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UN Debate Shows Growing Momentum for Treaty to Address Crimes Against Humanity

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par Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, Feb. 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) © “We stand at a crossroads,” the delegate of Sierra Leone, speaking on behalf of 75 states from all regions of the world, told the UN General Assembly’s Sixth (or “Legal”) Committee. “The time is now to act, and we must act in concert to end and prevent abhorrent acts fitting the definition of crimes against humanity.”The landmark debate, which took place at UN headquarters on October 9-10, points to growing…

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