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... Observing that, in accordance with the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, States particularly
condemn racial segregation and apartheid and undertake to prevent,
prohibit and eradicate all practices of this nature in territories under
their jurisdiction, as crimes against humanity, ...
... Observing that the Security Council has emphasized that apartheid and
its continued intensification and expansion seriously disturb and threaten
international peace and security, ...
... Convinced that an International Convention on the Suppression and
Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid would make it possible to take more
effective measures at the international and national levels with a view to
the suppression and punishment of the crime of apartheid, ...
... Convinced that an International Convention on the Suppression and
Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid would make it possible to take more
effective measures at the international and national levels with a view to
the suppression and punishment of the crime of apartheid, ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... International criminal responsibility shall apply, irrespective of the
motive involved, to individuals, members of organizations and institutions
and representatives of the State, whether residing in the territory of the
State in which the acts are perpetrated or in some other State, whenever
they: ...
... 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. ...
... (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; ...
... 2. Pending the achievement of the objectives of the Declaration on the
Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in
General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), the provisions of the present
Convention shall in no way limit the right of petition granted to those
peoples by other international instruments or by the United Nations and
its specialized agencies. ...
... Disputes between States Parties arising out of the interpretation,
application or implementation of the present Convention which have not
been settled by negotiation shall, at the request of the States parties to
the dispute, be brought before the International Court of Justice, save
where the parties to the dispute have agreed on some other form of
settlement. ...