1. The Holocaust. The Holocaust was an ideological and systematic state-sponsored and mass murder of millions of European Jews and several other groups by the regime of German Nazis. This crime against humanity happened between 1933 and 1945 when Adolf Hitler ruled Germany.
The Armenian genocide (pictured) was the first event which was officially condemned as a "crime against humanity" in the May 1915 Triple Entente declaration.
(a) murder; (b) extermination; (c) enslavement; (d) deportation; (e) imprisonment; (f) torture; (g) rape; (h) persecutions on political, racial and religious grounds; (i) other inhumane acts.
The trial of Peter von Hagenbach by an ad hoc tribunal of the Holy Roman Empire in 1474, was the first "international" war crimes trials and also of command responsibility. Hagenbach was put on trial for atrocities committed during the occupation of Breisach, found guilty, and beheaded.
The Axis powers (Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan) were some of the most systematic perpetrators of war crimes in modern history.
There are seven major felony offenses, including murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny of a motor vehicle.
► 'Crimes against humanity' are fundamentally inhumane acts, committed as part of a systematic or widespread attack against any civilian population., Inhumane acts, which could reach this threshold when committed pursuant to or in furtherance of a State or organisational policy, include: murder, extermination, ...
If a country is believed to have committed a war crime during conflict, the case is handled by the International Crime Court (ICC) which will investigate the matter and provide punishment where appropriate.
Several crimes occur regularly in Australia and those include Assault, murder, fraud, vandalism, abduction and sexual assault. However, there is also a wide variety of less severe crimes that are committed within Australia. These include shoplifting, drug possession or trafficking and public disturbance.
Murders are the most serious of crimes and, many might speculate, the most difficult to solve. However, depending on how the person was killed, a murderer may leave behind clues that allow police detectives to piece together what happened.
The definition contained in Article II of the Convention describes genocide as a crime committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, in whole or in part.
Crimes against humanity under communist regimes occurred during the 20th century, including forced deportations, massacres, torture, forced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, terror, ethnic cleansing, and enslavement, as well as deliberate starvation of people (during the Holodomor and the Great Leap Forward).
Crimes against humanity are specific crimes committed in the context of a large-scale attack targeting civilians, regardless of their nationality. These crimes include the most egregious violations of human dignity, especially those directed towards civilian populations.
Major Crimes is an American police procedural television series starring Mary McDonnell. It was a continuation spin-off of The Closer, set in the same police division, now headed by McDonnell's character, Sharon Raydor.
Definition. In the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Felonies are the most serious type of crime and are often classified by degrees, with a first degree felony being the most serious. They include terrorism, treason, arson, murder, rape, robbery, burglary, and kidnapping, among others.
Russian armed forces are responsible for the vast majority of the violations identified, including war crimes. Ukrainian forces have also committed international humanitarian law violations in some cases, including two incidents that qualify as war crimes.
Because the attack happened without a declaration of war and without explicit warning, the attack on Pearl Harbor was later judged in the Tokyo Trials to be a war crime.