Genocide Convention (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
July 25, 1985 |
| Report Number |
IB74129 |
| Authors |
Vita Bite, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocidehas been a matter of pending business before the Senate since its transmittalto that body in 1949. On May 21, 1985, the Senate Foreign RelationsCommittee recommended that the Senate give its advice and consent toratification of the Convention subject to eight conditions: tworeservations, five understandings, and one declaration.Opinions differ sharply on whether and under what conditions the Senateshould approve ratification of the Genocide Convention. Such opinions fallroughly into four categories: those favoring ratification without any U.S.conditions; those favoring ratification with the three understandings and onedeclaration as previously recommended by the Senate Foreign RelationsCommittee in 1984; those favoring ratification as most recently recommendedby the Committee with eight conditions; and those opposing ratification underany circumstances.
