Skip to search formSkip to main contentSkip to account menu

War Crimes

Known as: Crime, War, Crimes, War, War Crime 
Criminal acts committed during, or in connection with, war, e.g., maltreatment of prisoners, willful killing of civilians, etc.
National Institutes of Health

Related topics

Related topics

3 relations
Human Rights Abuseslegislation & jurisprudenceprevention & control

Papers overview

Semantic Scholar uses AI to extract papers important to this topic.
2015
2015
Conflicto armado en Colombia y misión médica: narrativas médicas como memorias de supervivencia
Antecedentes. Escuchar las voces de los medicos colombianos en el contexto del conflicto armado con el fin de elaborar unas… 
2015
2015
Using courts to build states: The competing spaces of citizenship in transitional justice programmes
2012
2012
A qualified defense of American drone attacks in northwest Pakistan under international humanitarian law
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, international law has had to grapple with the fundamental challenges that… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Using humanitarian aid to ‘win hearts and minds’: a costly failure?
Abstract This article contends that the integration of humanitarian assistance in efforts to ‘win hearts and minds’ in counter… 
2010
2010
Judicial Lawmaking at the ad hoc Tribunals: The Creative Use of the Sources of International Law and "Adventurous Interpretation"
The UN Security Council’s instruction that the ICTY should apply its Statute without legislating new international law was not… 
2009
2009
Facilitating humanitarian assistance in international humanitarian and human rights law
Abstract In 2008, 260 humanitarian aid workers were killed or injured in violent attacks. Such attacks and other restrictions… 
2008
2008
Just War Theory and the Privatization of Military Force
The use of private military companies (PMCs) has become increasingly prevalent, with such firms as Blackwater, MPRI, and DynCorp… 
2008
2008
Does Indiscriminate Violence Incite Insurgent Attacks? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Does a state’s use of indiscriminate violence incite insurgent attacks? Nearly all existing theories and empirical studies… 
2001
2001
Forensic archaeology, forensic anthropology and human rights in Europe.
Highly Cited
1948
Highly Cited
1948
Sociopsychologic structure of the SS; psychiatric report of the Nurnberg trials for war crimes.
THE MOST important political organization in Nazi Germany was the SS (abbreviated fromSchutz-Staffel, which means "protective… 
By clicking accept or continuing to use the site, you agree to the terms outlined in our Privacy Policy (opens in a new tab), Terms of Service (opens in a new tab), and Dataset License (opens in a new tab)