la présente C o n

vention

seront soumis à l'examende la

Cour

in ter-

nationale de Justice

à

la

requête

d'une

partie au

différend, et déclare qu'en

c e qui

concerne la

compétence de

la

Cour e n matière

de

différends

re la tifs

à

l'interprétation, l'application et l'exécu

tion de

la

Convention,

l'Union

soviétique conti

nuera

à soutenir, comme

elle l'a fait

jusqu'à

c e

jour, que, dans chaque ca s particulier,

l'accord

de

toutes

les parties au

différend est nécessa i r e pour

que la Cour internationale de Justice pui s se être

sais ie de c e différend aux fins de décision.

L'Union des

Républiques

socialistes

soviétiques

déclare

qu'elle

n'accepte

pas

les

termes

de

l'article

XII

de

la

Convention

e t

es t ime

que toutes

les

c lause s

de

ladite

Convention

devraient s'appliquer aux

territoires non autonomes, y compris les territoires

sous

tutelle.»

N o .

1021


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311

F O R U R U G U A Y :

P O U R

L ' U R U G U A Y :

3a

P O R

E L

Enrique

G . A R M A N D

U G O N

Décembre

il

de 1948-

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P O R Y U G O E S L A V I A :

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A l e s

BEBLER

1 1 Dec.

1948

F O R I S R A Ë L :

P O U R I S R A E L I

3a

P O R I S R A Ë L :

„ _ ,

Aubrey S .

E B A N

17 August 1949

N °

1021


19/25

312

1951

ESTABLISHING

THE

DEPOSIT

OF TWENTY

INSTRUMENTS OF

RATIFI

CATION

OR

ACCESSION TO

THE CONVENTION O N THE

PREVENTION A N D

PUNISH

MENT OF

THE

CRIME OF

GENOCIDE

CONS I D E RI NG that article

XIII,

paragraphs o n e

and

two, of the

Con

vention on

the

Prevention and

Pun

ishment of the

Crime

of

Genocide

provides that:

On the day when

the

first

twenty instruments

of

ratification

or

acce s s ion

have been deposited,

the

Secretary-General

shall

draw

up a and transmit a

copy of it to each Member

of

the

United

Nations and

to

each

of

the

non-member

States

contemplated

in article

XI.

The

present Convention

shall

come

into fo r c e

on the

ninetieth day

following

the

date of

deposi t

of

the

twentieth instrument of

ratification

or acces s ion . "

CONS I D E RI NG

that

the condition

spec if ied

in paragraph one has , on

this

day, been fulfilled;

P R O C È S - V E R B A L C O N S T A T A N T

L E DÉPÔT D E VINGT INSTRU

MENTS

D E RATIFICATION

OU D'ADHÉSION

A

L A

C O N

VENTION POUR

L A PRÉVEN

TION

ET L A RÉPRESSION D U

CRIME

D E

GÉNOCIDE

C O N S I D É R A N T

que

l'article XIII

de

la

Convention

pour la prévention

e t

la

rép re s s ion

du crime de génocide

stipule,

dans

ses

paragraphes un

e t

deux,

que:

«Dès

le jour où

les

vingt

premiers

instruments de ratification

ou

d'adhésion auront été déposés, le

Secrétaire général

en

d r e s s e r a

pro

cès-verbal .

Il

transmettra

cop i e

de

c e procès-verbal à tous les États

Membres

des

Nations

U n i e s

et aux

non-membres visés par

l'article

XI.

«La

présente Convention

entrera

e n vigueur

le

quatre-vingt-dixième

jour qui

suivra la

date du dépôt

du

vingtième instrument de ratification

ou

d'adhésion.»

C O N S I D É R A N T que

la

condition pré

vue au paragraphe premier a ,

c e

jour,

été

réalisée;

N o .

1021


20/25

1951

—

313

T H E R E F O R E ,

the

Secretary-General E N C O N S É Q U E N C E , le Secrétaire gé-

has drawn up this in

thé

néral a dressé le présent Procès-Verbal

English and

French

languages. en langue angla i se e t en langue

française.

D O N E at L a k e

Succ e s s , N e w

York,

this 14th day of October 1950.

F A I T à

Lake

Succe s s , New York ,

le

14 octobre 1950 .

For

the

Secretary-General

Pour

le Secrétaire général

Dr.

