Showing posts with label hostis humani generis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hostis humani generis. Show all posts
Our new 'Word Of The Day' article update : hostis humani generis , n :
(international law) A person who has committed a criminal act so grave – originally maritime piracy and slave-trading, and now torture as well – that any nation may put on trial and, upon conviction, punish him or her.