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v. t. e. Crimes against humanity are certain serious crimes committed as part of a large-scale attack against civilians. [ 1] Unlike war crimes, crimes against humanity can be committed during both peace and war and against a state's own nationals as well as foreign nationals. [ 1][ 2] Together with war crimes, genocide, and the crime of ...
This list includes estimates of all deaths which were directly or indirectly caused by genocides that are recognised in significant scholarship as genocides. It excludes mass killings which have not been explicitly defined as genocidal, but called mass murder, crimes against humanity, politicide, classicide, or war crimes, such as the Thirty Years' War (4.5 to 8 million deaths), Japanese war ...
Jean-Pierre Bemba was indicted on 23 May 2008 on two counts of crimes against humanity and four counts of war crimes with regard to the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR). [129] On 10 June 2008, the arrest warrant was amended and the charges changed to three counts of crimes against humanity and five counts of war crimes. [130]
The genocide, which is being committed against the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa tribes, has led the International Criminal Court (ICC) to indict several people for crimes against humanity, rape, forced transfer and torture. [69] Over 2.8 million civilians have been displaced and the death toll is estimated to number 300,000. [70]
The specific intent is a core factor distinguishing genocide from other international crimes, such as war crimes or crimes against humanity. [ 63 ] There is an unresolved "intend debate" over whether specific intent needs to be proven to convict for genocide, or whether a knowledge-based standard should be enough to convict for genocide. [ 64 ]
The Bosnian genocide ( Bosnian: Bosanski genocid / Босански геноцид) took place during the Bosnian War of 1992–1995 [ 8] and included both the Srebrenica massacre and the wider crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing campaign perpetrated throughout areas controlled by the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS). [ 9]
Kang Kek Iew was formally charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity and detained by the Tribunal on 31 July 2007. He was indicted on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity on 12 August 2008. [90] His appeal was rejected on 3 February 2012, and he continued serving a sentence of life imprisonment. [91]
Crimes against humanity is a specific legal concept. In order to be included in the category, the event (s) must have been prosecuted as a crime against humanity, or at a bare minimum be described as such by most reliable sources. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crimes against humanity.