Nuremberg legacy

this evening (tuesday 19th), 8.00-8.40pm (repeated 5.00pm sunday), on bbc radio 4 

the nuremberg legacy (presented by international lawyer philippe sands) includes contributions from …

• robby dundas, daughter of nuremberg judge sir jeffrey lawrence

• karim khan, chief prosecutor, icc 

• former prosecutor ben ferencz  

• lawyer yves beigbeder, nephew of french judge henri donnedieu de vabres

• navi pillay, former unhcr 

• howard morrison, retired judge, icc  

• niklas frank, son of hans frank

“Philippe Sands explores the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials, 75 years after the judgment, and asks what it’s meant for international criminal law and the institutions that followed.

He speaks to people who were there in Courtroom 600 in Nuremberg, as well as leading judges and lawyers in today’s international justice system.

Nineteen high ranking Nazis were found guilty of war crimes, crimes against peace, crimes against humanity and conspiracy to commit those crimes. Twelve of them were condemned to death.

The trial, which lasted almost a year, made history and the principles of international criminal law first established there are still fundamental to international justice, and to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, founded 50 years later. ”

(if you missed it, available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0010pw9)