Paper Proposal: I will briefly examine the different branches of law used to indict and convict Nazis of “crimes against humanity” at the Nuremberg trials, and its impact of the development of International Human Rights Law. Also, I propose to look at Syllabus: Count four of the four charges against the accused was for “crimes against humanity” and applied to defendants responsible for the death camps, concentration camps, and the killing rampages in the East. …showed first 75 words of 631 total…

…showed last 75 words of 631 total…Nuremberg Trials and London Charter to International Human Rights Law A. V. Legacy of the Nuremberg trial A. Favorable 1. attempt by Allies to bring some form of judicial accounting for the horrors of the Nazi regime 2. Most thorough record of Hitler’s rise to power and planning, launching and execution of WWII B. Unfavorable 1. List of accused was somewhat arbitrary. 2. International law was binding on nations, not individuals. 3. No permanent international tribunal for war crimes.