Sentence examples for may constitute war from inspiring English sources
Ms. Pillay said, "Violations of international humanitarian law may constitute war crime, for which individual criminal responsibility may be invoked".
He has declined to condemn Russia's leading role in the merciless bombardment of eastern Aleppo and its actions on other Syrian battlefronts, which the UN says may constitute war crimes.
It has been warned repeatedly, most recently by Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, that its airstrikes in and around Aleppo and elsewhere against civilian targets, hospitals and schools, may constitute war crimes.
Ms. Pillay also said the Syrian government's attacks on civilians and destruction of homes "may constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity," according to a transcript of Ms. Pillay's remarks on her office's Web site.
Some say the strikes may constitute war crimes".It is impossible for the entire population of Saada province to leave within hours," says Llanos Ortiz, an emergency coordinator at Médecins Sans Frontieres, an aid agency.
Because of an editing error, an article on Saturday about evidence of human rights abuses in western Sudan misstated the sponsorship of a four-member investigating team that interviewed Sudanese refugees in Chad and concluded that Arab militias and government forces in Sudan had carried out attacks in the Darfur region that "may constitute war crimes and/or crimes against humanity".
In his strongest critique so far of drone strikes, Heyns suggested some may even constitute "war crimes".
On some interpretations, this alone may constitute a war crime.
He added that the attacks violated the fourth Geneva convention and customary international law and may constitute a war crime.
Human Rights Watch has reported eleven instances of Israeli troops shooting civilians carrying white flags, including five women and four children — one of many incidents that human-rights groups say may constitute a war crime.
A US-vetted strike against Mobley's prison may constitute a war crime, Reprieve told the State Department.
