International law has never approved the defensive plea of superior order as a mandatory bar to the prosecution of war criminals. This defensive pl [ ... ]
is itself a contribution to international law." We adopt this conclusion. Any doubts in our mind concerning the rule thus announced go to its appl [ ... ]
Art. 50. "No general penalty, pecuniary or otherwise, shall be inflicted upon the population on account of the acts of individuals for which they c [ ... ]
punished individuals guilty of violating the rules of land warfare laid down by this Convention. * * * The law of war is to be found not only in tre [ ... ]
particular case, only if the offender is captured before he rejoins his army. But some other crimes, such as mass murder, are punishable during a [ ... ]
accordance with the international principles laid down in Article 63 of the Geneva. Convention of 1929 relative to the treatment of prisoners of war [ ... ]
It is essential to a proper understanding of the issues involved in the present case, that the status of Yugoslavia, Greece and Norway be determined [ ... ]
practice. Captured German soldiers were often tortured and killed. The terrain was favorable to this type of warfare and the inhabitants most adept [ ... ]
They generally wore civilian clothes although parts of German, Italian and Serbian uniforms were used to the extent they could be obtained. The Sovi [ ... ]
the defendants. The evidence is clear that during the period of occupation in Yugoslavia and Greece, guerrilla warfare was carried on against the o [ ... ]