CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Nuremberg Trials, International Military Tribunal For The Far East, Wwti
13 Sep 2015
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The international criminal law is the part of public international law that deals with the criminal responsibility of individuals for international crimes. There is a lot of debate on the definition of this. Core international crimes are crimes over which international tribunals have been given jurisdiction under international law. They are: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, aggression. During the holocaust, people really began paying attention to international criminal law. Wwii offended everyone and the germans had to be held accountable for what they did. The allies established the nuremberg tribunal (1945-1949) which was an attempt to hold german officials accountable for some of the events that they participated in. They also established the tokyo tribunal which was an attempt to hold the japanese officials. People were angry because the allies had killed many people too. A lot of criticism was placed on them because they weren"t holding themselves accountable as well.
