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INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE PLEADINGS, ORAL ARGUMENTS, DOCUMENTS RESERVATIONS TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE
ADVISORY OPINION OF MAY 28TH, 1951
COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE
MEMOIRES, PLAIDOIRIES ET DOCUMENTS RÉSERVES A LA CONVENTION POUR LA PRÉVENTION ET LA RÉPRESSION DU CRIME DE GÉNOCIDE AVIS CONSULTATIF DU 28 MAI 1951
US recognized the Genocide 57 years ago (See p25) : 1. The Genocide Convention The Genocide Convention resulted from the inhuman and barbarous practices which prevailed in certain countries prior to and during World War II, when entire religious, racial and national minonty groups were threatened \rrith and subjected to deliberate extermination. The practice of genocide has occurred throughout human history. The Roman persecution of the Christians, the Turkish massacres of Armenians, the extermination of millions of Jews and Poles by the Nazis are outstanding examples of the crime of genocide. This was the background when the General Assembly of the United Nations consiclered the problem of genocide. Not once, but twice, that body declared unanimously that the practice of genocide is criminal under international law and that States ought to take steps to prevent and punish genocide.
ADVISORY OPINION OF MAY 28TH, 1951
COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE
MEMOIRES, PLAIDOIRIES ET DOCUMENTS RÉSERVES A LA CONVENTION POUR LA PRÉVENTION ET LA RÉPRESSION DU CRIME DE GÉNOCIDE AVIS CONSULTATIF DU 28 MAI 1951
US recognized the Genocide 57 years ago (See p25) : 1. The Genocide Convention The Genocide Convention resulted from the inhuman and barbarous practices which prevailed in certain countries prior to and during World War II, when entire religious, racial and national minonty groups were threatened \rrith and subjected to deliberate extermination. The practice of genocide has occurred throughout human history. The Roman persecution of the Christians, the Turkish massacres of Armenians, the extermination of millions of Jews and Poles by the Nazis are outstanding examples of the crime of genocide. This was the background when the General Assembly of the United Nations consiclered the problem of genocide. Not once, but twice, that body declared unanimously that the practice of genocide is criminal under international law and that States ought to take steps to prevent and punish genocide.
