What countries have signed the Genocide Convention?

What countries have signed the Genocide Convention?

Ratified or acceded states

How long do you get for genocide?

The penalty for genocide is imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 years. (k) commits another inhumane act of a similar character that causes great suffering or severe injury to body or health. The penalty for a crime against humanity is imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 years.

How long would you go to jail for genocide?

If death results because of the actions prohibited within 18 U.S. Code section 1091, a defendant can be sentenced to death or life imprisonment as well as a $1 million fine. If no death results, the defendant can be sentenced to a maximum of 20 years imprisonment as well as a fine up to $1 million.

Is the US part of the Genocide Convention?

The Proxmire Act, officially the Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987, bound the United States to the provisions of the United Nations’ Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Is the Genocide Convention legally binding?

As customary international law, such obligations are binding on all States, whether or not they have ratified the Genocide Convention. The ICJ has also concluded that the obligation to prevent genocide contained in Article I of the Genocide Convention has an extraterritorial scope.

When was Genocide Convention?

9 December 1948
The Genocide Convention was the first human rights treaty adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 9 December 1948 and signified the international community’s commitment to ‘never again’ after the atrocities committed during the Second World War.

What is the minimum sentence for genocide?