The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) was established by charter on 19 January 1946, issued by General Douglas MacArthur as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, modeled on the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. It sat at Ichigaya in Tokyo, in the former Japanese War Ministry building, with eleven judges appointed one each by Australia, Canada, China, France, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States. Its principal proceeding, the Trial of Japanese Major War Criminals, tried 28 high-ranking Japanese military and political leaders from 29 April 1946, with judgment delivered 4-12 November 1948.
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Founding Year SeatTokyo, Japan (Ichigaya, the former Japanese War Ministry building) 1 Founded Date Jurisdiction ScopeWar crimes, crimes against peace and crimes against humanity committed by Japanese military and political leaders, per the charter General Douglas MacArthur issued as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers on 19 January 1946. 1 Jurisdiction Scope
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How was the Tokyo Tribunal established?
By a charter issued by General MacArthur on 19 January 1946.
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East was established by charter on 19 January 1946, issued by General Douglas MacArthur as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. It was modeled on the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and sat at Ichigaya in Tokyo.
Who sat as judges at the Tokyo Tribunal?
Eleven judges, one from each of eleven nations.
It had eleven judges, appointed one each by Australia, Canada, China, France, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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The IMTFE was modeled after the International Military Tribunal (IMT) at Nuremberg, Germany, which prosecuted the leaders of Nazi Germany for their war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity.
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Pal was one of three Asian judges appointed to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, the "Tokyo Trials" of Japanese war crimes committed during the Second World War.
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The Tokyo Trial lasted more than twice as long as the better-known Nuremberg trials, and its impact was similarly influential in the development of international law; international war crimes tribunals would not again be established until the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in 1993 and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1994.
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