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Principles of International Law Recognized in the Charter of the Nurnberg Tribunal and in the Judgment of the Tribunal
Source of package un.ilc.nuremberg_principles · Yearbook of the International Law Commission, 1950, vol. II, para. 97
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- urn:un:ilc:clir:nuremberg-principles#NUREMBERG_PRINCIPLES
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- Yearbook of the International Law Commission, 1950, vol. II, para. 97
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- urn:un:ilc:clir:nuremberg-principles#international_instrument
Text adopted by the International Law Commission at its second session, in 1950
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- urn:un:ilc:clir:nuremberg-principles#NUREMBERG_PRINCIPLES_1950
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- adopted: 1950-07-29
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Principle I
Any person who commits an act which constitutes a crime under international law is
responsible therefor and liable to punishment.Referencing norms: LiabilityToPunishment, ResponsibilityForInternationalCrime
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Principle II
The fact that internal law does not impose a penalty for an act which constitutes a crime under
international law does not relieve the person who committed the act from responsibility under
international law.Referencing norms: InternalLawSilenceDoesNotRelieve
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Principle III
The fact that a person who committed an act which constitutes a crime under international law
acted as Head of State or responsible Government official does not relieve him from responsibility under
international law.Referencing norms: GovernmentOfficialDoesNotRelieve, HeadOfStateDoesNotRelieve
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Principle IV
The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not
relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to
him.Referencing norms: MoralChoiceEstablishedOnGovernmentOrder, MoralChoiceEstablishedOnSuperiorOrder, SuperiorOrderDoesNotRelieve
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Principle V
Any person charged with a crime under international law has the right to a fair trial on the facts
and law.Referencing norms: FairTrial, RightToFairTrial
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Principle VI
The crimes hereinafter set out are punishable as crimes under international law:Referencing norms: CrimeAgainstHumanityIsPunishable, CrimeAgainstPeaceIsPunishable, PrincipleSixCrimeIsCrimeUnderInternationalLaw, WarCrimeIsPunishable
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(a)
Crimes against peace:
(i)
Planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression or a war in violation
of international treaties, agreements or assurances;
(ii)
Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the acts
mentioned under (i).Referencing norms: ActUnderRomanOneIsCrimeAgainstPeace, AggressiveWarIsWithinPrincipleSix, InitiationOfWarIsCrimeAgainstPeace, ParticipationInCommonPlanIsCrimeAgainstPeace, PlanningOfWarIsCrimeAgainstPeace, PreparationOfWarIsCrimeAgainstPeace, WagingOfWarIsCrimeAgainstPeace, WarInViolationIsWithinPrincipleSix
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(b)
War crimes:
Violations of the laws or customs of war which include, but are not limited to, murder, illtreatment or deportation to slave-labour or for any other purpose of civilian population of or in
occupied territory, murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war, of persons on the seas, killing of
hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages,
or devastation not justified by military necessity.Referencing norms: NamedKindIsViolationOfLawsOfWar, ViolationOfLawsOfWarIsWarCrime, assert-h069ae59e04b3483f302acaed145d94c8aabef4c90db8f7d8e01ae28783e096a8, assert-h0734a38b9d609d95ecbcea28be5e7ca52a3efcd06d368f578808843a03669d9a, assert-h4412886065c1e06dde2020702f3ade48911968347038a12b0cad959b9f556527, assert-h4da0c40d3e379c21dcbdf6389b82c174f0b4828f953d888283be3317cc413b93, assert-h50fed45f69ebd25d5fe10ba7837f1ed835f3964d0adcbebe9b81bbb2bf4a1be2, assert-h67e6e2fd0358fb3f145efa27532070084e18edaebcaa027893803c03680866b0, assert-h771df8330eb348545113d47823b546f9649ba8bb589c68b6af624d1a7bb0637a, assert-h9256e4e9ffc9598113429fcce9aad785af901c79acbe4bce0855542cb4bd736c, assert-hc57d9546d6c075a3ddc01ac3a75812e119121c670cfa705eb468048ddec019c3
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(c)
Crimes against humanity:
Murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation and other inhuman acts done against any
civilian population, or persecutions on political, racial or religious grounds, when such acts are
done or such persecutions are carried on in execution of or in connection with any crime against
peace or any war crime.Referencing norms: InhumanActConnectedToCrimeAgainstPeace, InhumanActConnectedToWarCrime, PersecutionConnectedToCrimeAgainstPeace, PersecutionConnectedToWarCrime
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Principle VII
Complicity in the commission of a crime against peace, a war crime, or a crime against
humanity as set forth in Principle VI is a crime under international law.Referencing norms: ComplicityIsCrimeUnderInternationalLaw
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