Crimes Against Humanity: Evolution, Prosecution, and Challenges for the International Criminal Court
Journal: International E-Journal of Criminal Sciences
Year: 2024

In international law, the term crimes against humanity refers to crimes, including murder, torture, enforced disappearance, etc., committed in a large-scale manner against civilians irrespective of their nationality. The crimes against humanity, together with crimes such as genocide, war crimes, and crimes against aggression, form part of core crimes in international criminal law. The idea of crimes against humanity traces its development to the early 1900s, and subsequently, it received serious