Laws Of War

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for all acts performed by any persons in
execution of such plan.1

The above excerpt comes form the Charter of the Tribunal Article 6 section C,
which makes it quite clear that in general the "laws of war" are there to
protect innocent civilians before and during war.

It seems to be a fair idea to have such rules governing armed conflict in order
to protect the civilians in the general location of such a conflict. But, when
the conflict is over, and if war crimes have been committed, how then are
criminals of war brought to justice? The International Military Tribunals held
after World War II in Nuremberg on 20 November 1945 and in Tokyo on 3 May 1946
are excellent examples of how such crimes of war are dealt with. (Roberts and
Guelff 153-54) But, rather than elaborate on exact details of the Tribunals of
Nuremberg and Tokyo a more important matter must be dealt with. What happens
when alleged criminals of war are unable to be apprehended and justly tried? Are
they forgotten about, ...

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situation. During World
War II the Nazis were persecuting Jews in their concentration camps. At this
time the state of Israel did not exist. The ending of the war meant the ending
of the persecution, and when the other countries discovered what the Nazis had
done Military Tribunals quickly followed. Some of the accused war criminals were
tried and sentenced, but others managed to escape judgement and thus became
fugitives running from international law. Israel became a state, and thus, some
of the Jews that survived the concentration camps moved to the state largely
populated by people of Jewish ancestry. Israel felt a moral commitment because
of its large Jewish population and set ...

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