London Charter of the International Military Tribunal

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The London Charter of the International Military Tribunal was the 1945 agreement that established the legal framework, jurisdiction, and procedures for prosecuting major Nazi war criminals after World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf founding document ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
surface form: Charter of the International Military Tribunal

IMT Charter ⓘ
London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
surface form: London Charter
appliesTo major Nazi war criminals ⓘ
major war criminals of the European Axis ⓘ
citySigned London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
containsProvision fair trial guarantees for defendants ⓘ
individual criminal responsibility under international law ⓘ
rejection of head-of-state immunity for core international crimes ⓘ
rejection of superior orders as an absolute defense ⓘ
countrySigned United Kingdom ⓘ
dateSigned 1945-08-08 ⓘ
definesCrime conspiracy to commit crimes against peace ⓘ
crimes against humanity ⓘ
crimes against peace ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
draftedBy representatives of France ⓘ
representatives of the Soviet Union ⓘ
representatives of the United Kingdom ⓘ
representatives of the United States ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1945-08-08 ⓘ
established Nuremberg trials ⓘ
surface form: International Military Tribunal
historicalContext adopted after World War II ⓘ
influenced Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
development of modern international criminal tribunals ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
legalBasisFor Nuremberg trials ⓘ
surface form: Nuremberg Trials

trial of major Nazi leaders ⓘ
partOf Nuremberg legal framework ⓘ
placeSigned London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
purpose to define the jurisdiction of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
to establish the legal framework for prosecuting major war criminals of the European Axis ⓘ
to set out the procedures for trials of major Nazi war criminals ⓘ
relatedTo Nuremberg Principles ⓘ
signatory France ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
subjectMatter international criminal law ⓘ
laws and customs of war ⓘ
post–World War II accountability ⓘ
yearSigned 1945 ⓘ

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Nuremberg trials → appliedLaw → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
Nuremberg trials → hasPart → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Military Tribunal
London Charter of the International Military Tribunal → alsoKnownAs → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
this entity surface form: London Charter
London Charter of the International Military Tribunal → alsoKnownAs → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charter of the International Military Tribunal
IMT Charter → hasOfficialName → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charter of the International Military Tribunal
IMT Charter → alsoKnownAs → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
IMT Charter → annexTo → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agreement for the Prosecution and Punishment of the Major War Criminals of the European Axis
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes → appliesLaw → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
Allied Control Council Law No. 10 → relatedTo → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
Declaration on Atrocities → precedes → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
London Agreement of 8 August 1945 → alsoKnownAs → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
London Agreement of 8 August 1945 → relatedTo → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charter of the International Military Tribunal
London Agreement of 8 August 1945 → relatedTo → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuremberg Charter
Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East → modeledOn → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charter of the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg Charter)
Case VIII → legalBasis → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
WVHA Trial at Nuremberg → legalBasis → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charter of the International Military Tribunal (by reference)
Nuremberg Trials through Robert H. Jackson → legalBasis → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
Nuremberg follow-up trials planning → legalBasis → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