The phrase "atrocities crimes" is not correct in written English.
It appears to be a conflation of two separate terms: "atrocities" and "crimes," which should be used distinctly.
Example: "The report detailed the atrocities committed during the conflict, highlighting the crimes against humanity that occurred."
Alternatives: "atrocious acts" or "criminal offenses."
Ethnic cleansing, impunity for atrocities, crimes against humanity, an undemocratic constitution and inaction in the face of an imminent humanitarian disaster- these are hardly minor failings associated with Thein Sein's administration.
The ICC was created in 1998 to give real force to the global rule of law by establishing a permanent court to exercise jurisdiction over the most serious international atrocities: crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide and – eventually – the crime of aggression.
Besides, there is no immunity not even for a sitting president—for so-called atrocity crimes.
The 1998 Rome treaty establishing the International Criminal Court removed head-of-state immunity for atrocity crimes.
The reality, however, is that if the United States wants to stop atrocity crimes, it may have to go it alone.
And Turkey could condemn what the Algerians suffered at the hands of the French as atrocity crimes.
Database providing comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide from 1900 to 2010.
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The international community has endorsed the "responsibility to protect"; states can no longer claim that atrocity crimes are a domestic matter beyond the realm of international concern.
The international community cannot claim to care about atrocity crimes and then shrink from what it actually means to prevent them.
France, as well as the United States and Israel — both of which are considering similar genocide legislation — could call what occurred to the Armenian people a century ago atrocity crimes.
