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O instanță extraordinară a justiției române: Tribunalul Poporului, 1945-1947
The People’s Court in Romania, 1945-1947

Author(s): Alexandru-Murad Mironov
Subject(s): History, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: war crime; crimes against humanity; Communism; the People’s Court; international justice; World War Two; Romania;

Summary/Abstract: The People’s Court was an extraordinary tribunal, established by the Romania at the end of the Second World War to try war criminals, those guilty of crimes against humanity and those who had involved Romania in the world conflagration on the side of the defeated camp, causing hundreds of thousands of victims and had brought the country to the brink of destruction.It was established in 1945 and convicted some 657 persons, some of the in absentia. Despite the fact that many of those put on trial were criminals, the Government influenced by Communists used the People’s Court for political repression against their foes.

  • Issue Year: XXXI/2023
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 108-114
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian
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