Sentences with phrase «crimes against the civilian population»

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«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.

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.

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:

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.