Crime against peace | war crime | Britannica (original) (raw)

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classification of war crimes

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  In war crime: The Nürnberg and Tokyo trials
  …three categories of crime: (1) crimes against peace, which involved the preparation and initiation of a war of aggression, (2) war crimes (or “conventional war crimes”), which included murder, ill treatment, and deportation, and (3) crimes against humanity, which included political, racial, and religious persecution of civilians. This last category…
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international criminal law

• In international criminal law: Categories of international crime
  …prosecuted three categories of offenses: crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The definitions of the crimes were narrowly crafted and applied only to acts committed in association with international war. More than half a century later, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC; 1998) targeted…
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