Italy argued for its part that such claims were admissible as the abuses committed by German troops amounted to "international crimes" which hadprecedenceover state immunity.
Committee chairman, Willibrord Davids, said the Netherlands' loyalty to its alliance with the US and UK had taken precedenceover the need to ensure the legality of the invasion.
The Presbyterian Church Committee added that it was not surprising that problems had arisen in the process because "one set of needs" had "taken precedenceover another".