India has called for declaring terrorism and sponsoring it crimes against humanity.

“We emphasise that any definition of crimes against humanity must explicitly capture the heinous crimes and atrocities perpetrated by terrorists and their sponsors”, BJP MP S. Phangnon Konyak told the General Assembly’s Legal Committee on Monday.

“Justice and accountability demand that such acts are not overlooked”, she said during the committee’s discussion on crimes against humanity.

While stressing that it was important for the proposed international convention to prevent and punish crimes against humanity to include terrorism, Konyak also expressed some reservations about some aspects of it.

She said that any treaty should consider “the diversity of legal systems and unequivocally respect national s

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