Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita

E294600

The Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal in the Philippines that prosecuted the Japanese commander for war crimes committed by troops under his command, leading to the landmark “Yamashita standard” of command responsibility.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military tribunal ⓘ
post–World War II trial ⓘ
war crimes trial ⓘ
allegedCrimesLocation Batangas ⓘ
Manila ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
appealTo Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
appliesToConflict World War II ⓘ
basedOnTheoryOfLiability responsibility for acts of subordinates ⓘ
charge violations of the laws of war ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
commandedForce Fourteenth Area Army ⓘ
Japanese forces in the Philippines ⓘ
countryOfJurisdiction United States ⓘ
dateEnded 1945-12-07 ⓘ
dateOfSentenceConfirmation 1945-12-23 ⓘ
dateOfSupremeCourtDecision 1946-02-04 ⓘ
dateStarted 1945-10-29 ⓘ
decisionOnHabeasCorpus writ denied ⓘ
defendantNationality Japanese ⓘ
defendantRank general ⓘ
defenseCounsel A. Frank Reel ⓘ
Harry E. Clarke ⓘ
establishedPrinciple command responsibility ⓘ
executionDate 1946-02-23 ⓘ
executionPlace Laguna ⓘ
Los Baños ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
hasDefendant Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ
hasProsecutor United States Army ⓘ
heldBy United States military commission ⓘ
influenced jurisprudence on superior responsibility ⓘ
later international criminal tribunals ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalDoctrineEstablished Yamashita standard ⓘ
location Manila ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
methodOfExecution hanging ⓘ
notableFor broad interpretation of command responsibility ⓘ
controversy over due process standards ⓘ
placeOfJurisdiction Philippines ⓘ
presidingOfficer Major General Russell B. Reynolds ⓘ
relatedCase In re Yamashita ⓘ
Yamashita v. Styer ⓘ
sentence death ⓘ
supremeCourtVote 7–2 ⓘ
verdict guilty ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yamashita standard → originatedFromCase → Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ
Yamashita standard → originatedFromCase → In re Yamashita ⓘ
linked to: Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita
本間雅晴 → 裁判 → マニラ軍事裁判 ⓘ
linked to: Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita
United States military tribunal for General Tomoyuki Yamashita → relatedCase → In re Yamashita ⓘ
linked to: Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita
Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita → relatedCase → In re Yamashita ⓘ
linked to: Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita