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| PROTOCOL | |
| Whereas an Agreement and Charter
regarding the Prosecution of War Criminals was signed in London on the 8th
August 1945, in the English, French, and Russian languages. And whereas a discrepancy has been found to exist between the originals of Article 6, paragraph (c), of the Charter in the Russian language, on the one hand, and the originals in the English and French languages, on the other, to wit, the semi-colon in Article 6, paragraph (c), of the Charter between the words "war" and "or", as carried in the English and French texts, is a comma in the Russian text, And whereas it is desired to rectify this discrepancy: Now, THEREFORE, the undersigned, signatories of the said Agreement on behalf of their respective Governments, duly authorized thereto, have agreed that Article 6, paragraph (c), of the Charter in the Russian text is correct, and that the meaning and intention of the Agreement and Charter require that the said semi-colon in the English text should be changed to a comma, and that the French text should be amended to read as follows: |
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| (c) | LES CRIMES CONTRE L'HUMANITE: c'est a dire l'assassinat, l'extermination, la réduction en esclavage, la déportation, et tout autre acte inhumain commis contre toutes populations civiles, avant on pendant la guerre, on bien les persécutions pour des motifs politiques, raciaux, on réligieux, lorsque ces actes on persécutions, qu'ils aient constitué on non une violation du droit interne du pays où ils ont été perpétrés, ont été commix à la suite de tout crime rentrant dons la compétence du Tribunal, on en liaison avec ce crime. |
| IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Undersigned have signed the present Protocol. DONE in quadruplicate in Berlin this 6th day of October, 1945, each in English, French, and Russian, and each text to have equal authenticity. | |
| For the Government of the United States of America | |
| ROBERT H. JACKSON | |
| For the Provisional Government of the French Republic | |
| FRANCOIS DE MENTHON | |
| For the Government
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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| HARTLEY SHAWCROSS | |
| For the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | |
| R. RUDENKO | |
| CONTROL COUNCIL LAW NO. 10 | |
| PUNISHMENT OF
PERSONS GUILTY OF WAR CRIMES, CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND AGAINST HUMANITY |
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| In order to give effect to the terms of the Moscow Declaration of 30 October 1943 and the London Agreement of 8 August 1945, and the Charter issued pursuant thereto and in order to establish a uniform legal basis in Germany for the prosecution of war criminals and other similar offenders, other than those dealt with by the International Military Tribunal, the Control Council enacts as follows: | |
