Tokens: The
judgment
shows
that
the
court
of
appeal
applied
the
Conventions
,
namely
the
Geneva
Convention
of
12
August
1949
..
,
and
[
its
]
Protocol
Additional
of
8
June
1977
...
,
to
the
war
crime
which
V.
Kononov
was
accused
of
,
irrespective
of
when
they
entered
into
force
.
[
This
is
consistent
]
with
the
United
Nations
Convention
of
26
November
1968
on
the
Non
-
Applicability
of
Statutory
Limitations
to
War
Crimes
and
Crimes
Against
Humanity
.
[
The
court
of
appeal
stated
]
that
the
Republic
of
Latvia
,
which
had
been
occupied
by
the
USSR
,
had
not
been
able
to
take
a
decision
[
to
that
end
]
earlier
.
By
referring
to
the
principle
of
the
non
-
applicability
of
statutory
limitation
,
the
court
of
appeal
complied
with
the
obligations
arising
under
the
international
treaties
and
held
the
persons
guilty
of
committing
the
offences
concerned
criminally
liable
irrespective
of
the
date
they
were
perpetrated
.
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