Senator JAVITS answers the question of whether individuals as well as public officials would be subject to trial and punishment for offenses which have always been regarded as matters falling within the domestic jurisdiction of the various nations. In his answer. Senator JAVITS states that the protection of human rights has always been an international concern. The United States has shown that it agrees with this view by ratifying the World War II peace treaties. the United Nations Charter. the Slavery Convention of 1926. and more recently the Supplementary Convention on Slavery. 1967. and the Supplementary on Refugees. The Senate must answer a call of conscience in this session. The arguments have been made time and time again for the urgent need to ratify the United Nations Convention on Genocide.
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