crime against humanity

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District Judge Rahul Choudhary in the northern city of Udaipur explained the death penalty saying the murder fell in the category of "rarest of the rare" and it was "a crime against humanity".

From BBC

Huckabee, who is also an evangelical pastor known for his past strong statements supporting Jewish settlements, which are seen as illegal under international law, wrote on X. "Desecrating a church, mosque or synagogue is a crime against humanity and God."

From BBC

Vietnam was the first to legally state in its penal code that “Ecocide, destroying the natural environment, whether committed in time of peace or war, constitutes a crime against humanity.”

From Salon

As the court ruled the state's actions a crime against humanity, this removed any statute of limitations.

From BBC

DISLIKES: Convinced the fall of the British Empire was due to its food, which he calls “a culinary crime against humanity.”

From Literature