Crimes against humanity are certain crimes committed as part of a large-scale attack against civilians. Unlike war crimes, crimes against humanity can be committed during both peace and war and agains
In 1915, the Armenian genocide (pictured) was officially condemned as a "crime against humanity" by Russia, France, and the United Kingdom.
Selection of Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz-II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland during the final phase of the Holocaust
Leopold II, King of the Belgians and de facto owner of the Congo Free State, whose agents were accused of crimes against humanity
Nuremberg Trials. The defendants are in the dock. The main target of the prosecution was Hermann Göring (at the left edge on the first row of benches), considered to be the most important surviving official in the Third Reich after Hitler's death.
Rodrigo Roa Duterte is a Filipino politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He served as mayor of Davao City for three non-consecutive terms between 1988 and 20
Crimes against humanity
…Sudanese Armed Forces engaged in ethnic violence and mass killings, particularly in Sudan's Jazira state. In early 2025, former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested after an ICC warrant due to extrajudicial killings done during his war on drugs, which are alleged to be crimes against humanity. The…
Mayor Duterte (left) with President Benigno Aquino III during a meeting with local government unit leaders in Davao City in 2013
Newly elected Davao City Vice Mayor Duterte reading his inaugural speech in June 2010
Mayor Duterte (left) and Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan Sr. (right) signing an agreement in 2015