War Crimes

A war crime is an act that constitutes a serious violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility. Examples of crimes include intentionally killing civilians or prisoners, torturing, destroying civilian property, taking hostages, performing a perfidy, raping, using child soldiers, pillaging, declaring that no quarter will be given, and seriously violating the principles of distinction, proportionality, and military necessity. The concept of war crimes emerged at the turn of the twentieth century when the body of customary international law applicable to warfare between sovereign states was codified. Such codification occurred at the national level, such …

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11 May 2022 English

Secret Files from World Wars to Cold War provides access to British government secret intelligence and foreign policy files from 1873 to 1953, with the majority of files dating from …

bring the U.S. into the war ● Japanese and German war crimes including accounts and reports of atrocities



The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

the course of their discussion, referred to war crimes committed in Croatia during the Second World


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file of documents concerning Anglo-Czechoslovak political relations. Subjects discussed in the file include the settlement of British financial claims against Czechoslovakia; the return of wartime gold to Czechoslovakia; Anglo-Czechoslovak …


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

disputing official figures of the number of war crimes committed in Croatia had appeared in an emigre


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 French

A file containing documents relating to the status of Berlin. Subjects covered in the file include the questioning of the status of the city at the United Nations Commission on …

Berlin; (b) -Extraditions of persons accused of war crimes; (c) Extraditions of persons from Berlin, who


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file containing documents relating to requests for information on Berlin. Subjects covered in the file include the British government's position on the leading Nazi Martin Bormann, following a report …



The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

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The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file containing documents relating to the Yalta victims' memorial in London. Subjects covered in the file include Parliamentary Questions on the subject; a mistake in the wording of the …


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