Attorney General of the Government of Israel v. Eichmann

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The case of Attorney General of the Government of Israel v. Eichmann involved the trial of Adolf Eichmann, a high-ranking Nazi official responsible for organizing the logistics of the Holocaust. Eichmann was convicted in 1961 by an Israeli court for war crimes, crimes against the Jewish people, and crimes against humanity.1

Despite the crimes not being committed on Israeli territory, the court asserted jurisdiction because Israel had custody of the defendant. Eichmann had been abducted from Argentina by Israeli agents. The trial addressed the controversial issue of jurisdiction over international crimes and established that individuals can be held liable for breaches of international law. Eichmann was sentenced to death and executed in 1962.123

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…taken in the case of Attorney General of the Government of Israel v. Eichmann, which was decided by the District Court of Jerusalem in 1961. Adolf Eichmann, head of the Jewish office of the Gestapo during World War II, was convicted of war crimes, crimes against the Jewish people, and…
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