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War crime
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Individual act constituting a violation of the laws of war
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My Lai massacre
1968 U.S. war crime during the Vietnam War
Katyn massacre
Soviet massacre of Polish military officers and intelligentsia in 1940
War crimes in the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
Killing of Hind Rajab
2024 killing of a Palestinian child in the Gaza Strip
Israeli war crimes
2026 Minab school attack
2026 Iran war missile strike
Incident on Hill 192
1966 gang-rape and murder during the Vietnam War
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Wartime sexual violence
Acts of sexual violence committed by combatants during armed conflict, war or military occupation
Nazi plunder
Nazi looting during World War II
war crime of starvation as a method of warfare
as defined by the ICC
war crime of attacking civilians
as defined by the ICC
Japanese war crimes
War crimes committed by the Empire of Japan
looted property
Aspect of looting
Aktion T4
Nazi German euthanasia programme
United States war crimes
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War crimes trial
trial of persons charged with criminal violation of the laws and customs of war
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A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hostages, unnecessarily destroying civilian property, deception by perfidy, wartime sexual violence, pillaging,...

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type of crime
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Violation of law
Atrocity crime
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War
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