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CRIME AND SECURITY > CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

Preferred term

CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY  

Definition

  • OFFENCES CONSIDERED TO BE OF SUCH A MAGNITUDE THAT ARE ANSWERABLE TO THE WHOLE OF HUMANITY AND NOT TO A SPECIFIC JURISDICTION

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Entry terms

  • HUMANITARIAN CRIMES

History note

  • TERM CREATED MARCH 2009

Definition source

  • UNICRI

URI

https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/1bb6d2e9-0f98-43f4-b0f5-df183bd987be

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