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The '''Genocide Convention''' (formally '''Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide''') is a treaty of the [[international human rights law]] on [[genocide]] created on 9 December 1948 by the [[United Nations]]. This is to prevent all form of [[genocide]] and its incitation and to show how the actors of those must be punished.

This Convention protects all [[ethnic group]]s and [[race (sociology)|race]]s of any kind of [[religion]]s.

Now actor of genocide written in this convention will be judged by the [[International Criminal Court]] but there are some countries which do not ratify this Convention and [[international law]] on International Criminal Court.

==Related pages==
* [[Genocide]]
* [[International human rights law]]
* [[International Criminal Court]]

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[[Category:Genocide]]
[[Category:Human rights]]
[[Category:International law]]
[[Category:1948]]
[[Category:History of the United Nations]]