Sentences with phrase «such crimes against humanity»

It was a sadness and an empathy for those who were guilty of such crimes against humanity.

When the Nazi officials on trial at Nuremberg argued in their defense that they had merely obeyed the laws of the state, public opinion quickly agreed that there ought to be a law proscribing such crimes against humanity.

Not exact matches

What we read in the Old Testament should not be interpreted as God's approval of such crimes against the human person, but rather we should see how far humanity had to mature, be healed and be guided by God in these times before Jesus Christ's revealing and redeeming work for us.

Some women can be such monsters it might be a crime against humanity to let them reproduce.

At its 1983 Vancouver Assembly the World Council of Churches adopted a report that announces: We believe that the time has come when the churches must unequivocally declare that the production and deployment as well as the use of nuclear weapons are a crime against humanity and that such activities must be condemned on ethical and theological grounds.»

We believe that the time has come when the churches must unequivocally declare that the production and deployment as well as the use of nuclear weapons are a crime against humanity and that such activities must be condemned on ethical and theological grounds.

This summer, when some 120 nations voted to establish a permanent international criminal court for genocide war crimes and crimes against humanity, the U.S. found itself one of only seven countries, including such bedfellows as China and the Sudan, to vote against the new court.

The Holy Father alludes to «those crimes against humanity of which our century has had such sad experience» - and he points out that the crimes would be no less horrific if approved by popular consensus.

On December 3, 2015, international organizations such as the Organic Consumers Association, IFOAM International Organics, Navdanya, Regenration International, Millions Against Monsanto and dozens of other organizations announced that they will sue Monsanto for its crimes against nature and humanity, and ecocide in The Hague, Netherlands on World Food Day nexAgainst Monsanto and dozens of other organizations announced that they will sue Monsanto for its crimes against nature and humanity, and ecocide in The Hague, Netherlands on World Food Day nexagainst nature and humanity, and ecocide in The Hague, Netherlands on World Food Day next year.

For purposes of the means test, the U.S. Bankruptcy Code defines current monthly income as including: «any amount paid by any entity other than the debtor (or in a joint case the debtor and the debtor's spouse), on a regular basis for the household expenses of the debtor or the debtor's dependents (and in a joint case the debtor's spouse if not otherwise a dependent)...» Benefits received under the Social Security Act, payments to victims of war crimes or crimes against humanity on account of their status as victims of such crimes, and payments to victims of international terrorism or domestic terrorism on account of their status as victims of such terrorism are excluded from the means test.

That such analyses don't exist (AFAIK) is a crime against humanity and the planet.

Are you forgetting why anyone calls the skeptics «deniers» and calls for them to be tried for crimes against humanity and such?

The movement to make ecocide a crime against peace under international law, led by UK - based lawyer Polly Higgins, as well as efforts to grant legal rights to Mother Earth, such as Bolivia has done, is exactly where we need to be going in terms of the highest level of environmental thinking: Recognizing that destroying whole swaths of the planet, with little to no concern for the effect on all the creatures that live upon it, is not just unethical, unacceptable behavior, but is also a crime, a crime against humanity, a crime against life itself.

One such critic is James Hansen, the NASA climate - scientist - turned - amateur - dramatist who suggests that future generations will find the GWPF «guilty of crimes against humanity and nature».

Destruction of natural forest ecosystems is a crime against humanity and will be increasingly perceived as such as new knowledge accumulates, environmental literacy increases, and ethical standards change accordingly.

Exceptional revocation cases that raise complex issues of fact and law, such as those involving war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as cases regarding security, other human or international rights violations and organized criminality, would instead be decided by the federal court.

The case established that the ATS provides jurisdiction over tort actions in such «foreign cubed» cases, brought by non-US plaintiffs against non-US defendants for violations of customary international law, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, committed outside the US.

The rational debate considers what measures are needed to track and, if necessary, take action when Canadians head overseas to join up with a group like Islamic State, thus almost inevitably becoming implicated in such international crimes as war crimes and crimes against humanity, and nationally criminal acts of terrorism.

By s 51 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (ICCA 2001) the UK has made genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes as defined by the ICC treaty criminal offences against UK law triable in UK courts where such offences are committed by UK nationals or residents.

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.

This could be the case if such acts consist of direct and public incitement to commit genocide, or hate speech as an underlying act of crime against humanity (if made in conjunction with other acts that severely deprive individuals of their human rights).