Allied Control Council Law No. 10

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Allied Control Council Law No. 10 was a post–World War II Allied legal instrument that established the framework for prosecuting Nazi war criminals in occupied Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied Control Council law
legal instrument
post–World War II legal measure
appliesTo Axis war criminals in Europe
Nazi war criminals
individual criminal responsibility under international law
cameIntoForce 1945-12-20
conflictContext World War II
country Germany
dateAdopted 1945-12-20
definesCrime crimes against humanity
crimes against peace
membership in criminal organizations
war crimes
enactedBy Allied Control Council
France
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States
establishesPrinciple individual liability for international crimes regardless of official position
non-applicability of statute of limitations to major international crimes
geographicScope American occupation zone in Germany
British occupation zone in Germany
French occupation zone in Germany
Soviet occupation zone in Germany
historicalPeriod post–World War II
implementedBy military government courts in the occupation zones
influenced development of modern international criminal law
later United Nations war crimes jurisprudence
jurisdiction occupied Germany
language English
French
German
Russian
legalBasisFor national prosecutions of Nazi criminals in the occupation zones
subsequent Nuremberg Military Tribunals
linked to: Nuremberg trials
legalSystem occupation law in Germany
purpose to implement the London Charter of the International Military Tribunal within occupied Germany
to provide a legal basis for prosecuting war criminals in occupied Germany
relatedTo London Charter of the International Military Tribunal
Nuremberg Principles
subjectMatter international criminal law
occupation administration
war crimes prosecution

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Ministries Trial legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10
Krupp Trial legalBasis Control Council Law No. 10
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IG Farben Trial legalBasis Control Council Law No. 10
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Nazi Party outlawedBy Allied Control Council Law No. 2
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Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes appliesLaw Control Council Law No. 10
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Wilhelmstrasse Trial legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10
NMT Case X legalBasis Control Council Law No. 10
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Flick Trial legalBasis Control Council Law No. 10
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Doctors' Trial legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10
RuSHA Trial legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10
Buchenwald Trial legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10
Nuremberg Milch Trial legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10
Allied occupation directives component Allied Control Council laws
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High Command Trial legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10
U.S. Nuremberg Military Tribunal I legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10
United States of America v. Ulrich Greifelt, et al. legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10
Case VIII legalBasis Control Council Law No. 10
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Medical Case legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10
WVHA Trial at Nuremberg legalBasis Control Council Law No. 10
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Dora Trial at Dachau legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10
Nuremberg follow-up trials planning legalBasis Control Council Law No. 10
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Einsatzgruppen Trial legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10
Nuremberg IG Farben trial legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10