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

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MAY 24 AND 26, 1977

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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___.

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

61

Biography of Hon. Arthur J. Goldberg_

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Prepared statement of Miss Maud-Ellen Zimmerman, chairman,

Voters Interest League, and attachments_-_-

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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

Statement by Senator Jesse Helms___.

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