Atrocity crime
ANY OF THE THREE LEGALLY DEFINED INTERNATIONAL CRIMES OF GENOCIDE, WAR CRIMES, AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
Atrocity crimes; Mass Atrocity crimes; Mass atrocities; Mass atrocity crimes
An atrocity crime is a violation of international criminal law that falls under the historically three legally defined international crimes of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Ethnic cleansing is widely regarded as a fourth mass atrocity crime by legal scholars and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the field, despite not yet being recognized as an independent crime under international law.