Concepedia

War Crimes

War Crime is a violation of the laws and customs of war, as codified in international humanitarian law, that entails individual criminal responsibility for acts such as wilful killing, torture, or inhumane treatment committed against persons protected under the Geneva Conventions during international or non-international armed conflicts.

6.5K

Publications

272.5K

Citations

6.5K

Authors

1.6K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

632

Variants

War Crime

Parents

Children

Publications

6.5K

War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War

Gaddis Smith, John W. Dower · Foreign Affairs · 1986 · 1.1K citations

, , +7

Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust

Henry Friedlander, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen · German Studies Review · 1996 · 1.1K citations

, , +11

On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

Eliot A. Cohen, Dave Grossman · Foreign Affairs · 1996 · 1K citations

, , +8

Oppenheim's International Law

C. John Colombos · International Affairs · 1936 · 881 citations

, , +10

No Lessons Learned from the Holocaust? Assessing Risks of Genocide and Political Mass Murder since 1955

Barbara Harff · American Political Science Review · 2003 · 854 citations

, , +15

1–5 of 6.5K

Authors

6.5K

  1. WA
    William A. Schabas

    Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, Ireland

    29 publications · 1.2K citations

    19

    h-index

  2. MC
    M. Cheríf Bassiouni

    DePaul University, United States

    27 publications · 1.5K citations

    18

    h-index

  3. MP
    Michael P. Scharf

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    19 publications · 901 citations

    15

    h-index

  4. MA
    Mark A. Drumbl

    Washington and Lee University, United States

    18 publications · 529 citations

    14

    h-index

  5. TM
    Theodor Meron

    New York University, United States

    13 publications · 1.4K citations

    13

    h-index

1–5 of 6.5K

Institutions

1.6K

  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    23 h-index

    49 publications

    3.1K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    22 h-index

    44 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. American University

    Washington, United States

    20 h-index

    34 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    38 publications

    2K citations

  5. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    26 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    18 h-index

    31 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    17 h-index

    25 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    17 h-index

    21 publications

    619 citations

1–8 of 1.6K

Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 418 publications · 29K citations

    92

    h-index

  2. American Journal of International Law

    AJIL · 194 publications · 10.2K citations

    52

    h-index

  3. Journal of International Criminal Justice

    JICJ · 204 publications · 7.1K citations

    45

    h-index

  4. Foreign Affairs

    108 publications · 10.1K citations

    43

    h-index

  5. European Journal of International Law

    EJIL · 60 publications · 4.6K citations

    39

    h-index

1–5