Status of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
| Publisher | UN Commission on Human Rights |
| Author | UN Commission on Human Rights (46th sess. : 1990 : Geneva) |
| Publication Date | 23 February 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | E/CN.4/RES/1990/19 |
| Reference | 46 |
| Cite as | UN Commission on Human Rights, Status of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide., 23 February 1990, E/CN.4/RES/1990/19, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f00b8.html [accessed 6 June 2023] |
1990/19. Status of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling General Assembly resolutions 40/142 of 13 December 1985, 41/147 of 4 December 1986, 42/133 of 7 December 1987, 43/138 of 8 December 1988 and 44/158 of 15 December 1989, Recalling also its resolutions 1986/18 of 10 March 1986, 1987/25 of 10 March 1987, 1988/28 of 7 March 1988 and 1989/16 of 2 March 1989, Recalling further the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 260 A (III) of 9 December 1948, Reaffirming its conviction that genocide is a crime which violates the norms of international law and runs counter to the spirit and aims of the United Nations, Expressing its conviction that strict observance by all States of the provisions of the Convention is necessary for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide,1. Strongly condemns once again the crime of genocide;
2. Affirms the necessity of international co-operation in order to liberate humankind from this odious crime;
3. Takes note with appreciation of the fact that one hundred States have ratified the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide or acceded thereto;
4. Urges those States that have not yet become parties to the Convention to ratify it or accede thereto without further delay;
5. Decides to consider the question of the status of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide at its forty-eighth session under the agenda item "Status of the International Covenants on Human Rights".
38th meeting23 February 1990
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. XVII.]
