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Encyclopedia: War crime

In the context of war, a war crime is a punishable offense under International Law, for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. Every violation of the law of war in an inter-state conflict is a war crime, while violations in internal conflicts are typically limited to the local jurisdiction. In essence, the term "war crime" represents the concept of an international jurisdiction as applicable to the most severe crimes, in areas where government is dysfunctional and society is in a state of turmoil.

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How to say "War crime" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	战争罪
	(Japanese)	戦争犯罪
	(German)	Kriegsverbrechen
	(Spanish)	Crimen de guerra
	(French)	Crime de guerre
	(Italian)	Crimine di guerra

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Civilian infrastructure

Civilian infrastructure refers to hospitals, schools, places of worship, housings, utility facilities, or the like. It is a war crime to attack civilian infrastructure. See also: military infrastructure...

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List of war crimes

summarise incidents which may be perceived as either War Crimes, Crimes Against Peace, or Crimes against Humanity. To an extent, the definition of a "War Crime" varies depending on who writes the history book, and when. There will always be debate over what was a war crime, and what was not. For example...

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Bushveldt Carbineers

Mixed Australian-Boer mounted regiment which served in South Africa during the Boer War. It is most famous as the unit in which Lt. Harry "Breaker" Morant, court-martialed and executed by the British Army in 1902 for alleged war crimes, served...

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Herbert Pell

Herbert Pell (1884 - 1961) was the United States Ambassador to Portugal. He is the father of Senator Claiborne Pell. On June 29, 1943, President Roosevelt named Pell as the representative of the United States on the United Nations Commission for the Investigation of War Crimes...

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Music Box

Music Box is a 1989 movie which tells the story of an attorney who defends her father on charges of war crimes. The movie was written by Joe Eszterhas and directed by Costa-Gavras. It stars Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat and Lukas Haas. It was nominated for the...

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Oskar Dirlewanger

Oskar Dirlewanger (September 26, 1895-June 7, 1945) was a World War I officer with the Schutzstaffel. He commanded an Einsatzkommando unit. Dirlewanger was sentenced for war crimes and was beaten to death by internees at Altshausen, a French prison camp...

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Erich Koch

during the World War One, clerk thereafter, member of NSDAP since 1922. Gauleiter of East Prussia since 1928. Administrator of Nazi occupied Ukraine between 1941-1944. Responsible for war crimes. Escaped..., tried and sentenced to death in 1959 for war crimes aginast the Poles. Never tried for crimes in...

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Russell Tribunal

, along with Jean-Paul Sartre. It was designed to expose American war crimes during the Vietnam War... Foundation organized Citizens Commissions of Inquiry (CCI) to document war crimes in Indochina. These... Investigation with the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, the CCI separated and worked on its own...

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Emil Puhl

Nuremberg Trials, he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to five years' imprisonment... Dr. Emil Puhl was a Nazi economist and banking official during World War II. He was director and vice-president of Germany's Reichsbank during World War II and also served as a director of the Bank...

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Goldap

the village an example for the war crimes of the Red Army. See Mayakovskoye, Kaliningrad, Evacuation...

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