Jurisdiction — In general — Personal — Over nationals in respect of crimes committed abroad — War crimes — Dutch Decree establishing Extraordinary Penal Provisions 1943–71 — Dutch Penal Code — Whether nationality of accused at time of commission of offences decisive — The law of the Netherlands

War and neutrality — War in general — Enforcement of the laws of war — Punishment of war crimes and crimes against humanity — London Charter of International Military Tribunal, 1945, Article 6(b) and (c) — Dutch Decree establishing Extraordinary Penal Provisions, 1943–71 — Personal jurisdiction over nationals for crimes committed abroad — Dutch national enlisting in Waffen-SS — Whether nationality at time of commission of offences decisive — The law of the Netherlands