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War crime
individual act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A war crime is a crime that happens in a war. There are international laws of war that say what people can do during wars and what they cannot do. A war crime breaks these rules.
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Today, these rules are international laws called the Geneva Conventions and the Hague Convention.