6 Responsibility and enforcement : Violations of the laws of armed conflict involve state responsibility (discussed in Chapter 9) and the duty to make reparation. Yet as the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg stated:

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ABSTRACT

Crimes against international law are committed by men, not abstract entities, and only by punishing individuals who commit such crimes can the provisions of international law be enforced.