ABSTRACT
The Nuremberg Trials of 1945–1946 punished many of the leading figures in Nazi Germany for their attempt to conquer Europe and exterminate entire populations. The trials served as an inspiration for the adoption of international treaties and conventions, UN resolutions, and national laws regulating the functions of public administration and the behavior of public officials. Many decades passed before the power of the Nuremberg Trials as a precedent became evident, but at the turn of the twenty-first century, war crimes trials dealing with events in Europe (Yugoslavia), Africa (Rwanda), and Asia (Indonesia) demonstrated the viability and relevance of Nuremberg again.
