The Nuremberg Trials Flashcards
What are the two types of justice
Restorative justice and and retributive justice
What is restorative justice
This is a theory that justice relies on reconciliation rather than punishment. The theory relies on the idea that a well functioning society operates with a balance of rights and responsibilities. It is when everyone who was affected by the harm collectively identifies harms, needs and obligations through accepting responsibilities, making restitution and taking measures to prevent a reoccurrence of the incident and promoting reconciliation
What is an example of restorative justice in South Africa
The truth and reconciliation commission in South Africa
What was the truth and reconciliation commission in South Africa
It was when at the end of apartheid everyone came together to discuss and acknowledge what had happened and how to move forward
What is retributive justice
This is a system of criminal justice based on the punishment of offenders rather than on rehabilitation. It is a theory that holds that the best response to a crime is punishment proportional to the offense.
What is an example of retributive justice
The Nuremberg trials
What was the Nuremberg trials
These were held after world war 2 for the purpose of bringing NAZI war criminals to justice. It was a series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany between 1945 and 1949
Who were the defendants in the Nuremberg trials
NAZI party officials, high ranking military officers along with German industrialists, lawyers, doctors
What chargers were the defendants indicated on
Crime against peace and crimes against humanity
What happened in 1942 with the allied leaders of Great Britain, United States and the Soviet Union.
The first joint declaration officially noting the mass murder of European Jewry and resolving to prosecute those responsible for the violence against civilian populations was issued
Who is Joseph Stalin
The soviet leader
What did each of the leaders propose at the Nuremberg trials
Joseph Stalin (soviet leader) proposed the execution of German staff officers. Winston Churchill (British prime minister) proposed a summary execution of high ranking nazis, American leaders persuaded everyone that a criminal trial would be more effective.
When and with who did the allies eventually establish the laws for the Nuremberg trials
With the London charter of the international military tribunal on 8 august 1945
What three crimes did the charter define
Crimes against peace, crimes against humanity and war crimes
Why did they decide to have the trials at Nuremberg in the German state of Bavaria
It’s palace of justice was relatively in damaged by the way and included a large prison area
