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hostis humani generis
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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。
（ plural ）
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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
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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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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