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Atrocity crime

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The term “atrocity crime” is an all-inclusive reference to the four so-called “core crimes” under public international law, namely, war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity, and the as-of yet undefined (at least in the International Criminal Court context) crime of aggression.

ADDITIONAL READING

T. Markus Funk, Victims' Rights and Advocacy at the International Criminal Court (Oxford Press 2010).