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A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility

Book by Taner Akçam · 1 quotes · Armenian Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, Ethnic Cleansing

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“Before the First World War, in many places military officers who had not taken part directly in operations became liable one way or another under the jurisprudence and military law of their own countries. But the question of prosecuting the political authorities--the people who ran the country--had not yet been considered. Calls during the war to hold the Ottoman political elite and the German kaiser personally responsible for the Armenian massacres and to prosecute them on those grounds heralded a turning point. From that point on, personal responsibility and prosecution--even of those in the political sphere--became one of the most important principles of international law.”

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