Commission on Responsibility of the Authors of the War and on Enforcement of Penalties

World War I

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In war crime: Definition and conceptual development
Allied powers convened a special Commission on the Responsibility of the Authors of the War and on Enforcement of Penalties. The commission’s report recommended that war crimes trials be conducted before the victors’ national courts and, when appropriate, before an inter-Allied tribunal. The Allies prepared an initial list of about…
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