SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

EXECUTIVE 0, 81ST CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION

THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT
OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE

APRIL 24, 27, AND MAY 22, 1970

71-608056

Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1970

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Aldrich, George, Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of State.

Bitker, Bruno V., attorney at law, Milwaukee, Wis_-

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Dobriansky, Dr. Lev E., president, Ukrainian Congress Committee of

America__

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Eastman, Hope, assistant director, Washington office, American Civil

Liberties Union__

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Ervin, Hon. Sam J., U.S. Senator from North Carolina_

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Gardner, Richard, Ad Hoc Committee on the Human Rights and

Genocide Treaties, New York, N.Y..........

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Goldklang, Jack, attorney, Department of Justice-

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Hauser, Mrs. Rita, U.S. Representative to the Human Rights Com-

mission of the United Nations____

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Howard, Mrs. Ernest, representing the American Coalition of Patriotic

Societies.

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Jones, Harry Leroy, attorney at law, Washington, D.C_

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Layton, Robert, New York State Bar Association Committee on

International Law.

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Pierce, Dr. William L., Arlington, Va....

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Proxmire, Hon. William, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin.

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Rehnquist, William H., Assistant Attorney General, Department of

Justice_

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Richardson, Warren S., General Counsel, Liberty Lobby-

Smith, Laurence C., U.S. Constitution Council, Squires, Mo..

Yost, Ambassador Charles W., U.S. Representative to the United

Nations__

Correspondence between Senator Church and Mr. Eberhard Deutsch
and Mr. Nicholas DeB. Katzenbach_.

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List of countries which have ratified or acceded to the Genocide Con-

vention__.

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Summary of reservations and declarations_

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Declarations and reservations (texts) -

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Countries with which the United States has extradition treaties.

Correspondence between Senator Church and the Department of

State on signing and depositing the instrument of ratification__

Conventions to which United States is a party, and in which the

United States has undertaken an international obligation to punish

as crimes certain actions described therein.

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Resolution of U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.

Resolution of Milwaukee Bar Association _ _ _

Ad Hoc Committee on the Human Rights and Genocide Treaties:

Member Organizations-

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Excerpt from the United States Code, title 18, chapter 209-Extradi-

tion___

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Members of the International Court of Justice_

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Prepared statement of Harry Leroy Jones -

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Letter from William H. Řehnquist, Assistant Attorney General,

Department of Justice__.

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