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CA ACR144
Concurrent Resolution
Status
5/5/2010
Primary Sponsor
Mariko Yamada
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AI Summary
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Proclaims the month of April of each year as Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month in California.
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References the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and its definition of genocidal acts.
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Cites a 2008 Prevention of Genocide Task Force report finding that public education about genocide can help protect individual rights and prevent future atrocities.
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States that California condemns all acts of genocide and recognizes genocide awareness and commemoration as effective tools to combat it.
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Requires the Chief Clerk of the Assembly to distribute copies of the resolution.
Legislative Description
Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month.
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 15, Statutes of 2010.
5/5/2010