United States military commission

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military tribunal war crimes court

The United States military commission was a wartime military tribunal system used by the U.S. armed forces to try individuals, including enemy commanders, for alleged violations of the laws of war.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
United States military commission canonical 14
United States military tribunal 8
U.S. military commission 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military tribunal ⓘ
war crimes court ⓘ
administeredBy Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense

United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: United States armed forces
appliesToJurisdiction United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: United States armed forces
authorizedBy President of the United States ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Congress
controversy criticized for admissibility of coerced or hearsay evidence (historically) ⓘ
criticized for due process concerns ⓘ
debate over compliance with Geneva Conventions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distinguishedFrom United States court-martial system ⓘ
federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States federal civilian courts
hasNotableUseCase Guantánamo Bay detainee trials after 2001 ⓘ
post–World War II war crimes trials in the Pacific ⓘ
trial of Nazi saboteurs in Ex parte Quirin (1942) ⓘ
legalBasis Articles of War ⓘ
surface form: Articles of War (historical U.S. military law)

U.S. Constitution war powers (interpreted) ⓘ
customary international humanitarian law ⓘ
laws of war ⓘ
locationOfProceedings U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ
surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

various U.S. military theaters of war ⓘ
proceduralCharacteristics limited rights of appeal compared to civilian courts ⓘ
military officers serve as members (fact-finders) ⓘ
rules of evidence differ from civilian courts ⓘ
purpose adjudicate offenses triable by the law of war ⓘ
prosecute enemy combatants ⓘ
prosecute enemy commanders ⓘ
try individuals for alleged violations of the laws of war ⓘ
reformedBy Military Commissions Act of 2006 ⓘ
Military Commissions Act of 2009 ⓘ
relatedConcept enemy combatant ⓘ
International humanitarian law ⓘ
surface form: international humanitarian law

law of armed conflict ⓘ
military justice system of the United States ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
subjectOf U.S. Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush ⓘ
surface form: Boumediene v. Bush (U.S. Supreme Court case)

Ex parte Quirin (U.S. Supreme Court case) ⓘ
opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld ⓘ
surface form: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (U.S. Supreme Court case)
timePeriod used in multiple U.S. wars from 19th to 21st century ⓘ
typicalDefendants enemy belligerents ⓘ
enemy commanders ⓘ
non-U.S. nationals captured in armed conflict ⓘ
usedInConflict American Civil War ⓘ
Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
surface form: War on Terror

World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tomoyuki Yamashita → convictedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
George Atzerodt → trialBy → United States military commission ⓘ
David Herold → trialHeldBy → United States military commission ⓘ
Mary Surratt → convictedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
Michael O'Laughlen → triedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
Flick Trial → conductedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States military tribunal
Wilhelm List → wasTriedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States military tribunal
Samuel Arnold → triedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
GTMO → usedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. military commissions system
IG Farben → triedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States military tribunal
RuSHA Trial → tribunalType → United States military commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Military Tribunal
Yamashita Tomoyuki → trialHeldBy → United States military commission ⓘ
Ewald Loeser → wasTriedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States military tribunal
Erich Mueller → wasTriedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States military tribunal
Friedrich Janssen → wasTriedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States military tribunal
Edman Spangler → trialHeldBy → United States military commission ⓘ
Atzerodt → triedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
subject surface form: George Atzerodt
this entity surface form: U.S. military commission
Lewis Powell → triedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
Washington Arsenal Penitentiary, Washington, D.C. → usedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Washington Arsenal Penitentiary
this entity surface form: U.S. military commission
David Edgar Herold → triedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
Dr. Samuel Mudd → trialBy → United States military commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel Mudd
Lincoln assassination conspirators → triedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
Case VIII → conductedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States military tribunal
Hermann Terberger → judicialProcess → United States military commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States military tribunal
Mary Elizabeth Jenkins → convictedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. military commission
United States military tribunal in Manila → category → United States military commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States military tribunals
Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita → heldBy → United States military commission ⓘ
Yamashita → wasTriedBy → United States military commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Tomoyuki Yamashita
Nuremberg IG Farben trial → tribunalType → United States military commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Military Tribunal