Nuremberg principles
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The Nuremberg principles are a set of guidelines for determining what constitutes a war crime. The document was created by the International Law Commission of the United Nations to codify the legal pr
Group of defendants at the Nuremberg trials, from which the Nuremberg principles were established
Geneva Conventions
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The Geneva Conventions are a series of four international treaties and their three additional protocols that form the core of international humanitarian law. They establish legal standards for humanit
A facsimile of the signature-and-seals page of the 1864 Geneva Convention, which established humane rules of war
A Red Cross poster from the First World War
The original document in single pages, 1864