crime against humanity

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Critics have also voiced concern about the classification of African enslavement as "the gravest crime against humanity".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

"The transatlantic slave trade was a crime against humanity that struck at the core of personhood, broke up families, and devastated communities," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

In 1993, the International Criminal Court reaffirmed apartheid as a crime against humanity and established the possibility of individuals being held responsible.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2024

But this specific claim created such an understandable repulsion towards the alleged crime against humanity.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2023

She made it sound as if selling conservatory windows was a crime against humanity.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd