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==Parent topics== | ==Parent topics== | ||
{{r|Just war theory}} | |||
{{r|Hostis humani generis}} | |||
{{r|Universal jurisdiction}} | |||
==Subtopics== | ==Subtopics== | ||
===Historical and current sources=== | |||
{{r|Lieber Code}} | |||
{{r|Hague Conventions}} | |||
{{r|Treaty providing for the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy}} | |||
{{r|Geneva Conventions}} | |||
===Case law=== | |||
{{r|International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg)}} | |||
{{r|Nuremberg Military Tribunals}} | |||
{{r|International Military Tribunal for the Far East}} | |||
===Current courts=== | |||
{{r|International Criminal Court}} | |||
{{r|International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia||**}} | |||
{{r|International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda||**}} | |||
==Other related topics== | ==Other related topics== | ||
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Revision as of 21:23, 13 November 2010
- See also changes related to War crime, or pages that link to War crime or to this page or whose text contains "War crime".
Parent topics
- Just war theory [r]: The branch of ethics concerned with the basis for starting, conducting, and terminating wars [e]
- Hostis humani generis [r]: A legal principle that certain acts, such as piracy, slavery and genocide, puts one outside the norms of civilization and makes one an "enemy of all mankind", subject to early forms of universal jurisdiction or summary action [e]
- Universal jurisdiction [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
Historical and current sources
- Lieber Code [r]: First formal set of criteria for individual compliance with the laws of war, issued by the U.S. Army in 1863 [e]
- Hague Conventions [r]: The first set of international agreements on the laws and conduct of war, generated by conferences in 1899 and 1907 [e]
- Treaty providing for the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy [r]: (Kellogg-Briand Pact) An international agreement, first signed in 1928 and eventually agreed-to by a large number of the world's nations at the time, which rejected the use of war to settle disputes; it had no notable effect on world events [e]
- Geneva Conventions [r]: For international law, the principal group of treaties addressing humanitarian aspects of war [e]
Case law
- International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg) [r]: Conducted by the four major Allied powers in Europe, this proceeding tried the designated Major War Criminals of Nazi Germany, as well as determining whether certain Nazi organizations were to be considered as criminal conspiracies to which membership was a crime [e]
- Nuremberg Military Tribunals [r]: A set of twelve trials of officials of Nazi Germany, conducted by the United States in its zone of occupation of Germany, following the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg) [e]
- International Military Tribunal for the Far East [r]: Add brief definition or description
Current courts
- International Criminal Court [r]: A permanent tribunal, established by treaty among over 120 nations but not part of the United Nations, for trying individuals for crimes against humanity; a number of major countries do not accept its authority [e]
- International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [r]: Created by the United Nations Security Council, an international humanitarian law tribunal established to try Rwandan citizens for 1994 violence in Rwanda and neighboring countries, principally between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups [e]