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war crimes tribunal

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | © The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military 2001, originally published by Oxford University Press 2001. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

war crimes tribunal a court established to try cases of alleged criminal violations of the laws and customs of war.

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