POLB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Just War Theory, The Roots, International Criminal Court
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The nuremberg trials: human rights, just war theory, crimes against humanity, and ex-post. Ex-post facto: lati(cid:374) fo(cid:396) (cid:862)f(cid:396)o(cid:373) a thi(cid:374)g do(cid:374)e afte(cid:396)(cid:449)a(cid:396)d. (cid:863) ex post facto is most typically used to refer to a criminal law that applies retroactively, thereby criminalizing conduct that was legal when originally performed. (https://www. law. cornell. edu/wex/ex_post_facto) The charges (1) conspiracy to commit charges 2, 3, and 4. Geneva conventions on the treatment of prisoners of war (1929) Hague convention (1907) (cid:862)discrimination (distinguishing between civilians and non-combatants) becomes impossible in (cid:373)ode(cid:396)(cid:374) (cid:449)a(cid:396)fa(cid:396)e. (cid:863) goring. Natural law (cid:862)i issued di(cid:396)e(cid:272)ti(cid:448)es fo(cid:396) the e(cid:454)e(cid:272)ution of the basic orders and laws which were made, that is no crime against humanity. In this matter i place the will of the state before my conscience and my inner sense of duty because, after all, i was a servant of the state. There were trials in each occupied zone (russian, british, american)
