Sentences with phrase «crimes against humanity»

It is therefore not surprising thatOHCHR, after a thorough inquiry, came to the conclusion that the above - mentioned barbaric acts against refugees constituted war crimes, crimes against humanity and possibly crimes of genocide, subject to confirmation by a competent international criminal court or tribunal.34 So far, no charge has been brought forward.

The prohibition of denial of clearly established historical facts about crimes against humanity constitutes in itself a protection of truth (which the victims of crimes against humanity have a right to claim in the court).

In many European countries it is prohibited to deny crimes against humanity.

According to the definition in article 7 of the widely accepted Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court crimes against humanity are murder; extermination; torture; rape; political, racial, or religious persecution and other inhumane acts if they are part of a widespread or systematic practice (21).

Crimes against humanity, which can often be gendered — for example rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution and forced pregnancy — are not a component of treaty law, they are characterized as international customary law.

Further, rape in genocide must be understood to be what Andrea Dworkin coined as «gynocide;» the destruction of women as women, as a group or as members of the group.86 MacKinnon urges that grounds like ethnicity and sex be joined so that crimes against humanity like suttee, FGM, honor killings and rape perpetrated in rape / death camps can be defined as what they really are: «destructive acts against women «in part» on ethnic grounds combined with sex.»

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.

Despite greasing the skids for his pals Hitler and Minister of Propaganda Goebbels, Harlan somehow managed to beat the rap when he was put on trial after World War II for crimes against humanity.

Tensions between the brothers and the Cowboys escalate when the former lawmen can't just sit idly by while crimes against humanity are being committed, resulting in a deadly feud that won't cease until one side is wiped out by the other.

Unlike, say, the bourgeois couple in «Caché,» who were at least capable of feeling guilty for their complicity in the repression of the French Algerian population, the Laurents will not be called to account for their crimes against humanity, or even to acknowledge them.

Transformers: The Last Straw is rated PG - 13 for violence and intense sequences of sci - fi action, language, some innuendo, and crimes against humanity.

Intimate Enemies (Unrated) Algerian war saga, set in 1959, focusing on the strained relationship of a battle - hardened sergeant (Albert Dupontel) and an officer (Benoit Magimel) new to the front who is reluctant to participate in any barbaric atrocities or crimes against humanity.

These are the fundamental human rights questions posed by this super-realistic docudrama which takes a long look at ethnic cleansing from both the perspective of the cleansed and from the point - of - view of the perpetrators of the crimes against humanity.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suss (Unrated) WWII documentary examining Jew Suss, an anti-Semitic feature film produced by Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels in 1940 and directed by Veit Harlan who was later tried for crimes against humanity but exonerated after raising the «I only followed orders» defense.

There is no magical imaginary savior who rides in with a gun to slay the perpetrators, thereby absolving our collective cultural heritage of guilt in these crimes against humanity, or what Spike Lee has called his holocaust.

They are as much war correspondents as they are humanitarian aid workers, and much of what the world knows about crimes against humanity is due to their reporting.

His radical approach to winning over the disenfranchised and the undecided is to focus not on the crimes against humanity of the Pinochet regime, but instead to look ahead with a campaign that promises that «Happiness of Coming.»

Two decades after forging an unlikely alliance in Pol Pot's Cambodia, a French ethnologist and a former Khmer Rouge official meet again after the latter is arrested for crimes against humanity, in this drama from top French director Régis Wargnier.

The latter category includes minor crimes against humanity like «That's My Boy» and «Grown Ups 2.»

Although this decision might make the film more accessible to a wider audience, as it is easier to understand what Amin does when it seems to be a direct result of information that cuts to his very core, it does weaken the larger political story overall by making the focus more about crimes of passion than it is about crimes against humanity.

The Missing Picture (Unrated) Claymation documentary recreating the crimes against humanity committed by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the late Seventies.

Despite no previous acting experience, Katie Jarvis is the heart and troubled soul of Fish Tank, the gripping coming - of - age drama from Andrea Arnold and the most exciting new release in a week also highlighted by the arrival of Storm, Hans - Christian Schmid's thriller about crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian war of the early 1990s, and the on - screen return of Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness.

