Other Forms of Responsibility

Part VI - Other Forms of Responsibility

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2019

General editor

Jérôme de Hemptinne ,

Robert Roth and

Elies van Sliedregt

Edited by

Marjolein Cupido ,

Manuel J. Ventura and

Lachezar Yanev

Assisted by

Tom Gal ,

Dillon Roseen and

Thomas Van Poecke

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Jérôme de Hemptinne: Affiliation:
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Robert Roth: Affiliation:
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Elies van Sliedregt: Affiliation:
University of Leeds
Marjolein Cupido: Affiliation:
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Manuel J. Ventura: Affiliation:
Western Sydney University
Lachezar Yanev: Affiliation:
Universiteit van Tilburg, The Netherlands
Tom Gal: Affiliation:
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Thomas Van Poecke: Affiliation:
KU Leuven, Belgium

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Summary

Command responsibility, as a modern doctrine of criminal law, originates in the atrocities committed by members of the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines between 9 October 1944 and 2 September 1945. That the atrocities – starvation, execution, rape and burning of homes – violated the laws of war is uncontroversial. More controversial, and of enduring doctrinal interest, was the potential individual responsibility of General Yamashita, Commanding General of the Imperial Army’s Fourteenth Group prior to his surrender to US forces.

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Information: Modes of Liability in International Criminal Law , pp. 407 - 432

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108678957 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2019

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