Preferred term
WAR CRIMES
Broader concept
Scope note
- Violations of the laws and customs of war, including, but not limited to, murder, ill-treatment or deportation of the civilian population in occupied territory, murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, or devastation not justified by military necessity
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URI
http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1006921