Sentences with phrase «crimes against civilians»

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«If the strikes of April 6, 2017, end the Assad crime wave against Syrian civilians, good,» Hof said.

Amnesty International says that in previous campaigns, the Shi'ite militias have committed «serious human rights violations, including war crimes» against civilians fleeing Islamic State - held territory.

Many crimes were committed by civilians against civilians, or civilians quickly recruited to become various types of victimizers, prison guards, executioners, administrators of drugs and poisons, etc..

Questions during the off topic portion of the press Q&A included the NYPD's proposed expansion of it's use of tasers, a fine levied by the Campaign Finance Board against de Blasio ally and pro-carriage horse ban advocate NYCLASS, de Blasio's recent comments on the City's long drop in crime being attributable to former mayor David Dinkins and former city council speaker Peter Vallone Sr., a city council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary process.

«The essence of crimes against humanity is a systematic policy or action of a certain scale and gravity directed against a civilian population.

At least 50,000 civilians have been killed or wounded during the conflict, with the belligerent parties committing a litany of war crimes and violations of humanitarian law against the civilian population.

There were crimes against humanity, against civilians, prisoners of war, and there was the Holocaust itself.

Article 5 of the Statute lists rape as one of the crimes against humanity, when committed in armed conflict, whether international or internal in character, and when directed against any civilian population.

Innocent civilian, wrongly accused of a crime he didn't commit, who straight up becomes a criminal to fight against «the man»?

On 26 February 2011, by way of a unanimous UNSC Resolution (1970) which invoked Chapter VII / Art 41 on the basis, inter-alia of «gross and systematic violation of human rights» and, noting that «widespread and systematic attacks currently taking place against the civilian population may amount to crimes against humanity», the UNSC has:

Indeed, aggressive police raids — where doors are kicked in, machine guns are held to civilians» heads, and houses are completely ransacked — create a backlash against the police and against the legal system in general, especially when these tactics are used against «crimes» as mundane as poker games, checking high school students» lockers for drugs, and even cracking down on unlicensed hairdressers.

There is a long list of crimes against humanity, embracing all the most serious crimes of violence, but the ICC only has jurisdiction when such crimes are committed «as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of that attack.»

In addition, data - mining or harvesting can also be used in the planning or preparation of international crimes, especially those targeting predominantly civilian populations, such as crimes against humanity and genocide.