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\n \n \n \n \nEntry into force: 12 January 1951, in accordance with article XIII\nThe Contracting Parties ,\nHaving 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 of the United Nations and condemned by the civilized world,\nRecognizing that at all periods of history genocide has inflicted great losses on humanity, and\nBeing convinced that, in order to liberate mankind from such an odious scourge, international co-operation is required,\nHereby agree as hereinafter provided :\nArticle I\nThe 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.\nArticle II\nIn 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:\n(a) Killing members of the group;\n(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;\n(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;\n(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;\n(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.\nArticle III\nThe following acts shall be punishable:\n(a) Genocide;\n(b) Conspiracy to commit genocide;\n(c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;\n(d) Attempt to commit genocide;\n(e) Complicity in genocide.\nArticle IV\nPersons 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.\nArticle V\nThe 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 any of the other acts enumerated in article III.\nArticle VI\nPersons 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 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.\nArticle VII\nGenocide and the other acts enumerated in article III shall not be considered as political crimes for the purpose of extradition.\nThe Contracting Parties pledge themselves in such cases to grant extradition in accordance with their laws and treaties in force.\nArticle VIII\nAny Contracting Party may call upon the competent organs of the United Nations to take such action under the Charter of the United Nations as they consider appropriate for the prevention and suppression of acts of genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III.\nArticle IX\nDisputes 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 enumerated in article III, shall be submitted to the International Court of Justice at the request of any of the parties to the dispute.\nArticle X\nThe present Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall bear the date of 9 December 1948.\nArticle XI\nThe 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.\nThe present Convention shall be ratified, and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.\nAfter 1 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.\nInstruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.\nArticle XII\nAny 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.\nArticle XIII\nOn the day when the first twenty instruments of ratification or accession have been deposited, the Secretary-General shall draw up a proc\u00e8s-verbal and transmit a copy thereof to each Member of the United Nations and to each of the non-member States contemplated in article XI.\nThe present Convention shall come into force on the ninetieth day following the date of deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.\nAny 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.\nArticle XIV\nThe present Convention shall remain in effect for a period of ten years as from the date of its coming into force.\nIt 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.\nDenunciation shall be effected by a written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.\nArticle XV\nIf, as a result of denunciations, the number of Parties to the present Convention 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.\nArticle XVI\nA 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.\nThe General Assembly shall decide upon the steps, if any, to be taken in respect of such request.\nArticle XVII\nThe 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:\n(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions received in accordance with article XI;\n(b) Notifications received in accordance with article XII;\n(c) The date upon which the present Convention comes into force in accordance with article XIII;\n(d) Denunciations received in accordance with article XIV;\n(e) The abrogation of the Convention in accordance with article XV;\n(f) Notifications received in accordance with article XVI.\nArticle XVIII\nThe original of the present Convention shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations.\nA certified copy of the Convention shall be transmitted to each Member of 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