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What is a crime against humanity?
"Crime against humanity" refers to the atrocities committed by people with power resources for political, military or economic purposes, defined by country, race, religion or a certain ideology, which physically destroy or politically abuse the victims.

Crimes against humanity are translated into "crimes against humanity" and "crimes against humanity". The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which came into effect on July 1 2002, defines the Chinese translation of this crime as "crime against humanity".

The definition in the law is: "refers to many acts that constitute extremely serious violations and insults to human dignity." These are generally not isolated or accidental events, or because of government policies or a series of atrocities allowed by the government. Such as murder, genocide, torture, rape, political, racial or religious persecution and other inhuman acts. "

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Case: It is a crime against humanity to create an "AIDS-immune baby"

He Jiankui, an associate professor in south university of science and technology of china, China, announced that his team has bred a pair of genetically edited babies. One of the twins' genes was modified by gene editing technology to make them naturally resistant to HIV infection.

After the news came out, public opinion in the field of biomedicine at home and abroad was in an uproar. A group of experts in the biomedical field in China signed a statement criticizing this human experiment on the grounds that gene editing technology is uncertain and there is a risk of "off-target"-other genes may be modified unconsciously.

Therefore, He Jiankui's team unnecessarily invalidates a normal gene to a small probability infection that can be prevented and controlled, creating a baby with congenital immunodeficiency. This kind of human experiment is extremely inhuman and anti-ethical, which can be regarded as a crime against humanity and should be subject to administrative sanctions or even criminal punishment.

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