143. What is a War Crime? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
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International Tribunals Deal With War Crimes
It is much easier to charge an individual soldier with war crimes than it is to investigate the leader who ordered such crimes. To counter this problem, the i c c can also investigate the war crime of waging aggressive war. This was one of the main focuses of the nuremberg trials after world war two. National leaders have been prosecuted for war crimes in the past. For example, germany is already investigating putin because in german law, they are allowed to investigate war crimes.
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