...Departments, shall not be considered as freeing them from responsibility or mitigating punishment. Article 8. The fact that the Defendant acted pursuant to order...but may be considered in mitigation of punishment if the Tribunal determines that justice so requires. Article 9. At the trial of any individual member...

...acts committed by them in carrying out these orders. The Charter specifically provides in Article 8 : "The fact that the defendant acted pursuant to order...but may be considered in mitigation of punishment." The provisions of this Article are in conformity with the law of all nations. That a soldier was ordered...

...Departments, shall not be considered as freeing them from responsibility or mitigating punishment. Article 8. The fact that the Defendant acted pursuant to order...but may be considered in mitigation of punishment if the Tribunal determines that justice so requires. Article 9. At the trial of any individual member...

...anyone from responsibility or mitigating punishment. Article 8 provides that the fact that an individual acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior -shall not free him from responsibility. Articles 8 and 20 provide that an organization can be declared to be criminal, and individuals may...

...Departments, shall not be considered as freeing them from responsibility or mitigating punishment. ARTICLE 8. The fact that the Defendant acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior shalTnortree him"frOTn~Tespon5Tbihty, but may be cons1dered 1n m1tigation of punishment if the Tribunal...

...of such plan." Article Eight declares all defendants responsible for their crimes whether or not a defendant "acted pursuant to order of his government or of a superior." The Tribunal's chief prosecutor summed up the Judgement succinctly: "The very essence of the [Nuremberg]...

...establishing the Nuremburg Tribunal which stipulates that the 'fact that the Defendant acted pursuant to an order of his Government or of a superior shall not free him from responsibility'. State Parties to the Convention are obliged, under Article 2, to take 'effective legislative, administrative,...

...doctrine of absolute liability was erected (see Dinstein, p 117). Article 8 of the Charter provided that: "The fact that the defendant acted pursuant to order...but may be considered in mitigation of punishment if the tribunal determines that justice so requires." Article 6 of the Charter of the International...

...anyone from responsibility or mitigating punishment. Article 8 provides that the fact that an individual acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior shall not free him from responsibility. Article 9 and 10 provide that an organization can be declared to be criminal, and individuals may be...

...Departments, shall not be considered as freeing them from responsibility or mitigating punishment. Article 8. The fact that the Defendant acted pursuant to order...but may be considered in mitigation of punishment if the Tribunal determine that justice so requires. Article 9. At the trial of any individual member...