After World War II, Nuremberg, Germany, was the site of trials of Nazi officials charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Nuremberg trials were landmarks in the development of ...

Jane Sutton for Reuters reports: MIAMI, June 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. war crimes tribunals at Guantanamo have betrayed the principles of fairness that made the Nazi war crimes trials at Nuremberg a ...

One consequence of the Supreme Court's recent decision on presidential immunity may seem laughably quaint—its consequences for the Nuremberg Principles—collectively, the idea that the law could ...

During a brief appearance on Zoom, Ferencz spoke about the importance of ensuring human rights for all people, no matter the circumstances. At the age of 27, Ben Ferencz was assigned to prosecute the ...

Two years ago, we remembered the 75th anniversary of D-Day. But last year’s lockdowns overshadowed the anniversary of Germany’s surrender (May 8, 1945). This year offers a golden opportunity to ...

This month marks the 70th anniversary of the writing of the Nuremberg Code, a set of medical research ethics principles laid down by American judges during the 1947 Doctors’ Trial, in which 16 Nazi ...

The last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials, Benjamin Ferencz, died last week on Good Friday at the age of 103. Ferencz secured the convictions of 22 Nazis for the murder of 1 million Jews ...