HIST 3001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: International Military Tribunal For The Far East, Nuremberg Charter, Iona Nikitchenko
Document Summary
Victor"s justice has validity: the victors did try the losers. The imt of the far east got much less attention than nuremberg. The tokyo tribunal as well: in re yamashita took place before tokyo tribunal. Imt for the far east: less famous because: 1/27/14: 2/3 of the jews who came under nazi control were killed as a result. Nov 1948: growing occupation with the cold war. Joseph keenan: head prosecutor at tokyo: chose not to use these documents, used af davits (usually not admissible in criminal trial, dissenting opinions were very different! Soviet dissent at nuremberg wanted a more severe judgement. Bernard roling (dutch judge) criticized the focus of the trial- said it should have focused on the war crimes instead of the plotting for war. Henri bernard: said that the charter was not based on any law. Most famous dissent came from radhabinod pal (indian)
