Writings

You ask: "Is it necessary to sacrifice fair trial standards to prosecute terrorism?" In principle, every human being is always entitled to fair and humane treatment. Even the ...

Q: You were recruited for the Nuremberg war crime trials. How did this come about - was it related to your work with the War Crimes Branch of the Army? To some respects it ...

The greatest tribute we can pay to the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust and similar tragedies is never to stop trying to make this a more humane and peaceful ...

"We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants today is the record on which history will judge us tomorrow," Chief Justice Robert Jackson warned at ...

General Editor’s Preface The principle of aggression is at the core of the modern international legal order. The United Nations Charter and the Nuremberg principles have ...

To the Editor: Gary J. Bass argues ("Try and Try Again," Op-Ed, Sept. 26) that a trial of Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi war crimes tribunal for murdering 143 villagers in 1982 ...

Senator Richard G. Lugar, Chairman U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Dirksen Building Washington DC 20510-6225 April 11, 2005 Dear Senator Lugar: Almost 60 years ago, ...

The following essay was written by Ben Ferencz a few days after the secret information contained therein became public. Since the American Society for International Law had ...

To the Editor: Eric A. Posner's denunciation of both the International Court of Justice and the recently established International Criminal Court in The Hague ("All Justice, ...

No satisfactory English translation has been found for the German term "Einsatzgruppen"(EG). An accurate description might be "special extermination groups." Their primary ...

On November 1, 1943, as the tides of World War Two began to turn, leaders of the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union convened in Moscow. Germany had been ...

Dear Friends: As a former combat veteran, with five battle stars received with my honorable discharge after World War Two, I owe it to the forty-million people who died in ...

July 18, 2004 Dear Friends: Don Kraus and Heather Hamilton, of Global Solutions, have forwarded information about recent congressional action that is very disturbing. On July ...

Prosecuting crimes against peace and humanity was not invented at Nuremberg in 1945. Since ancient days, the legality of was itself and how wars were waged had been debated by ...

Mecklosky: I believe I have Ben Ferencz on the line. Ben? Ferencz: Good Morning. M: How are you? F: I am fine. Greetings to everybody in Stony Brook. I hope you’re not ...

To the Editor: "Plea Deals Being Used to Clear Balkan War Tribunal's Docket" (front page, Nov. 18) depicts Bush administration pressures to wind up the United Nations tribunal ...

The temple of the law has been built one stone upon the other. Unfortunately, the edifice upon which the peace and tranquility of humankind rests is far from complete. Every ...

To the Editor: Re "U.S. Lists Iraqis to Punish, or to Work With" (front page, Feb. 26): President Bush has a unique opportunity to uphold the rule of law. If the Security ...