Under international law, the term “crimes against humanity” refers to certain heinous wrongs perpetrated as part of a widespread or systematic attack on a civilian population (see International Criminal Justice). The wrongs include murder, enslavement, torture, rape, forcible transfer, persecution aimed at certain kinds of groups, and “other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health” (Rome Statute 2002: Art. 7).      Keywords:    ethics,  law,  legal and political,  philosophy,  practical (applied) ethics,  crimes against humanity,  genocide,  holocaust,  human rights