Royal Warrant of 14 June 1945

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The Royal Warrant of 14 June 1945 was a British legal instrument that established special procedures and jurisdiction for trying war crimes committed during the Second World War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British military law measure
legal instrument
royal warrant
appliesToEvent war crimes committed during the Second World War
appliesToJurisdiction British Armed Forces NERFINISHED
British military courts NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
appliesToPeriod during and immediately after the Second World War
country United Kingdom
dateOfIssue 1945-06-14
defines categories of offences constituting war crimes for British trials
jurisdiction of British military courts over enemy nationals for war crimes
powers of convening officers for war crimes courts
rights of the accused in British war crimes trials
historicalPeriod post-World War II settlement
inForceDuring late 1940s
issuedBy King George VI NERFINISHED
issuedOnBehalfOf the Crown NERFINISHED
language English
legalArea international humanitarian law
military law
war crimes law
legalBasisFor British military courts for war crimes
British war crimes trials after World War II
legalForm Order in Council–based warrant
legalStatus subordinate legislation under the royal prerogative
mainSubject war crimes
war crimes trials
partOf British post-war war crimes legal framework
publisher His Majesty's Stationery Office NERFINISHED
purpose to confer jurisdiction on British military courts over war crimes
to establish special procedures for trying war crimes
regulates confirmation and review of war crimes court findings
constitution of British military courts for war crimes
procedure of British military courts for war crimes
rules of evidence in British war crimes trials
sentencing in British war crimes trials
relatedTo Allied war crimes prosecution policy
Nuremberg principles NERFINISHED
subjectOf historical analyses of British war crimes policy
scholarly works on war crimes trials
temporalCoverage Second World War NERFINISHED
typeOfJurisdiction extra-territorial criminal jurisdiction
usedBy British Army
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
usedIn British war crimes trials in Germany
British war crimes trials in the Far East

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Bergen-Belsen concentration camp trials legalBasis Royal Warrant of 14 June 1945