HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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increased demand for a Jewish homeland
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Nazi leaders convicted of war crimes
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emphasis was placed on individual responsibility for actions
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all military orders must be followed as recieved
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Detailed explanation-1: -Several of the tribunal’s detractors rightly criticized Soviet participants’ efforts to attribute Soviet atrocities, such as the massacre of Polish officers and intelligentsia at Katyn, to German troops. Other critics of the IMT noted that Nazi defendants could not appeal their convictions.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Nuremberg trials were effectively the start of international criminal law, an area which is still in the early stages of its development. It means that individuals and organisations are held accountable for some of the worst crimes imaginable.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Nuremberg Principles With these Principles, the concepts of individual criminal accountability for crimes under international law, end to impunity, equality before the law, fair trial rights were universally recognized. Moreover, the crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity were defined.