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Henri Donnedieu de Vabres

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Henri Donnedieu de Vabres was a French jurist who lived from 1880 to 1952 and served as the principal French judge at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg after the Second World War, with Robert Falco as his alternate. Born in Nimes to a Protestant bourgeois family, he was a professor of criminal law at the University of Paris, director of the Paris Institute of Criminology and president of the International Association of Penal Law, and was the only Nuremberg trial judge who was not a professional sitting judge, in part because judges who had served under the Vichy government had sworn allegiance to it. At Nuremberg he argued against overly broad conspiracy charges and protested the conviction of Colonel General Alfred Jodl, and he later advised on the drafting of the United Nations Genocide Convention, having championed the idea of a permanent international criminal court both before and after the war.

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Role
Jurist 1
Nationality / Jurisdiction
French 1
Born
1880 2
Birth Date
1880-07-08 2
Birthplace
Nîmes 2
Died
1952 2
Death Date
1952-02-14 2
Classification
Field of Law
Criminal Law 1
Gender
Male 1
Role
Role (category)
Jurist 1
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1. Henri Donnedieu de Vabres (Wikipedia)
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  • Introduction, gender
    He was the primary French judge during the proceedings, with Robert Falco as his alternate.
  • Introduction, nationality
    Henri Donnedieu de Vabres was a French jurist who lived from 1880 to 1952 and served as the principal French judge at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg after the Second World War, with Robert Falco as his alternate.
  • Introduction, role
    Henri Donnedieu de Vabres was a French jurist who took part in the Nuremberg trials after World War II and a president of the AIDP.
  • Entity description, field of law
    Born in Nimes to a Protestant bourgeois family, he was a professor of criminal law at the University of Paris, director of the Paris Institute of Criminology and president of the International Association of Penal Law, and was the only Nuremberg trial judge who was not a professional sitting judge, in part because judges who had served under the Vichy government had sworn allegiance to it.
  • In Legal System: French Legal System, Wikipedia lead sentence
    was a French jurist who took part in the Nuremberg t
  • Member Of: International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg), Wikipedia category: cat:Judges of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg
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2. Wikidata: Henri Donnedieu de Vabres
  • Wikidata Q377099, P569 date of birth claim (year)
    P569 (date of birth): 1880
  • Wikidata Q377099, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
    P569 (date of birth): 1880-07-08
  • Wikidata Q377099, P570 date of death claim (year)
    P570 (date of death): 1952
  • Wikidata Q377099, P570 date of death claim (full date)
    P570 (date of death): 1952-02-14
  • Wikidata Q377099, P19 place of birth claim
    P19 (place of birth): Nîmes
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