War crime Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Early examples=== In 1474, the first trial for a war crime was that of [[Peter von Hagenbach]], realised by an [[ad hoc]] tribunal of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], for his [[command responsibility]] for the actions of his soldiers, because "he, as a knight, was deemed to have a duty to prevent" criminal behaviour by a military force. Despite having argued that he had obeyed [[superior orders]], von Hagenbach was convicted, [[Capital punishment|condemned to death]], and beheaded.<ref name="Greppi">[http://www.icrc.ch/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/57JQ2X The evolution of individual criminal responsibility under international law] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910200939/http://www.icrc.ch/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/57JQ2X |date=10 September 2009 }} By Edoardo Greppi, Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Turin, Italy, International Committee of the Red Cross No. 835, pp. 531β553, 30 October 1999.</ref><ref name="Grant">[http://www.law.harvard.edu/alumni/bulletin/2006/spring/gallery.phpExhibit highlights the first international war crimes tribunal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403141758/http://www.law.harvard.edu/alumni/bulletin/2006/spring/gallery.phpExhibit |date=April 3, 2022 }} by Linda Grant, Harvard Law Bulletin.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page