In re Dostler.

Abstract

Belligerent Forces — Membership of — Distinctive Sign — Article 1 of the Hague Regulations — Spies and Saboteurs — Status of — Execution without Trial.Enforcement of the Laws of War — Reprisals — How Far Providing Justification for War Crimes — Superior Orders.Enforcement of the Laws of War — Punishment of War Crimes — Tribunals Competent to Punish War Crimes — Jurisdiction of United States Military Commissions — Article 63 of the Geneva (Prisoners of War) Convention, 1929.Prisoners of War — Status of — Treatment of — Execution without Trial — Sabotage — Execution of Spies and Saboteurs.Laws of War — Enforcement of — War Crimes — Defence of Superior Orders — Reprisals — Superior Orders Based on Reprisals — Prisoners of War — Status of — Article 1 of the Hague Regulations — Treatment of Prisoners of War — Execution without Trial — Spies and Saboteurs — Status of — Execution without Trial — Jurisdiction of United States Military Commission — Article 63 of the Geneva (Prisoners of War) Convention, 1929.