The Verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal and Individual Responsibility for International Crimes

Abstract

70 years ago, on October 1, 1946 in the small German town of Nuremberg, the International Military Tribunal (IMT) issued a verdict against the major Nazi war criminals of the European Axis. The article refers to the impact that the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal had on the establishment of the institute of responsibility of individuals for crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. It stresses the direct link to international crime criminalization of socially dangerous acts at the level of national legislation in the sphere of international law. The results of the criminalization of internationally wrongful acts in the early post-war years as well as in connection with the establishment in the 90th years of the last century of the International Criminal Tribunals ad hoc for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda, as well as in connection with the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court are shown.

Keywords

• международный военный трибунал
• преступления против мира
• военные преступления
• преступления против человечности
• геноцид
• нюрнбергский процесс
• приговор нюрнбергского трибунала
• институт ответственности физических лиц за международные преступления
• криминализация общественно-опасных деяний
• international military tribunal
• crimes against peace
• war crimes
• crimes against humanity
• the nuremberg trials
• the sentence tribunal
• genocide
• the institution liable