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:

    “... children do not take war seriously as war. War is soldiers and soldiers have not to be war but they have to be soldiers. Which is a nice thing.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

    “It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make revolution a crime.”
    —José Bergamín (1895–1983)

    “In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt.”
    —John Reed (1887–1920)