"hostis humani generis : (international law) A person who has committed a criminal act so grave –..."

“hostis humani generis : (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.”

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