London Charter of the International Military Tribunal

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founding document international agreement legal instrument treaty

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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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
London Charter of the International Military Tribunal canonical	9
Charter of the International Military Tribunal	3
Agreement for the Prosecution and Punishment of the Major War Criminals of the European Axis	1
Charter of the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg Charter)	1
Charter of the International Military Tribunal (by reference)	1
International Military Tribunal	1
London Charter	1
Nuremberg Charter	1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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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 ⓘ