...ILL-TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR Article 6 (b) of the Charter defines war crimes in these words : "War Crimes : namely, violations of the laws or customs...devastation not justified by military necessity." In the course of the war, many Allied soldiers who had surrendered to the Germans were shot immediately,...

...AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES ARTICLE 6. The Tribunal established by the Agreement referred to in Article I hereof for the trial and punishment of the major war...or devastation not justified by military necessity; 1 US Department of State, Executive Agreement Series 472. (c) CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY: namely, murder,...

...labor or for any other purpose, of civilian population from occupied territory, murder or ill treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the seas, killing...military necessity. "(c) Crimes Against Humanity. Atrocities and offenses, including but not limited to murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation,...

...murder or ill treatnent of prisoners of war or persons on the seas, killing of hostages, plunder cf public or private property, wanton destruction of...or devastation not justified by military necessity. (e) Crimea against Humanity. Atrocities and offenses, including but not limited to murder, extermination,...

...murder, ill-treatment or deportation to slave labor or for any other purpose, of civilian population from occupied territory, murder or ill-treatment of prisoners...or devastation not justified by military necessity. 172 "(c) Crimes against Humanity. Atrocities and offenses, including but not limited to murder, extermination,...

...December 1945, a regulation had been promulgated by General M&c Arthur's headquarters which denned the "wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages:...or devastation not justified by military necessity" as a war crime. A similar United States Army regulation was issued for the China theater in January...

...' War crime ' means any of the following acts: murder, illtreatment or deportation to forced labour or for any other purpose, of civilian population of...property; wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages; and devastation not justified by military necessity." Section 3 (a) provides: " A person who, during...

...such violations include, but are not limited to, murder, ill-treatment or deportation to slave labour or for any other purpose of civilian population of...by military necessity. (c) Crimes against humanity: murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation and other inhumane acts committed against any civilian...

...such violations include, but are not limited to, murder, ill-treatment or deportation to slave labour or for any other purpose of civilian population of...or devastation not justified by military necessity. 1c1 Crimes against humanity; murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation and other inhumane acts...

...defined 'war crimes' as 'violations of the laws or customs of war. Such violations shall include . . . wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages, or...devastation not justified by military necessity.' " 1 5 Young, The Vietnam Wars, 283. 16 Kiernan, ThePol Pot Regime, 19. 17 For discussion of the US...