Editing Nuremberg principles (section)

=== Principle VI ===

{{blockquote|The crimes hereinafter set out are punishable as crimes under international law:

:(a) '''[[Crime against peace|Crimes against peace]]''':

::(i) Planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a [[war of aggression]] or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances;

::(ii) Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the acts mentioned under (i).

:(b) '''[[War crime]]s''':

:Violations of the [[laws or customs of war]] which include, but are not limited to, [[murder]], ill-treatment or [[deportation]] to [[slave labor]] or for any other purpose of [[civilian]] [[population]] of or in [[occupied territory]]; murder or ill-treatment of [[prisoners of war]] or [[shipwreck|persons on the Seas]], killing of [[hostage]]s, [[plunder]] of [[Public property|public]] or [[private property]], wanton destruction of [[cities]], [[town]]s, or [[villages]], or devastation not justified by [[military necessity]].

:(c) '''[[Crimes against humanity]]''':

:Murder, extermination, enslavement, [[deportation]] and other inhumane acts done against any civilian population, or [[persecutions]] on political, racial, or religious grounds, when such acts are done or such persecutions are carried on in execution of or in connection with any crime against peace or any war crime.
:Leaders, organizers, instigators and accomplices participating in the formulation or execution of a common plan or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing crimes are responsible for all acts performed by any persons in execution of such plan. }}