The International Military Tribunal began prosecuting leading Nazi officials for crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The trials helped establish legal language for mass atrocity, but the tribunalโs jurisdiction was limited to defeated Axis leaders. Colonial violence by victorious empires was not prosecuted, exposing a sharp boundary in postwar justice.
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What limitation marked the Nuremberg Tribunal?
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The tribunal advanced new legal concepts while excluding the colonial violence of victorious powers.
The Nuremberg Tribunal prosecuted colonial violence committed by the Allied powers.
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Its prosecution focused on Axis leaders and did not address colonial violence by victorious empires.