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The Nuremberg
Principles
Principle I.
Any person who commits an act which constitutes a crime under
international law is responsible therefore and liable to
punishment.
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.
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.
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.
Principle V.
Any person charged with a crime under international law has the
right to a fair trial on the facts and
law.
Principle VI. The crimes hereinafter set
out are punishable as crimes under international law:
(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).
(b) War
Crimes:
Violations of the laws or customs of war
which include, but are not limited to, murder, ill-treatment or
deportation of slave-labour or for any other purpose of the civilian
population of or in occupied territory, murder or ill-treatment of
prisoners of war or 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.
(c) Crimes against
humanity:
Murder, extermination, enslavement,
deportation and other inhumane 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.
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.
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