The International Criminal Court has said the destructive binge could constitute a war crime, and is considering an investigation.
Ms Coomaraswamy, special envoy for children in armed conflict, said no child had been prosecuted for a war crime since World War II.
But Eugene Fiddell, a prominent military legal expert, said the conspiracy charge is not a war crime and is outside the jurisdiction of a military commission.
The UN special envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, meanwhile described the car bomb attack on the ruling Baath Party's headquarters in Damascus on Thursday as a war crime.
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Although the Canadian refugee board found Mr Key credible, it rejected his application, saying that unless his claims of abuse constituted a war crime, they did not justify his desertion from the US army.
In its ruling, the federal court has disagreed with that analysis, saying that being forced to participate in military misconduct, even if it stops short of a war crime, may support a claim to protection in Canada.
He is a prominent criminal defense attorney who has accused prosecutors of turning their war on crime into a war on the defense bar.
His killing sparked fears of a turf war between organised crime groups.
Mr Booker has launched a New York-style war on crime, including zero tolerance of infractions and the setting up of a new narcotics division.
It will be as much of a war as the war on drugs and the war on crime.
Mr. Fuller, a director of gritty war and crime movies whose work influenced directors from Martin Scorsese to Quentin Tarantino, made two films reimagining his wartime experiences.
In time of war it is also a crime, punishable by death under 18USCS section 794(b), to inform the enemy of troop movements and any military plans or any information relating to public defense.
Thus, Democrats have held a White House "women's summit, " accused Mr. Romney of wanting to deny women health care and equal pay, and even hit Ann Romney for the war crime of being a stay-at-home mom.
In many ways, the scene resembled more of a war-time situation than a domestic crime scene as civilian law enforcement relied heavily on military tactics and equipment to end the six-day ordeal.
The murder of two within ten days looks to Brazilians like a declaration of war against the state by organised crime.
Mandatory minimum sentences for drug offences, for example, have been a double disaster, diverting a lot of money from the war on serious crime and turning huge numbers of minor miscreants into hardened criminals.
"Whether it's tracking down a thug who brutally mugged an old lady, a vandal who trashed a war memorial or searching for a missing child, CCTV plays a crucial role in tackling crime and making people safer, " said Mehboob Khan, chairman of the association's Safer and Stronger Communities Board.
L.A. Noire is a crime thriller that is the story of Cole Phelps, a decorated World War II veteran and newly-minted detective in the LAPD.
Russia's role as Olympic host got another black eye after a top Russian crime lord was gunned down last week in Moscow in what police described as a war between two powerful mobs over lucrative construction projects, allegedly including ones for the 2014 Sochi games.
Calderon, a conservative president better known for his war on drug cartels and organized crime, is literally in his last days in office.
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At the height of the Iraq War in 2006, President George Bush signed a law making it a crime for anyone to wear military medals that they had not earned.
As in the war on terrorism, so in the war on crime: the sharp question is how much risk a society is willing to absorb in order to preserve liberty.
As a result, on the statistics we are the first Government since the war to have crime lower than when we took office.
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He also promised measures to fight crime, including stiffer penalties for the illegal use of guns, and a war on corruption.
Others, who have also testified at the court in The Hague - such as a former BBC war correspondent, Martin Bell - claim journalists are no different from other professionals when it comes to witnessing a crime.
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