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command responsibility

noun

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  1. The principle by which someone can be legally culpable for crimes committed by those…

    The principle by which someone can be legally culpable for crimes committed by those under their control.

    • The suit does not accuse Mrs. Arroyo of personally ordering the abuses, but contends that she had “command responsibility,” Bishop Marigza said.
    • The judges based their decision on the concept of “command responsibility”, in which both civilian and military superiors can be held criminally responsible for crimes committed by troops under their control.

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