war crime

Any violation of the laws of war, as laid down by international customary law and certain international treaties. At the end of World War II, the part of the London Agreement signed by the U.S., Britain, the Soviet Union, and France established three categories of war crime: conventional war crimes (including murder, ill treatment, or deportation of the civilian population of occupied territories), crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity (political, racial, or religious persecution against any civilian population). The charter also provided for an international military tribunal to try major Axis war criminals. It further stated that a defendant's position as head of state would not free him from accountability, nor would having acted on orders or out of military necessity. German and Japanese war criminals were tried before Allied tribunals in Nürnberg and Tokyo in 1945–46 and 1946–48, respectively, and in the 1990s tribunals were created for the prosecution of war crimes committed in Rwanda and the territory of the former Yugoslavia. See also Geneva Convention; genocide; Hague Convention; Nürnberg trial.

war crime

a crime committed in wartime in violation of the accepted rules and customs of war, such as genocide, ill-treatment of prisoners of war, etc.

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Japan's former enemies say the shrine glorifies its militaristic past, as it also honours 14 class A war criminals, including the country's wartime prime minister, Hideki Tojo.

Far right closes Yasukuni screening in Tokyo by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

It is important to note, too, that this trafficking was carried out by official Imperial Edict and was an established policy known and approved by such as convicted Class A war criminal and General Vice-Minister of War, Yashijiro Umezu.

Sex Slaves for the Emperor by Lamont-Brown, Raymond / Contemporary Review

He collected signatures of 3,300 people opposed to Koizumi's visit to the shrine, which honors Class A war criminals along with Japanese war dead.

FEATURE: Malaysian doles out advice on studying in Japan by Asian Economic News

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