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WAR CRIMES  

Note

  • SN adapted from Nurnberg Charter, in A/CN.4/5,BMU

Scope note

  • Violations of the laws and customs of war, including, but not limited to, murder, ill-treatment or deportation of the civilian population in occupied territory, murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, or devastation not justified by military necessity

Identifier

  • https://lib-thesaurus.un.org/LIB/DHLUNBISThesaurus.nsf/fee3fb01c865ac5d85256cf400648b1f/76c134a0c524414c85256aa0005fceb1
  • T0004025

In other languages

  • جرائم الحرب

    Arabic

  • 战争罪行

    Chinese

  • CRIMES DE GUERRE

    French

  • Военные преступления

    Russian

  • CRIMENES DE GUERRA

    Spanish

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http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1006921

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