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Part C Cases, Y

Antonio Cassese

From: The Oxford Companion to International Criminal Justice

Edited By: Antonio Cassese (Editor-in-Chief)

Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Published in print:
22 January 2009
ISBN:
9780199238323

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 31 May 2023

Yamashita v. Styer, No. 61 Misc. and No. 672, US Supreme Court, 4 February 1946, 327 U.S. 1 (1946) During World War II, General Yamashita commanded the Fourteenth Army Group of the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippine Islands. He surrendered to the US Armed Forces in Baguio, Philippine Islands on 3 September 1945 and became a prisoner of war (POW). On 24 September 1945, General MacArthur ordered General Styer to convene a military commission to try General Yamashita. On 25 September 1945, Yamashita was charged with a violation of the law of war by the US...
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