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1. Kuroda, the former commanding general of Japanese forces in the Philippines from 1943-1944, was charged with failing to control operations that led to atrocities against civilians and prisoners of war, violating laws and customs of war.
2. The Supreme Court upheld the validity of the executive order establishing a national war crimes office and the jurisdiction of the military commission to try Kuroda for Geneva and Hague Convention violations, as those conventions formed part of Philippine law.
3. It also allowed the participation of the two American prosecutors without local licensure, as the military commission was a special tribunal not governed by local rules of court and their participation did not violate sovereignty as the US had yielded trial authority to
1. Kuroda, the former commanding general of Japanese forces in the Philippines from 1943-1944, was charged with failing to control operations that led to atrocities against civilians and pri…