Deliberately killing or inflicting deadly conditions on a protected community with the specific goal of wiping them out.
Universal jurisdiction trial before the ICC or specialized international crimes tribunals.
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United Nations / International Court of Justice
78 U.N.T.S. 277
1948
January 2025
Multilingual Official Treaty (UN Authentic)
First human rights treaty adopted by the UN General Assembly (9 December 1948). The prohibition of genocide is universally recognized as a peremptory norm of general international law (jus cogens).
A global treaty banning genocide—the deliberate attempt to destroy an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group of people.
Anyone navigating international criminal law issues must comply with these statutory requirements to ensure legal protection and prevent sanctions.
গণহত্যার প্রামাণ্য সংজ্ঞা
Deliberately killing or inflicting deadly conditions on a protected community with the specific goal of wiping them out.
Universal jurisdiction trial before the ICC or specialized international crimes tribunals.
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দণ্ডবিধি, ১৮৬০
The primary criminal code in Bangladesh that defines specific unlawful acts (such as theft, assault, fraud, or murder), sets statutory defenses (such as private defense), and determines the penalties judges can impose.
মানবাধিকারের সার্বজনীন ঘোষণাপত্র (১৯৪৮)
A historic global declaration stating that all humans are born free and equal, with rights to life, fair trial, privacy, speech, and freedom from torture and slavery.
নাগরিক ও রাজনৈতিক অধিকার বিষয়ক আন্তর্জাতিক চুক্তি (১৯৬৬)
A legally binding world treaty that forces member countries to protect human life, ban torture, give fair trials in court, and stop arbitrary jailings.
“The foundational multilateral treaty defining and outlawing genocide as an international crime, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, requiring states to prevent and punish acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.”
গণহত্যাকে আন্তর্জাতিক অপরাধ হিসেবে ঘোষণা এবং জাতীয়, জাতিগত বা ধর্মীয় জনগোষ্ঠীকে ধ্বংসের উদ্দেশ্যমূলক অপরাধের বিচার নিশ্চিতকরণ সংক্রান্ত সনদ।
Deliberately killing or inflicting deadly conditions on a protected community with the specific goal of wiping them out.
Universal jurisdiction trial before the ICC or specialized international crimes tribunals.