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... Persons charged with the acts enumerated in article 2 of the present
Convention may be tried by a competent tribunal of any State Party to the
Convention which may acquire jurisdiction over the person of the accused
or by an international penal tribunal having jurisdiction with respect to
those States Parties which shall have accepted its jurisdiction. ...
... Any State Party to the present Convention may call upon any competent
organ of the United Nations to take such action under the Charter of the
United Nations as it considers appropriate for the prevention and
suppression of the crime of apartheid. ...
... 2. If, among the members of the Commission on Human Rights, there are no
representatives of States Parties to the present Convention or if there
are fewer than three such representatives, the Secretary-General of the
United Nations shall, after consulting all States Parties to the
Convention, designate a representative of the State Party or
representatives of the States Parties which are not members of the
Commission on Human Rights to take part in the work of the group
established in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article, until such
time as representatives of the States Parties to the Convention are
elected to the Commission on Human Rights. ...
... A State Party may denounce the present Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Denunciation shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General. ...
... A request for the revision of the present Convention may be made at any time by any State Party by means of a notification in writing addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...