atrocity

Were my parents trying to spare me, as a young child, from learning about human atrocity, or was the Holocaust, and the damage it had done to our family, too difficult for them to confront?

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

In its nearly 25 years of existence, the ICC has secured only six final convictions for atrocity crimes after appeals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Addressing an urgent debate at the UN Human Rights Council, Turk urged world leaders to take immediate action to prevent atrocity crimes.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Afghanistan's Taliban government condemned the "cowardly act" and called it "a crime and atrocity".

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

I think again and again of a story we read last year by Ursula Le Guin about a utopian city whose bliss can only exist because of its one horrifying atrocity.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

It’s a casual surveilling of placidity just up the coast from the atrocities we hear about.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

“The Bush administration found that there really are atrocities, human rights violations, genocide for which there are no other alternatives,” to the international court, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Trump officials are also planning to finance at least one organization to research crime and atrocities against minority populations in South Africa.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

Established in 2002, the ICC prosecutes individuals accused of the gravest atrocities, including war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

But I want to know about these Irish atrocities.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt