"National commissions or courts-martial can also serve important interests as well. First, they can provide a forum to try war criminals who were the action officers of the principals tried before an IMT. This can relieve the pressure on the IMT, while permitting the conduct of more trials within a reasonable proximity of the conduct in question. Such commisions can also be the forum for the prosecution of individual actors who have violated the laws of war for which the nation which convenes the commission has a palpable interest. For example, if the Iraqi guards that beat a downed American pilot in the Persian Gulf War could be identified, the United States would have a palpable interest in the guard's prosecution."
[ MILITARY LAW REVIEW [Vol. 176 SITTING IN THE DOCK OF THE DAY: APPLYING LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PROSECUTION OF WAR CRIMINALS AND OTHER BAD ACTORS IN POSTCONFLICT IRAQ AND BEYOND MAJOR JEFFREY L. SPEARS] http://www.jagcnet3.army.mil/JAGCNETINTERNET/HOMEPAGES/AC/MILITARYLAWREVIEW.NSF/20a66345129fe3d885256e5b00571830/5e0768ef1111dfc085256e5b00576d3f/$FILE/Volume176Spears.pdf