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(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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hostis humani generis

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hostis humani generis

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/ˈhəʊstɪs ˈhjuːməni ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪs/

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国際法上、極めて重大な犯罪行為（元は海賊行為や奴隷貿易、現在は拷問など）を犯し、その罪があまりにも凶悪であるために、どの国家でも起訴し、処罰することができる人物。

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After evidence revealed his role in transnational torture rings and slave-trading, prosecutors labeled him a hostis humani generis, insisting that any nation had jurisdiction to try him.

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越境的な拷問組織や奴隷取引への関与を示す証拠が明らかになると、検察は彼を全人類の敵と名指しし、どの国でも裁判を行う管轄権があると主張した。

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Hoſtis humani generis, is neither a Definition, nor ſo much as a Deſcription of a Pirate, but a rhetorical Invective to ſhew the Odiouſneſs of that Crime. […] So a Man who breaks the common Rules of Honeſty and Juſtice, which are eſſential to the well-being of Mankind, by robbing only one Nation, may juſtly be term'd hoſtis humani generis; and that Nation has the ſame Right to puniſh him, as if he had actually rob'd all Nations.

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