Australia

War Crimes Act 1945

An Act to provide for the Trial and Punishment of War Criminals#

Part III—War crimes

9 War crime to be indictable offence

(1) A person who:

(a) on or after 1 September 1939 and on or before 8 May 1945; and

(b) whether as an individual or as a member of an organisation;

committed a war crime is guilty of an indictable offence against this Act.

Keywords

Individual criminal responsibility
Jurisdiction ratione temporis



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