Allied Control Council Law No. 10

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Allied Control Council law legal instrument post–World War II legal measure

Allied Control Council Law No. 10 was a post–World War II Allied legal instrument that established the framework for prosecuting Nazi war criminals in occupied Germany.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Control Council Law No. 10	5
Allied Control Council Law No. 2	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied Control Council law ⓘ legal instrument ⓘ post–World War II legal measure ⓘ
appliesTo	Axis war criminals in Europe ⓘ Nazi war criminals ⓘ individual criminal responsibility under international law ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1945-12-20 ⓘ
conflictContext	World War II ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
dateAdopted	1945-12-20 ⓘ
definesCrime	crimes against humanity ⓘ crimes against peace ⓘ membership in criminal organizations ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
enactedBy	Allied Control Council ⓘ France ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
establishesPrinciple	individual liability for international crimes regardless of official position ⓘ non-applicability of statute of limitations to major international crimes ⓘ
geographicScope	Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ surface form: American occupation zone in Germany Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ surface form: British occupation zone in Germany Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ surface form: French occupation zone in Germany Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany ⓘ surface form: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
historicalPeriod	post–World War II ⓘ
implementedBy	military government courts in the occupation zones ⓘ
influenced	development of modern international criminal law ⓘ later United Nations war crimes jurisprudence ⓘ
jurisdiction	occupied Germany ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Russian ⓘ
legalBasisFor	national prosecutions of Nazi criminals in the occupation zones ⓘ Nuremberg trials ⓘ surface form: subsequent Nuremberg Military Tribunals
legalSystem	occupation law in Germany ⓘ
purpose	to implement the London Charter of the International Military Tribunal within occupied Germany ⓘ to provide a legal basis for prosecuting war criminals in occupied Germany ⓘ
relatedTo	London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ Nuremberg Principles ⓘ
subjectMatter	international criminal law ⓘ occupation administration ⓘ war crimes prosecution ⓘ