Documentary screening & discussion: "Nuremberg: Its Lesson For Today"
Screening will be followed by a discussion led by Professor Payam Akhavan.
About the movie
One of the greatest courtroom dramas in history, Nuremberg: Its Lesson For Today shows how the four allied prosecution teams - from the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union - built their case against the top Nazi leaders. As documented in the film, the trial established the "Nuremberg principles," laying the groundwork for all subsequent prosecutions, anywhere in the world, for crimes against the peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.
The film premiered in The Hague as the centerpiece of the Erasmus Prize ceremonies. In 2009, the Prize was awarded to Ben Ferencz, one of the original Nuremberg prosecutors, who is now 90, and to Antonio Cassese, first President of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and currently President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
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Sponsored by the Kleinmann Family Foundation, UU直播's Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, the Human Rights Working Group, and Hillel Montreal.