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مفهوم مسئولیت مافوق ریشه در مخاصمات کشورها، ملل و تمدّن ها دارد. به طور تاریخی مفهوم «حق با قدرت است» با اقدامات دول پیروز، بدون توجه به ماهیت مجرمانه این اعمال، توجیه شده است. این موضوع به خصوص از قرن هفدهم در مفهوم استعمار غربی به ثبوت رسیده و برتری نظامی، کارت سبز دول قدرتمند برای تجاوز بدون پاسخگویی بوده است. تلاش های زیادی برای برطرف نمودن این خلأ ازجمله در وستفالیا و توسط اروپائیان صورت گرفته است. با وجود این، در خارج از اروپا، در کشورهای استعمارزده، این وضعیت باقی ماند تا در سال های ۱۸۰۰، نظریه «عمل دولت» پا به عرصه وجود گذاشت. چالش مسئولیت و عدم ِمسئولیت در میانه دو جنگ جهانی دوباره مطرح شد. منشور نورمبرگ، برای اولین بار با رویکرد «موقعیت رسمی نمی تواند موجب سلب مسئولیت گردد» و سربازان قبل از مأمور بودن انسانند، نقطه پایانی بر بی مسئولیتی گذاشت. به موجب این منشور، فرماندهان نه فقط در قبال فرامین خود که در قبال اعمال زیردستان نیز مسئولند، چنین مسئولیت خاص نظامیان نیست بلکه سیاستمداران را نیز دربرمی گیرد.

Evolution of Retribution of Superior Criminal Responsibility in International Law

The concept of Superior Responsibility is well rooted in the history of clashes and confrontations of states, nations and civilizations. Historically the norm of “might is right” had justified the acts of the superior state regardless of the probable criminal nature of the deeds. This could be well applied to the colonial history of the west since 17th century. The mere superiority in power, precisely the military capabilities, sufficed to provide carte blanche for intrusion without accountability. There have been regional and international efforts to improve the drastic lack of responsibility by powerful states; the principle of Westphalia Sovereignty was the first European attempt to improve the matter. Nonetheless outside Europe, the irresponsible modus operandi remained a reality for the colonized states. Furthermore, in 1800s the Act of State doctrine in the US came into existence. The two doctrines remain the sole sources of the discourse until the First World War it was between the two world wars that the challenges of the discourse of responsibility versus irresponsibility was once again brought into the attention. The Nuremberg Charter, for the first time, put an end to the rhetoric in favor of the irresponsibility theory by acknowledging that: “the official position of defendants, shall be considered as freeing them from responsibility.” The aforesaid phrase became the cornerstone of the Attributing Responsibility. Also, inferiors and soldiers deemed as responsible due to the fact that, they were human before being soldiers. Under the Charter, the superiors were also taken responsible not only for their own direct orders and acts, but also vicariously liable for the acts of their inferiors. The superior has been defined as army commander or civil superior. Hence such responsibility should not be limited only to military personnel, as it should also be held applicable to the politicians.

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