Preferred Term
POLITICAL CRIMES
Scope Note
Use for crimes committed for political reasons. Treatment of persons as criminals for political acts should be indexed with terms such as POLITICAL PRISONERS, POLITICAL TRIALS, etc.
Used For
POLITICAL OFFENCES
Hierarchy
01 - POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS
Broader Terms
CRIME
CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
POLITICAL CONDITIONS, INSTITUTIONS, MOVEMENTS
Narrower Terms
ASSASSINATION
BOMBINGS
TREASON
Related Terms
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
EXTRADITION
POLITICAL PRISONERS
POLITICAL TRIALS
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
SUICIDE BOMBINGS
TERRORISM
URI
http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1004975
Other Formats
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Language Equivalents
ar
الجرائم السياسية
zh
政治罪
en
POLITICAL CRIMES
fr
CRIMES POLITIQUES
ru
Политические преступления
es
DELITOS POLITICOS