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A war crime

A war crime

War Crimes A war crime is a serious violation of the laws applicable in armed conflict (also known as international humanitarian law) giving rise to individual criminal responsibility. Examples of war crimes include "murder, the ill-treatment or deportation...

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The Nuremberg Trials

The Nuremberg Trials

) The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals , held by the Allied forces of World War II , most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany . The trials were held in...

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The Nuremberg principles

The Nuremberg principles

Nuremberg The Nuremberg principles were a set of guidelines for determining what constitutes a war crime . The document was created by the International Law Commission of the United Nations to codify the legal principles underlying the Nuremberg Trials...

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The Geneva Conventions

The Geneva Conventions

Geneva convention The Geneva Conventions comprise four treaties , and three additional protocols , that establish the standards of international law for the humanitarian treatment of war . The singular term Geneva Convention denotes the agreements of...

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Moazzam Begg

Moazzam Begg

Moazzam Begg Moazzam Begg ( Urdu : مواظم بیگ ) (born in 1968 in Sparkhill , Birmingham , England), is a British Pakistani citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention by the U.S. government in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility and the Guantanamo...

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What happening in Venezuela

What happening in Venezuela

Tensions are rising in Venezuela three days after voters elected Nicolás Maduro, the chosen successor of late President Hugo Chávez, to serve out the remainder ... of Chávez’s term. Venezuela’s National Electoral Council has certified Maduro’s victory...

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