war crime

individual act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
Event type_of_crime Q135010
war crime
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war crime

Summary

war crime is a type of crime[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of type_of_crime entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,622 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • war crime's instance of is recorded as type of crime[3].
  • war crime's instance of is recorded as manner of death[4].
  • war crime's main regulatory text is recorded as Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907[5].
  • war crime is a type of crimes against international law[6].
  • war crime is a type of violation of international humanitarian law[7].
  • war crime is a type of violation of law[8].
  • war crime is a type of atrocity[9].
  • war crime's Commons category is recorded as War crimes[10].
  • war crime comprises civilian casualty[11].
  • war crime comprises torture[12].
  • war crime comprises hostage[13].
  • war crime comprises perfidy[14].
  • war crime comprises wartime sexual violence[15].
  • war crime comprises looting[16].
  • war crime comprises mass killing[17].
  • war crime comprises genocide[18].
  • war crime comprises ethnic cleansing[19].
  • war crime comprises no quarter[20].
  • war crime comprises child soldier[21].
  • war crime comprises indiscriminate attack[22].
  • war crime's topic's main category is recorded as Category:War crimes[23].
  • war crime's facet of is recorded as war[24].
  • war crime's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[25].
  • war crime's different from is recorded as violation of international humanitarian law[26].
  • war crime's different from is recorded as Q12093138[27].

Body

Context

Recorded instance of include type of crime[3] and manner of death[4].

Why It Matters

war crime ranks in the top 8% of type_of_crime entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,622 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . icrc.org. icrc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . ohchr.org. Retrieved . ohchr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . icrc.org. Retrieved . icrc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by war criminal
    Euronews topic id war-crimes
    Aliases
    Class of agent(s) of action military personnel
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9215, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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