Created during the Nuremberg trials after World War II, __________ were conceived as inhumane acts and persecutions against civilians on a vast scale in the pursuit of unjust ends.

A. crimes against liberty
B. civil rights violations
C. crimes against humanity
D. militia-led violations


Answer: C

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