Editing Crimes against humanity (section)

===Security Council===
[[UN Security Council Resolution 1674]], adopted by the [[United Nations Security Council]] on 28 April 2006, "reaffirms the provisions of paragraphs 138 and 139 of the 2005 [[World Summit Outcome Document]] regarding the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity".<ref>[http://domino.un.org/UNISPAl.NSF/361eea1cc08301c485256cf600606959/e529762befa456f8852571610045ebef!OpenDocument Resolution 1674 (2006)]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223154915/http://domino.un.org/UNISPAl.NSF/361eea1cc08301c485256cf600606959/e529762befa456f8852571610045ebef%21OpenDocument |date=February 23, 2009 }}</ref> The [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|resolution]] commits the Council to action to protect civilians in armed conflict.

In 2008 the [[U.N. Security Council|UN Security Council]] adopted [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1820|resolution 1820]], which noted that "rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity or a constitutive act with respect to genocide".<ref name="Un.org"/>

According to the [[United Nations Security Council]] resolution 1970 (2011) concerning [[Libya]], any direct or indirect trade of arms to the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, in the form of supply, transfer, or sale should be prevented by the member nations. The [[arms embargo]] restricts the supply of arms, weapons, military vehicles, spare parts, technical assistance, finances, and the provision of armed [[mercenaries]] with origins of a country other than the one providing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1970|title=Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya|website=United Nations Security Council}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.undocs.org/S/RES/1970%20(2011)|title=Resolution 1970 (2011)|website=United Nations Security Council}}</ref>

Later, the United Nations claimed in its November 2019 report that the [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Jordan]] and [[Turkey]] were then violating the arms embargo imposed on Libya under the 1970 resolution.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-un/jordan-uae-turkey-sudan-accused-of-violating-sanctions-on-libya-un-report-idUSKBN1XL2E6|title=Jordan, UAE, Turkey, Sudan accused of violating sanctions on Libya – U.N. report|access-date=11 November 2019|newspaper=Reuters|date=2019-11-11}}</ref> An airstrike on the migrant detention center in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] in July 2019, believed to have been carried out by the United Arab Emirates, can be amounted as a war crime, as stated by the United Nations. The airstrike was deadlier than the 2011 militarized uprising that overthrew the regime of [[Muammar Gaddafi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/libyas-tripoli-government-blames-u-a-e-for-deadly-airstrike-11562255129|title= Libya's Tripoli Government Blames U.A.E. for Deadly Airstrike|access-date=4 July 2019|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date= 4 July 2019}}</ref>