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To what extent has the legacy of the Nuremberg created a paradox within international law.

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The Nuremberg Trials were a just or equal application of justice, but a display in which the outcome was heavily in favor of the allies.

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The use of chemical warfare in Vietnam (3 million Vietnamese who suffer from after effects don't have compensation) "These laws of war are enshrined in the Hague Convention and the Nuremberg principles, and are codified in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Optional Protocol of 1977, as well as the International Criminal Court statute."

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U.S foreign policy greatly changed, as the Nuremberg trials made it so that racial and religious divide was no longer prohibited.

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"Many were outraged at the acquittals of Papen, Fritzsche and Schacht, with some arguing that acquitting these Nazi leaders undermined the entire denazification process."

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"(c) CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY: namely, murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, and other inhumane acts committed against any civilian population, before or during the war; or persecutions on political, racial or religious grounds in execution of or in connection with any crime within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, whether or not in violation of the domestic law of the country where perpetrated.”

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Army charged 14 men with the killings of My Lai. Only one was not acquitted, he was given life in prison, but his sentence was later reduced to ten years.

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500 men women and children were killed by US troops. The woman and girls were raped and mutilated before being killed.

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"The Charter of the United Nations recognizes the principle of"self-determination of peoples."' 3 9 Included in the right of self-deter-

mination is the right to conduct a rebellion in order to oust an unpopu-lar government."

"Thus, if the Vietnam conflict is a civilstrife, indigenous to that country alone, the United States cannot legally

participate in the conflict."

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The most significant outcome of the Nuremberg Trials was the advancement of Human Rights, in terms of International Laws.

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"Had America and the allies been more willing to examine their own wartime actions, they would have ended up extending the spirit of the Nuremberg Trials, making them even more important to the present than they already are."

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The tribunal applied tu qouque principle (the Latin phrase means “you, too”). This meant any illegal act was justifiable if the enemy did it as well.

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The Judges were not neutral but rather were picked from the four winning powers.

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Defense was allowed to call their own witnesses, but could not bring up evidence against allies.

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The United States is not part of the International Criminal Court, and many politicians actively disagree with the international corporation.

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No Alternatives ever was pushed for by the Allies, The allies had supreme authority with legal right to administer punishment.

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“failure to realize that the trial was

really a political exercise,”[28] an American show of involvement in world affairs.

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"The Laws of war do not apply only to the suspected criminals of vanquished nations. There is no moral or legal basis for immunizing victorious nations from scrutiny. The laws of war are not a one-way street."

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All members at Nuremberg Trials agreed that the charges were "ex post facto". The defendants were indicted for crimes which were not crimes when they were committing them. Ex post facto charges are not allowed under U.S constituion.

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The participation of the Soviet in these trials nearly completely eliminate the legitimacy of the Tribunals. (They had attempted to blame the Nazi's for Katyn Forest Massacre)

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Justice Jackson (Attorney General of Nuremberg Trials) believed that decisions must come out of current context rather than international law.