POL 4189 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Nuremberg Trials, Universal Jurisdiction, Judenrat
8 Apr 2015
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Term paper revised deadline midnight sunday, april 5. Final exam questions given in-class thursday, april 9. Film excerpts hannah arendt (today) & milosevic (thursday) Elicited a response from the allies regarding atrocities they termed crimes against humanity . Genocide of armenians (but the term genocide was not used because it did not yet exist in international law) There was no measure in international law to hold states responsible for their treatment of their civilian population. No attempt to charge german officials with the maltreatment of civilians & pows (following ww1) Light sentences from acquittal to a few years (nothing substantial) Pows (not civilians) human shields, targeting civilians, etc. Civilian deaths are only deemed acceptable if they are proportionate and militarily significant (arbitrary, subjective, and therefore highly controversial). 2015-03-24: ally bombings of german cities in 1945 (dresden, hamburg, etc. ). 10s of thousands of civilians died overnight: crimes against humanity, new term.
