The Genocide Convention
75 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the first universal human rights treaty of the United Nations era and the keystone of the international legal regime against genocide.
The Genocide Convention
TAMS/BERSTER/SCHIFFBAUER The 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide is the first universal human rights treaty of the United Nations era, the cornerstone of the international legal regime against the crime of genocide and a key influence on developments in many other areas of international law.