who were war criminals
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A war crime is an act that constitutes a serious violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility
War crimes are those violations of international humanitarian law (treaty or customary law) that incur individual criminal responsibility under international law. ... Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflict not of an international character.
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war criminals can legitimately be defined, according to some authorities, as persons, regardless of political or military rank, who during the war in their official capacity have committed acts which violated (a) the laws and customs of legitimate warfare or (b) the principles of criminal law that are generally observed in civilized legal systems, or who have ordered, consented to, or conspired in the commission of such acts.