Ivan

S .

K E R N O

Ass i s t an t Secretary-General

Legal Department

Secrétaire général adjoint

Département

juridique

N °

1021


21/25

314 1951

RATIFICATIONS WITH R E S E R V A T I O N S

W H E R E A S ,

The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of

the

Crime of

G e n o c i d e

was approved

by

the

General Ass em b l y of the

United

Nations during its Third

Se s s ion

on December 9, 1948, and was s igned by the

authorized representative of the

Philippines

on December

11,

1948;

W H E R E A S ,

Article

XI

of the Convention

provides

that

the

present C o n

vention shall be

ratified and

the instruments of ratification

deposited with

the

Secretary-General

of the

United

Nations;

and

W H E R E A S ,

the Senate

of

the

Philippines,

by

its

Resolution

No.

9,

adopted

on

February 28,

1950,

concurred

in

the

ratification by

the

President of the

Philippines of the aforesaid Convention in accordance

with

the Constitution

of

the Phi l ippines , subject to the

following

reservations:

1.

With

reference to Article IV of

the

Convention, the Philippine

Government cannot

sanction

any situation

which

would subject its Head

of State, who is not a ruler, to

condi t ions

less

favorable than

those

accorded

other

Heads of State, whether constitutionally

r e spons ib le

rulers or not.

The

Philippine Government

does

not

consider

said

Ar t i c l e ,

therefore ,

as

overriding

the

existing immunities f rom judicial p r o c e s s e s

guaranteed

certain

public officials by

the

Constitution

of the

Phi l i pp ine s .

2.

With reference to Article

VII of the

Convention, the Philippine

Government

does not

undertake to give effec t to said

Article

until

the

C o n g r e s s of

the Philippines has

enacted

the

n e c e s s a r y

legislation

defining

and

punishing

the

crime of genocide , which legislation, under

the

C o n s

titution of

the

Philippines,

cannot

have any retroactive

effect.

3.

With reference to Ar t i c l e s VI and IX

of

the Convention, the

Philippine Government

takes

the

position that nothing

contained

in said

Art icles shall be construed

as

depriving Philippine cour t s of

jurisdiction

over all ca s e s

of

genoc ide committed within Philippine territory

save

only

in those ca s e s where

the

Philippine Government co n s e n t s

to

have

the

deci s ion of the

Philippine courts reviewed

by

either

of the

international

tribunals referred to in

said

Art i c les . With further reference to

Article

IX

of

the Convention, the Philippine

Government

does

not consider

said

Ar t i c l e

to

extend the

concept

of State

responsibility

beyond

that

recognized

by the generally accepted principles

of

international

law.

N o .

1021


22/25

316

— 1951

Now, T H E R E F O R E

be

it

known that I,

E L P ID IO

QUIR ING , President

of the

Philippines, after having s e e n

and cons ide red the said Convention, do hereby,

in pursuance of the aforesaid concurrence of

the

Senate

and

subject

to the

reservations above-quoted,

ratify and

confirm

the

s ame

and

eve r y article

and

c lause there of .

IN

W I T N E S S W H E R E O F , I have hereunto

se t

m y

hand

and caused the

seal

of

the Republic of

the Philippines

to

be affixed.

D O N E

in

the

City

of

Manila, this 23rd

day

ofJune, in

the

year

of

Our

Lord,

nineteen hundred

and

fifty, and of

the

Independence of the Philippines, the

fourth.

QUIRING

Felino

N E R I

Undersecretary of Foreign

Affairs


W H E R E A S

we have

examined this

Convention, and the

National Ass em b l y

of

the

Czechos lovak

Republic

has

signified

its agreement

thereto,

W e do hereby

approve and

ratify it,

subject to

the r e s e rva t ions

stated in

the Pro tocol

of signature1 of

the Convention.

IN

FAITH W H E R E O F we have

s igned

this instrument and affixed thereto

the

seal

of

the

Czechos lovak Republic.

G I V E N at Prague Castle 2 4 October 1950 .

G O T T W A L D

President

of

the

Czechos lovak

Republic

Zd.

