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Discussion on Law Making

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Q After World War II ended in 1945, there was an international tribunal at Nuremberg that prosecuted various officials in Germany’s Third Reich who had committed “crimes against humanity.” Many of them claimed that they were simply “following orders” of Adolf Hitler and his chief lieutenants. What law, if any, have they violated?

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After completion of the World War II in 1945, the International Military Tribunal (IMT) was established to conduct the trial of the German leaders or the officials of Germany’s Third Reich. The government of Nazi Germany had faced trial due to their holocaust of a devastating crime, they had committed the crimes, which were against humanity and they asserted that they were following the orders of Adolf Hitler and his chief lieutenants.