War Crimes Act

There are two acts known as the War Crimes Act

  • War Crimes Act 1991 of the United Kingdom
  • War Crimes Act of 1996 of the United States

Famous quotes containing the words war, crimes and/or act:

    “Of course in war all madnesses come out in a man, that is the fault of war not of a man or a nation.”
    —Frieda Lawrence (1879–1956)

    “There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    “Without being forgiven, released from the consequences of what we have done, our capacity to act would ... be confined to one single deed from which we could never recover; we would remain the victims of its consequences forever, not unlike the sorcerer’s apprentice who lacked the magic formula to break the spell.”
    —Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)