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The Nuremberg Trials established that "just following orders" — the superior‑orders defense — cannot serve as an absolute shield against prosecution for war crimes: the London Charter and the IMT judg...
The Nuremberg proceedings established individual criminal responsibility and rejected blanket superior‑orders defenses—most famously through the Nuremberg Principles and Article 8 of the IMT Charter—c...
The Nuremberg Charter and the later Nuremberg Principles established individual criminal responsibility for international crimes and rejected a categorical “just following orders” shield — Nuremberg P...