COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

EX. O, 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.

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

91-544

MAY 24 AND 26, 1977

Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1977

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CONTENTS

Hearing days:

Tuesday, May 24, 1977-

Thursday, May 26, 1977-

Statements by:

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Bitker, Bruno V., chairman, Committee on International Human

Rights, Section on International Law, American Bar Association,

Washington, D.C___

Christopher, Hon. Warren, Deputy Secretary of State--.

Goldberg, Hon. Arthur J., Chairman of the ad hoc Committee on the
Human Rights and Genocide Treaties, New York, N.Y___

Hansell, Hon. Herbert J., legal adviser, Department of State.

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

Rittenhouse, E. Stanley, legislative aide, Liberty Lobby, Washington,

D.C

Zimmerman, Maud-Ellen, chairman. Voters Interest League, Balti-

more, Md

Insertions for the record:

Prepared statement of Senator William Proxmire and attachments__

Prepared statement of Warren Christopher, Deputy Secretary of

State

Excerpt from text of Genocide Convention___.

Excerpt from implementing legislation_-_-_

Text of Genocide Convention implementing legislation__.

Prepared statement of Herbert J. Hansell, legal adviser, Department

of State__.

Excerpt from Senate Foreign Relations Committee Report of April 29,

1976, on Genocide Convention___

Analysis of reservations and understandings expressed by ratifying

States of Genocide Convention__.

Mr. Hansell's responses to additional questions for the record__

Resolution adopted by House of Delegates, American Bar Association,

February 17, 1976, and the supporting report-American Bar As-

sociation, Section of International Law_-.

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Letter to the Senate of the United States from President Jimmy

Carter, dated May 23, 1977.

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Prepared statement of the Hon. Arthur J. Goldberg on behalf of the

ad hoc Committee on Human Rights and Genocide Treaties and

attachments

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Biography of Hon. Arthur J. Goldberg__

Prepared statement of Miss Maud-Ellen Zimmerman, chairman,

Voters Interest League, and attachments---

Appendix:

Letter and enclosed point-by-point rebuttal to Senator Ervin's "Sum-

mary of Objections to Genocide Treaty," to Senator Frank Church

from Secretary of State William P. Rogers, dated April 12, 1977__

Memorandum to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from the
American Law Division, The Library of Congress, Congressional
Research Service, dated June 9, 1976, concerning multilateral
treaties relating to crimes under international law_-_

"To Banish Genocide," editorial from the New York Times, Feb-

ruary 26, 1976_.

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"Genocide Bill Must Be OK'D," article by William F. Buckley, Jr., The

Chicago Daily News, June 21, 1977_.

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Statement by Senator Claiborne Pell_

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Statement by Senator Jesse Helms_.

(III)

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