War Crimes Act of 1996
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The War Crimes Act of 1996 is a law that defines a war crime to include a "grave breach of the Geneva Conventions", specifically noting that "grave breach" should have the meaning defined in any convention (related to the laws of war) to which the United States is a party. The definition of "grave breach" in some of the Geneva Conventions have text that extend additional protections, but all the Conventions share the following text in common: "... committed against persons or property protected by the Convention: willful killing, torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments, willfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health."
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See also
- Command responsibility
- Nuremberg Trials
- War crimes committed by the United States
- Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
- Human rights in the United States
- The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
- The International Criminal Court and the 2003 invasion of Iraq
- United States and the International Criminal Court
- Vietnam War Crimes Working Group Files
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