war crime in English

noun
1
an action carried out during the conduct of a war that violates accepted international rules of war.
During the Rwanda genocide, rape as a war crime received extensive international media coverage.

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1. Genocide is a war crime.

2. Refuses to cooperate in war crime investigation.

3. NO. Refuses to cooperate in war crime investigation.

4. Firing upon the Mercy would be considered a war crime.

5. Not one has ever eliminated war, crime, injustice, or disease.

6. Genocide is regarded by most as the ultimate war crime.

7. They said the tragedy of Wilhelm Gustloff was a war crime.

8. Using weapons of mass destruction against civilians is a war crime.

9. Illness, war, crime, injustice, and oppression also rob people of peace.

10. Are you tired of reading such words as war, crime, disaster, hunger, and suffering?

11. It was later described by human rights group Amnesty International as a war crime.

12. National legislation should provide necessary punishment basis for war crime in internal armed conflict.

13. These laws confirm that the wilful commission of such prohibited acts constitutes a war crime.

14. Violation of the terms of an armistice by individuals is punishable as a war crime.

15. Violation of the terms of a capitulation by individuals is punishable as a war crime.

16. This bombing was indiscriminate, a violation of international humanitarian law and constitutes a war crime;

17. Breaches of the Geneva Conventions is the most serious war crime that Bosniaks were convicted of.

18. 10 Violation of the terms of a capitulation by individuals is punishable as a war crime.

19. There can be no reconciliation until war crime suspects are held accountable in a court of law.

20. They worry, ‘Will our children, or their children, have to live in a world of war, crime, pollution, climate change, and epidemics?’

21. The peaceful planet Earth — a united world where war, crime, and all evils have been overcome — receives a visit from Baddy, a vagabond …

22. This is a practical war crime and Ovi is going to have to plunk a couple coins back in the league Coiffers to make things right again

23. In recent years, as the sum of civil claim of China for war compensation against Japan increases, the whore society are paying attention to the civil responsibility caused by the war crime of Japan.

24. Also coming under attack were the burial records and photographs presented in the Tokyo War Crime Court, which were said to be fabrications by the Chinese government, artificially manipulated or incorrectly attributed to the Nanjing Massacre.

25. ‘Much of the fighting and many Atrocities against civilians took place in Bosnia.’ ‘The entire war is an atrocity, a war crime, launched on the basis of lies.’ ‘The year since the invasion has been marked by further war crimes and Atrocities.’

26. Syria has been really interesting for us, because obviously a lot of the time you're trying to debunk stuff that can be potentially war crime evidence, so this is where YouTube actually becomes the most important repository of information about what's going on in the world.

27. ‘The awards are made to Civilians and police officers who put their lives at risk to save others.’ ‘The war dragged on, costing the lives of many thousands of Civilians and servicemen.’ ‘Under the Geneva Conventions it is a war crime to target deliberately innocent Civilians.’

28. ‘The entire war is an Atrocity, a war crime, launched on the basis of lies.’ ‘The year since the invasion has been marked by further war crimes and atrocities.’ ‘Their endurance in battle soon became as legendary as their involvement in a number of war crimes and atrocities.’