Royal Warrant of 14 June 1945

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The Royal Warrant of 14 June 1945 was a British legal instrument that established special procedures and jurisdiction for trying war crimes committed during the Second World War.

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Royal Warrant of 14 June 1945 canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British military law measure ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
royal warrant ⓘ
appliesToEvent war crimes committed during the Second World War ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British Armed Forces ⓘ
British military courts ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesToPeriod during and immediately after the Second World War ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfIssue 1945-06-14 ⓘ
defines categories of offences constituting war crimes for British trials ⓘ
jurisdiction of British military courts over enemy nationals for war crimes ⓘ
powers of convening officers for war crimes courts ⓘ
rights of the accused in British war crimes trials ⓘ
historicalPeriod post-World War II settlement ⓘ
inForceDuring late 1940s ⓘ
issuedBy King George VI ⓘ
linked to: George VI
issuedOnBehalfOf the Crown ⓘ
linked to: The Crown
language English ⓘ
legalArea international humanitarian law ⓘ
military law ⓘ
war crimes law ⓘ
legalBasisFor British military courts for war crimes ⓘ
British war crimes trials after World War II ⓘ
legalForm Order in Council–based warrant ⓘ
legalStatus subordinate legislation under the royal prerogative ⓘ
mainSubject war crimes ⓘ
war crimes trials ⓘ
partOf British post-war war crimes legal framework ⓘ
publisher His Majesty's Stationery Office ⓘ
purpose to confer jurisdiction on British military courts over war crimes ⓘ
to establish special procedures for trying war crimes ⓘ
regulates confirmation and review of war crimes court findings ⓘ
constitution of British military courts for war crimes ⓘ
procedure of British military courts for war crimes ⓘ
rules of evidence in British war crimes trials ⓘ
sentencing in British war crimes trials ⓘ
relatedTo Allied war crimes prosecution policy ⓘ
Nuremberg principles ⓘ
subjectOf historical analyses of British war crimes policy ⓘ
scholarly works on war crimes trials ⓘ
temporalCoverage Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
typeOfJurisdiction extra-territorial criminal jurisdiction ⓘ
usedBy British Army ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
usedIn British war crimes trials in Germany ⓘ
British war crimes trials in the Far East ⓘ

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Bergen-Belsen concentration camp trials → legalBasis → Royal Warrant of 14 June 1945 ⓘ