Yugoslav military court

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The Yugoslav military court was a post-World War II tribunal of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia responsible for prosecuting and sentencing military and political figures for war crimes and related offenses.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf court of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
military tribunal
war crimes court
aim legal accountability for wartime collaboration
prosecution of wartime atrocities
reinforcement of the new socialist order in Yugoslavia
appliedLaw Yugoslav criminal code
Yugoslav military criminal code
postwar Yugoslav legislation on collaboration
postwar Yugoslav legislation on treason
postwar Yugoslav legislation on war crimes
appliesToJurisdiction Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
country Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
establishedBy authorities of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
function adjudication of war crimes cases
deterrence of future war crimes
imposition of criminal penalties
punishment of collaboration with Axis powers
hasJurisdictionOver civilians accused of war crimes
collaborators with occupying forces
members of the Yugoslav armed forces
political figures in Yugoslavia
historicalContext aftermath of World War II in Yugoslavia
communist consolidation of power in Yugoslavia
languageOfCourt Serbo-Croatian
legalDomain criminal law
international humanitarian law
military law
locatedIn Belgrade
mainRole prosecution of collaboration
prosecution of crimes against the people
prosecution of military figures
prosecution of political figures
prosecution of treason
prosecution of war crimes
sentencing of war criminals
operatedIn post-World War II period
oversightBy Yugoslav military authorities
federal government of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
partOf judicial system of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
relatedTo Axis occupation of Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Partisans
postwar purges in Yugoslavia
typeOfProceedings criminal proceedings
military proceedings

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Alexander Löhr
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