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:

    “Force, and fraud, are in war the two cardinal virtues.”
    —Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)

    “‘Tis no sin love’s fruit to steal;
    But the sweet theft to reveal,
    To be taken, to be seen,
    These have crimes accounted been.”
    —Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

    “The situation is that of him who is helpless, cannot act, in the event cannot paint, since he is obliged to paint. The act is of him who, helpless, unable to act, acts, in the event paints, since he is obliged to paint.”
    —Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)