Editing Nuremberg principles (section)

{{Short description|Guidelines for determining what constitutes a war crime}}
{{for-multi|the denaturalization of German Jews|Nuremberg Laws|the set of research ethics principles for human experimentation|Nuremberg Code}}

The '''Nuremberg principles''' are a set of guidelines for determining what constitutes a [[war crime]]. The document was created by the [[International Law Commission]] of the [[United Nations]] to [[Codification (law)|codify]] the legal principles underlying the [[Nuremberg Trials]] of [[Nazism|Nazi]] party members following [[World War II]].
[[File:Defendants_in_the_dock_at_the_Nuremberg_Trials.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A group of 8 men, defendants at the Nuremberg trials, sitting in 2 rows, 4 per row. A group of 4 policemen stand behind them.|Group of defendants at the Nuremberg trials, from which the Nuremberg principals were established]]