F I E R L I N G E R

Minister for Foreign Affairs

1 S e e page 303 this


23/25

318

1951

WITH

ULG RI


T H E P R E S I D I U M

O F

T H E

N A T I O N A L A S S E M B L Y O F

T H E

P EOP LE ' S RE PUB L IC

O F B UL GARIA ,

H A V I N G

S E E N

A N D E X A M I N E D the Convention of 9 December 1948 on the

Prevention

and

Punishment of

the

crime of Genocide,

C O N F I R M S

i t s access ion to

this

Convention

with

the

following reservations

1. The

People's Republic

of

Bulgaria

does

not

consider

as binding

upon

itself

the

provis ions of

article IX which

provides

that disputes between the

Contracting Parties with regard to

the interpretation, application

and

implementation of the

present

Convention shall be referred for examination to

the

International

Court ofJustice

at the

request

of

any

party

to

the dispute,

and declares

that, as regards

the

International Court's jurisdiction in r e s p e c t of dis

putes concerning

the interpretation,

application

and

implementation

of

the

Convention,

the

People's Republic ofBulgaria

will,

as hitherto, main

tain the

position

that

in

each

particular

c a s e

the agreement

of

all

parties

to the dispute

is essent ia l

for the submission

of any

particular dispute

to the

International Court

of

Justice for dec is ion.

2 . The

People's

Republic of

Bulgaria dec la r e s that

it is not in agreement

with article XII

of

the

Convention

and

cons ide r s

that

all

the

provi s ions

of

the

Convention

should extend

to non-self-

governing territories, including trust

territories.

A N D

D E C L A R E S

its assurance

of the application

thereof .

IN FA I TH W H E R E O F

has s igne d

the

present instrument

and

has had affixed

the seal

of

the

State

thereto.

G I V E N

at

Sofia,

on

12 July

o n e

thousand nine hundred and fifty.

The President: The Secretary:

The Minister for Foreign Affai r s :

M. N E I T C H E F F

No.

1021


24/25

3 2 0

— 1951


In

the name

of

the

Polish

Republic, B O L E S L A W

BIERUT,

President

of

the

Polish

Republic,

To

all

men who may

s e e

these presents be it

known that

A Convention for the Prevention

and Punishment

of

the

Crime of

G e n o c i d e

was

adopted by

the

General Ass em b l y

of the

United Nations on 9 December

1948:

Having

read

and

examined

the

said Convention, We a c c e d e to

it in

the

name

of

the

Polish

Republic subject to

the

following

reservations:

" A s regards

article

IX, Poland

does

not regard

itself

as bound

by the

provi s ions of

this

article s i n c e

the

agreement of

all

the

parties to a dispute is a

n e c e s s a r y condition in each

specif ic

case for submission to

the International

Court

of Justice,

" A s regards article XII, Poland does not accept

the

provi s ions

of

this

article,

considering

that

the

Convention should

apply

to Non-Self-Governing

Territories,

including Trust

Territories.

W e declare that the above-mentioned Convention is

accepted, ratified

and

confirmed and promise

that it shall be

obse rved

without violation.

IN FA I TH W H E R E O F ,

W e have issued the present letters bearing the

seal of

the Republic.

G I V E N at Warsaw, 2 2 September 1950.

Boleslaw

BIERUT

J.

C Y R A N K I E W I C Z

St. S K R Z E S Z E W S K I

President of

the

Council of Ministers for Minister for Foreign Affai r s

No.

1021


25/25

3 2 2

1951


The

People's

Republic of

Romania

does

not

consider

itself

bound

by the provi s ions of article which provides that disputes

between

the

Contracting Parties

relating

to the

interpretation, application

or

fulfilment of the Convention shall be

submitted to

the International

Court

of

Justice

at the

request

of any

of the

parties

to the

dispute,

and

dec la r e s that as

regards

the jurisdiction of

the

Court

in disputes

relating

to the

interpretation,

application

or fulfilment

of

the Convention, the

People's Republic

of

Romania

will adhere

to

the

view

which

it

has

held

up

to

the present,

that in each par

ticular

c a s e

the agreement

of all the parties to a dispute

is

required before

it

can

be

referred

to

the

International

Court

of

Justice

for

settlement.

The

People's

Republic of Romania

dec la r e s that it

is not in agreement with

article XII of

the

Convention,

and cons ide r s

that

all

the provi s ions

of the Convention should apply

to

the

Non-Self-Governing

Territories, including the

Trust

Territories.

N o .

1021

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