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The 64 pages that link to War crime, each with the reason it gives.

• International humanitarian lawRelated: Certain grave breaches of the rules can be prosecuted as individual crimes.

• GenocideCompared with: War crimes require a connection to armed conflict, not genocidal intent.

• Geneva ConventionsRelated: The Conventions require states to search for and prosecute people suspected of grave breaches.

• TerrorismCompared with: Attacks on civilians may be both terrorist acts and war crimes, but the concepts have distinct legal tests.

• Strategic bombingRelated: Debates over attacks on cities raise questions about distinction, proportionality, and unlawful targeting.

• Civilian casualtiesRelated: Civilian casualties may prompt investigation, but harm alone does not prove a war crime.

• Genocide ConventionCompared with: War crimes require a connection to armed conflict, whereas genocide does not.

• International Criminal Tribunal for the former YugoslaviaNarrower topic: Prosecutions translated wartime rules into judgments against individuals.

• Universal jurisdictionRelated: Treaties and national laws provide routes for prosecuting some war crimes regardless of location.

• Ethnic cleansingRelated: Forced displacement during armed conflict can be a war crime in specified circumstances.

• Nuremberg principlesBroader topic: The principles reaffirmed that battlefield violations could be prosecuted as international crimes.

• International criminal lawBroader topic: It criminalizes grave breaches of the rules governing armed conflict.

• Prisoner of warNarrower topic: Abuse or unlawful killing of POWs can constitute a war crime.

• International Military TribunalRelated: These established offenses formed one of the tribunal’s central charges.

• Japanese war crimesNarrower topic: This general legal category encompasses the offenses committed by Japanese forces.

• Henry KissingerCompared with: Debates over Kissinger's responsibility turn partly on whether policies violated the laws of war.

• Total warRelated: Attacks on civilians and other wartime abuses raise questions of legal accountability.

• Rome StatuteBroader topic: The Statute lists grave breaches and other serious violations within the Court's remit.

• WarRelated: Rules governing war can make particular acts punishable even amid ongoing hostilities.

• Moral disengagementRelated: Dehumanization and moral justification can help explain how perpetrators rationalize such crimes.

• Armed conflictRelated: Criminal liability can attach to grave violations committed during armed conflict.

• Hostage-takingNarrower topic: Hostage-taking can constitute a war crime under international humanitarian law.

• Nuremberg CharterRelated: The Charter included established wartime offenses among the tribunal’s charges.

• Crime against peaceCompared with: War crimes concern conduct during conflict; this charge concerns the decision to wage aggressive war.

• Crime of aggressionCompared with: War crimes regulate conduct in conflict, while aggression concerns the decision to use force.

• Hague ConventionsRelated: Breaches of Hague rules can constitute war crimes under applicable law.

• Santa Cruz massacreRelated: The killings raised questions about responsibility for violence against civilians under occupation.

• My Lai massacreNarrower topic: The murders at My Lai are widely treated as war crimes.

• Unit 731Narrower topic: Unit 731's experiments and biological attacks are examined as wartime crimes.

• Darfur genocideRelated: Attacks on civilians and other abuses in Darfur were also investigated as war crimes.

• MurderCompared with: An unlawful killing in armed conflict may be prosecuted under a distinct international offense.

• Waffen-SSNarrower topic: Waffen-SS members committed documented crimes against prisoners and civilians across occupied Europe.

• CivilianRelated: Intentionally attacking civilians and certain other violations can constitute war crimes.

• Genocidal intentCompared with: They require a link to armed conflict, not genocidal intent.

• Hans FrankRelated: The tribunal convicted Frank for crimes committed during his rule in occupied Poland.

• War of aggressionCompared with: War crimes concern how hostilities are conducted, whereas aggression concerns the unlawful resort to war.

• 1938 Yellow River floodCompared with: The flood is often condemned as a deliberate attack on civilians, though its legal classification is debated.

• Class A war crimesNarrower topic: Class A was one postwar tribunal category within the broader language of war crimes.

• Francisco Solano LópezRelated: López’s wartime executions and coercive rule remain central to judgments of his conduct.

• Sabra and Shatila massacreNarrower topic: The killings raise questions about criminal responsibility for direct perpetrators and those who enabled them.

• War in the VendéeNarrower topic: The conflict raises questions about how revolutionary violence against civilians should be judged.

• East Timor genocideCompared with: This category applies to particular unlawful acts in conflict, rather than the broader pattern alone.

• Land warfareRelated: Abuses in land campaigns can become prosecutable violations of the laws of war.

• Amon GöthNarrower topic: Göth was convicted of war crimes for acts committed as camp commandant.

• Erich RaederRelated: Raeder’s conviction included responsibility for violations committed during naval warfare.

• Erich von dem Bach-ZelewskiNarrower topic: His convictions concerned crimes committed under the Nazi regime, although major wartime offenses went untried.

• Francis LieberRelated: The code helped articulate conduct in war as subject to legal judgment.

• Law of warBroader topic: Some breaches of these rules can be prosecuted as international crimes.

• Prince JohnsonNarrower topic: The absence of a domestic trial for Johnson became part of Liberia’s wider debate over wartime accountability.

• Puppet stateRelated: Control over a subordinate government does not erase responsibility for crimes committed by its officials.