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As early as in 1474, 28 judges of the Holy Roman Empire tried Peter von Hagenbach for allowing his men to conduct raping, killing and looting against innocent civilians in military occupied zones.
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Zhou, J. (2019). The Crimes of War. In: Fundamentals of Military Law. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6248-4_15
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