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... 1. The States Parties to the present Convention declare that apartheid
is a crime against humanity and that inhuman acts resulting from the
policies and practices of apartheid and similar policies and practices of
racial segregation and discrimination, as defined in article 2 of the
Convention, are crimes violating the principles of international law, in
particular the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations, and constituting a serious threat to international peace and
security. ...
... (a) Commit, participate in, directly incite or conspire in the
commission of the acts mentioned in article 2 of the present Convention;
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... (b) To adopt legislative, judicial and administrative measures to
prosecute, bring to trial and punish in accordance with their jurisdiction
persons responsible for, or accused of, the acts defined in article 2 of
the present Convention, whether or not such persons reside in the
territory of the State in which the acts are committed or are nationals of
that State or of some other State or are stateless persons. ...
... Persons charged with the acts enumerated in article 2 of the present
Convention may be tried by a competent tribunal of any State Party to the
Convention which may acquire jurisdiction over the person of the accused
or by an international penal tribunal having jurisdiction with respect to
those States Parties which shall have accepted its jurisdiction. ...
... 1. The States Parties to the present Convention undertake to submit
periodic reports to the group established under article 9 on the
legislative, judicial, administrative or other measures that they have
adopted and that give effect to the provisions of the Convention. ...
... 1. The Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights shall appoint a group
consisting of three members of the Commission on Human Rights, who are
also representatives of States Parties to the present Convention, to
consider reports submitted by States Parties in accordance with article
7 . ...
... 2. If, among the members of the Commission on Human Rights, there are no
representatives of States Parties to the present Convention or if there
are fewer than three such representatives, the Secretary-General of the
United Nations shall, after consulting all States Parties to the
Convention, designate a representative of the State Party or
representatives of the States Parties which are not members of the
Commission on Human Rights to take part in the work of the group
established in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article, until such
time as representatives of the States Parties to the Convention are
elected to the Commission on Human Rights. ...
... 3. The group may meet for a period of not more than five days, either
before the opening or after the closing of the session of the Commission
on Human Rights, to consider the reports submitted in accordance with
article 7 . ...
... (a) To request United Nations organs, when transmitting copies of
petitions under article 15 of the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, to draw its attention
to complaints concerning acts which are enumerated in article 2 of the
present Convention; ...
... (a) To request United Nations organs, when transmitting copies of
petitions under article 15 of the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, to draw its attention
to complaints concerning acts which are enumerated in article 2 of the
present Convention; ...
... (b) To prepare, on the basis of reports from competent organs of the
United Nations and periodic reports from States Parties to the present
Convention, a list of individuals, organizations, institutions and
representatives of States which are alleged to be responsible for the
crimes enumerated in article 2 of the Convention, as well as those
against whom legal proceedings have been undertaken by States Parties to
the Convention; ...
... (c) To request information from the competent United Nations organs
concerning measures taken by the authorities responsible for the
administration of Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories, and all other
Territories to which General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December
1960 applies, with regard to such individuals alleged to be responsible
for crimes under article 2 of the Convention who are believed to be under
their territorial and administrative jurisdiction. ...
... 1. Acts enumerated in article 2 of the present Convention shall not be
considered political crimes for the purpose of extradition. ...
... Denunciations under article 16; ...