III it will be judged by a competent tribunal of the State in whose territory the act was committed, or before the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction with respect to those Contracting Parties which have accepted its jurisdiction. "
In the following paragraph added: "This article is the Achilles heel of the Convention because it recommends the prosecution of crimes within the domestic jurisdiction of the State in whose territory it was committed and, as is easy to understand, when the offenders are public officials or the rulers themselves, the punishment becomes illusory, because they themselves are responsible for managing and executing justice judgments. "
continues, "All the Convention is inspired by the principle that genocide is an international crime, and in the preamble it is stated that in order to free humanity from an odious scourge, international cooperation is needed. However, when it comes to creating an international tribunal to judge the acts constituting the offense, there formed an impenetrable wall in the constitutions of states, and need to take a step back to instruct the judiciary to the national authorities. The incongruity is that the International Criminal Law in its infancy, and the Convention has to adapt to the legal reality and not mere aspirations. The constitutions of most states require that the crimes committed on their territory should be tried
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