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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide — Article 1

Establishes the dual state obligation to prevent and punish genocide, applicable in both peacetime and wartime, making it one of the earliest international criminal law obligations.

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Repeated US Vetoes of UN Security Council Gaza Ceasefire Resolutions

The US was the sole dissenter blocking Gaza ceasefire resolutions supported by all other Security Council members, while famine and allegations of genocide continued in Gaza. The pattern of vetoes …

  • In June 2025, the US cast its sole veto against a resolution demanding 'an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza' — the …
  • In September 2025, the US vetoed another ceasefire resolution, the sixth such veto, being the only member to not support it. The vote took …