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In re Dostler.

United States Military Courts (ii) Italy.  12 October 1945 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Belligerent Forces — Membership of — Distinctive Sign — Article 1 of the Hague Regulations — Spies and Saboteurs — Status of — Execution without Trial.

Enforcement of the Laws of War — Reprisals — How Far Providing Justification for War Crimes — Superior Orders.

Enforcement of the Laws of War — Punishment of War Crimes — Tribunals Competent to Punish War Crimes — Jurisdiction of United States Military Commissions — Article 63 of the Geneva (Prisoners of War) Convention, 1929.

Prisoners of War — Status of — Treatment of — Execution without Trial — Sabotage — Execution of Spies and Saboteurs.

Laws of War — Enforcement of — War Crimes — Defence of Superior Orders — Reprisals — Superior Orders Based on Reprisals — Prisoners of War — Status of — Article 1 of the Hague Regulations — Treatment of Prisoners of War — Execution without Trial — Spies and Saboteurs — Status of — Execution without Trial — Jurisdiction of United States Military Commission — Article 63 of the Geneva (Prisoners of War) Convention, 1929.

Type
Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1951

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