Prevention of genocide, para. 9

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Condemning impunity for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and emphasizing the responsibility of States to comply with their obligations under relevant international instruments to end impunity and, to that end, to thoroughly investigate and prosecute persons responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes or other massive, serious or systematic violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in order to avoid their recurrence and to seek sustainable peace, justice, truth and reconciliation, and in this regard stressing also the importance of strengthening the capacity of domestic jurisdictions and inter-State cooperation,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
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Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Year
2018
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
Prevention of genocide, Human Rights Council Resolution, 2018.
Paragraph number
9