Human Rights
War Crimes
Criminal acts committed during, or in connection with, war. These acts include wilful killing, torture or inhuman treatment, wilfully causing great suffering, causing serious injury to body or health, extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly, unlawful deportation or transfer, unlawful confinement of a protected person and taking of hostages. (Added 20 October 2003)

Articles
  • 2003: The State of Human Rights in Israel, ACRI (10 February 2004)
  • Three years of Israeli violations of international humanitarian law, PCHR (29 September 2003).
  • ICRC: "Deliberate attacks on civilians must stop", ICRC (10 September 2003).
  • Joint appeal to denounce a series of violations of basic humanitarian laws and principles in Nablus, Medecins du Monde (28 August 2003).
  • Rachel Corrie, Nuha Sweidan and Israeli War Crimes, Steve Niva (17 March 2003).
  • Israel commences plans and war crimes prior to expected war on Iraq, Mezan and al-Haq (24 February 2003).
  • Collective punishment is a war crime, Daoud Kuttab (17 January 2003).
  • Israeli forces invade Khan Yunis and Beit Hanoun, PCHR (12 January 2003).
  • Marwan Barghouti presents charge sheet against State of Israel (3 October 2002).
  • Nine Palestinians killed and dozens wounded in new Israeli invasion of Gaza City, PCHR (24 September 2002).
  • Israel practices state terror and Sharon expresses his pride of committing war crimes, PCHR (23 July 2002).
  • 15 Palestinians killed, Sharon: 'A great success', Arjan El Fassed (23 July 2002).
  • CNN negates Palestinian victims and international law, Michael Brown, Ali Abunimah, and Nigel Parry (25 June 2002).
  • Israel and the Palestinians: What laws were broken?, Crimes of War Project (8 May 2002).
  • Nablus, morality and bodies, Arjan El Fassed (19 April 2002).
  • War crimes and humanitarian disaster, FIDH (12 April 2002).
  • How to cover up war crimes?, Arjan El Fassed (12 April 2002).
  • Overview of the current attacks, Nigel Parry (12 March 2002).


    Legal instruments on war crimes
  • International humanitarian law, ICRC
  • Geneva Conventions
  • Treaties and customary law
  • Protected persons and property
  • International criminal jurisdiction
  • International Humanitarian Law
    Research Initiative
  • Crimes of War Project


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