Darfur Now is rated PG by the MPAA for thematic material involving crimes against humanity.

The documentary follows the lives of lawyers and activists that charged Mayor Akeyesu with crimes against humanity, and shows interviews with the women who were brave enough to speak out against...

Two decades after forging an unlikely alliance in Pol Pot's Cambodia, a French ethnologist and a former Khmer Rouge official meet again after the latter is arrested for crimes against humanity, in this drama from top French director Règis Wargnier.

Synopsis: This documentary explores the efforts of the E-Team (short for the Emergencies Team), a task force sent by Human Rights Watch into war torn countries and totalitarian states to investigate crimes against humanity and violations of human rights.

He is on his way to the United Nations to make a speech, while the Security Council is discussing whether to bring charges of crimes against humanity upon him.

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

I also know, from experience, that many of the bm claiming the bw are committing great sins and crimes against humanity, are on the internet, behind their wives, at work, on craiglist, facebook, youtube, dating sites and anywhere else looking for the «white devil's» sister!

Dave Asprey: Do you think that there will ever be executives from the companies who make this stuff, who have seen those research, are they going to be held responsible for crimes against humanity, that's a serious question?

Committee on Conscience»... mandate is... to alert the national conscience, influence policy makers, and stimulate worldwide action to confront and work to halt acts of genocide or related crimes against humanity.»

Julie Fleischman, Michigan State University Essay Title: «Skeletal Analysis after Crimes Against Humanity and Genocides: Implications for Human Rights» Ms. Fleischman is an Anthropology doctoral student at Michigan State University.

Hitler, Himmler and Goebbels were dead, but two dozen other leading Nazis were awaiting trial for crimes against humanity.

What are the scientific and social ramifications of working with human remains from crimes against humanity, genocide, or other mass atrocities?

Due to the politically, ethically, culturally, and religiously sensitive nature of human remains resulting from mass violence, genocide, or crimes against humanity, research access is often limited or non-existent.

Today we learn that Milosevic has been indicted by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for being personally responsible for crimes against humanity, including murder, deportation, and violation of the rules of war.

As director of the International Forensics Program for the nonprofit association Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), Haglund's mission is to document crimes against humanity.

The work has many motivations, but as with most science, at the core lies a hunger for truth: By accumulating physical evidence, Haglund and colleagues aim to document crimes against humanity for the benefit of grieving families, humanity, international justice, and history.

Graduate Student Winner Julie Fleischman, Michigan State University Essay Title: «Skeletal Analysis after Crimes Against Humanity and Genocides: Implications for Human Rights»

«Skeletal Analysis after Crimes Against Humanity and Genocides: Implications for Human Rights» by Julie Fleischman

«Dealing with the Remains of Conflict: An International Response to Crimes against Humanity, Forensic Recovery, Identification and Repatriation in the Former Yugoslavia».

At Human Rights First, he helped the organization earn a reputation for leadership in the areas of refugee protection, advancing a rights - based approach to national security, challenging crimes against humanity, and combating discrimination.

The Conservatives supported the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry into crimes against humanity before the Labour government, pushed for stronger targeted sanctions and called for increased humanitarian aid, including cross-border assistance to the ethnic peoples.

A report by UN human rights investigators says that 40 officials may be individually responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

These cold blooded killers that parade themselves as Nigerian leaders must be tried for crimes against humanity at the Hague.

2013 September - Deputy President William Ruto pleads not guilty at the International Criminal Court to crimes against humanity charges over the 2007 post-election violence.

The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has identified eight possible cases of crimes against humanity in relation to the conflict in northeastern Nigeria.

Ferber added the purpose of the commemoration is to ensure that the horrendous crimes against humanity committed during the Holocaust are never forgotten.

All the hidden secrets of the atrocities and crimes against humanity committed against the people of Biafra during the war of genocide between 1967 and 1970 will become the most talked about topic within diplomatic circles around the world until Nigeria collapses.

«These cold - blooded killers that parade themselves as Nigerian leaders must be tried for crimes against humanity at The Hague.