The procedure at the Nuremberg Trials could be—and has been—strongly criticized on the grounds that there was no provision for any appeal against the judgments.1 The winners appear to have been as anxious to expedite the trials as to fully respect the rights of the accused; Article 1 of the Nuremberg Statute clearly states that ‘the International Military Tribunal … [was established] for the just and prompt trial and punishment of the major war criminals’.2After the war, the Committee of the General Assembly set up to examine the feasibility of creating an...
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