6-718: There are two acts known as the War Crimes Act War Crimes Act 1991 of the United Kingdom War Crimes Act of 1996 of the United States See also [ edit ] Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act of Canada Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title War Crimes Act . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-762: Is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It confers jurisdiction on courts in the United Kingdom to try people for war crimes committed in Nazi Germany or German-occupied territory during the Second World War by people who were not British citizens at the time but have since become British citizens or residents. The legislation was enacted as there were no provisions to allow the extradition of British residents or naturalised citizens to face trial for war crimes in third countries at
18-656: The War Crimes Act was only the fourth statute since 1911 enacted under their provisions, and the first since the Parliament Act 1949 . The War Crimes Act remains the only time that the Parliament Acts were invoked by a Conservative government. To date only one person, Anthony Sawoniuk , has been convicted under the Act. In 1999, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder during his involvement with
24-515: The collaborationist Belarusian Auxiliary Police . He died in jail in 2005. The first person to be charged, however, was fellow Belarusian officer, Szymon Serafinowicz Sr, grandfather of the British actor Peter Serafinowicz . His trial commenced in 1997 for the murder of three unnamed Jews committed as during his role as Police chief in Mir . At this stage, he was in the advanced stages of dementia and
30-399: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=War_Crimes_Act&oldid=567633173 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages War Crimes Act 1991 The War Crimes Act 1991
36-607: The time. Other countries, such as the United States, have used civil rather than criminal proceedings to resolve this issue by revoking citizenship of suspects, therefore facilitating their deportation. The Act was rejected by the House of Lords , and so it was passed with the authority of only the House of Commons under the provisions of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 . The Parliament Acts are rarely invoked:
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