war crimes court
Atrocity prosecution venue
A war crimes court is a tribunal established to prosecute individuals for serious violations of international humanitarian law—genocide, crimes against humanity, and violations of the laws of war.
These courts may be international bodies like the International Criminal Court, ad hoc tribunals created for specific conflicts, or hybrid courts combining international and domestic law.
The war crimes court issued indictments against military commanders for ordering attacks on civilians.
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- HagueDutch administrative capital
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- ethnic cleansingSystematic removal of populations
- mass gravesShared burial for many
prosecution · justice · atrocity · indictment · arrest warrant · verdict · testimony · witness · witness protection · victim testimony · defendant · judge · gavel · ICC · international justice · Nuremberg · Rwanda · Yugoslavia
- special courtsmilitary tribunal, revolutionary tribunal, ICC, Star Chamber, military commission
- International CourtsICC, Nuremberg tribunal, PCA, Hague, arbitration panel
- war crimesNuremberg, prisoner abuse, summary execution, Holocaust, genocide
- Military JusticeJAG, military tribunals, military law, military judge, judge advocate
- Tribunalsinternational tribunal, military tribunal, war tribunal, ICC, human rights tribunal
war crimes courtmunicipal court
Local government's judicial body
civil court · family court · traffic court · criminal court · small claims court
war crimes courtimpunity
Freedom from consequences
amnesty · blanket pardon · victor's justice · immunity from prosecution · amnesty law
war crimes courtamnesty program
Organized forgiveness for past violations
wars, warring, warred, warlike, warrior, warriors, warfare, wartime, crime