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:

    “Let the erring sisters depart in peace; the idea of getting up a civil war to compel the weaker States to remain in the Union appears to us horrible to the last degree.”
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)

    “I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood.”
    —John Brown (1800–1859)

    “Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.”
    —Kwame Nkrumah (1900–1972)