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:

    ““... War on the destiny of man!
    Doom on the sun!”
    Before death takes you, O take back this.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their parents; only for their own crimes may persons be put to death.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 24:16.

    “To exist is equivalent to an act of faith, a protest against the truth, an interminable prayer.... As soon as they consent to live, the unbeliever and the man of faith are fundamentally the same, since both have made the only decision that defines a being.”
    —E.M. Cioran (b. 1911)