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In re Takashi Sakai.

Chinese War Crimes Military Tribunal of the Ministry of National Defence, Nanking.  29 August 1946 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Individuals — Position in International Law — Rights of Individuals Independent of the Law of the State — Crimes against Humanity — Offences against Civilian Inhabitants and Property in Occupied Territory as Constituting Crimes against Humanity.

Laws of War — Subjects of — Responsibility of Military Commander for War Crimes Committed by Persons under his Command.

Belligerent Occupation — Civilian Inhabitants — Treatment of — Killing, Torture and Ill-treatment of Civilian Inhabitants — Plunder and Spoliation of Public and Private Property.

War — War in Violation of Treaties — Aggressive War — War between Japan and China in 1939 — General Treaty for the Renunciation of War of 1928 — Nine-Power Treaty of 1922 — Belligerent Occupation — Offences against Civilian Inhabitants — Hague Regulations and Geneva Conventions of 1929 — War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity — Authors of — Responsibility of Military Commander for Crimes Committed by Troops under his Command — Plea of Superior Orders.

Type
Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1951

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