Dictionary of Gross Human Rights Violations

This dictionary provides concise summaries of terms, concepts, institutions, cases, and people relating to gross human rights violations. It will be continually updated and expanded in order to provide increased depth and breadth of information.

 

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Afghanistan, Gross Human Rights Violations in
Amin, Idi
Armenian Genocide
Attacking Civilians, the War Crime of

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Bosnia, Gross Human Rights Violations in
Burundi, Gross Human Rights Violations in

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Cambodia, Gross Human Rights Violations in
Ceausescu, Nicolae
Child Soldiers
Combatant - See "Lawful Combatant"
Command Responsibility
Congo - See "Democratic Republic of the Congo"
Conscripting and Enlisting Children, the War Crime of
Crimes Against Humanity

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Darfur (Sudan), Gross Human Rights Violations in
Democratic Republic of Congo, Gross Human Rights Violations in
Disappearance (Enforced), Crime Against Humanity of

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Equality of Arms
Eugenics
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)

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Forensic Evidence in International Criminal Trials

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Gacaca Courts
Geneva Conventions
Genocidaire
Genocide
Genocide Denial
Genocide, Causes of
Genocide, Prevention of
Gross Human Rights Violations

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History, Social Construction of
Holocaust
Hussein, Saddam
Hutu - See "Burundi," "Democratic Republic of Congo," and "Rwanda"

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Incitement to Commit Genocide
International Criminal Court (ICC)
International Criminal Courts and Tribunals
International Criminal Law
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
International Humanitarian Law
International Military Tribunal - See "Nuremberg Tribunal"
Internationalised Internal Armed Conflicts

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Jus Cogens

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Kosovo, Gross Human Rights Violations in

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Lawful Combatant

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Milosevic, Slobodan

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Nuremberg Tribunal

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Other Inhumane Acts, the Crime Against Humanity of

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Perceptual Deprivation
Persecution, the Crime against Humanity of
Porajmos - See "Holocaust"

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Quarter, Giving

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Rape, the Crime Against Humanity of
Rwanda, Gross Human Rights Violations in

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Sensory Deprivation
Shoah - See "Holocaust"
Sierra Leone, Gross Human Rights Violations in
Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL)
Stereotyping
Sudan - See "Darfur"
Superior Orders Defense

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Taylor, Charles
Torture
Torturers, Recruitment and Training of
Tutsi - See "Burundi," "Democratic Republic of Congo," "Rwanda"

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Uganda, Gross Human Rights Violations in
Universal Jurisdiction

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Victims and Witnesses in International Criminal Trials
Victims of Gross Human Rights Violations, Rehabilitation of

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War Crimes

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Yugoslavia - See "Milosevic, Slobodan" "Bosnia..." and "Kosovo..."

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Zaire - See "Democratic Republic of Congo"