The Justice Erima Harvey Northcroft Tokyo War Crimes Trial Collection is an archival collection held at the Macmillan Brown Library of Canterbury University based on the personal papers of Sir Erima Harvey Northcroft

Erima Harvey Northcroft

Sir Erima Harvey Northcroft was a New Zealand lawyer, judge, and military leader.Northcroft was born in Hokitika, New Zealand. He attended Auckland University College and began his law practice in Hamilton...

, one of the eleven judges on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East

International Military Tribunal for the Far East

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East , also known as the Tokyo Trials, the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, or simply the Tribunal, was convened on April 29, 1946, to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three types of crimes: "Class A" crimes were reserved for those who...

. It is notable because in 2009 it was included as one of three New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 entries on the UNESCO

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

 Memory of the World Register.

A comprehensive finding aid has been published. Most of the collection is in the form of bound volumes of news-print quality documents.