The Nuremberg Code isn’t just for prosecuting Nazis − its principles have shaped medical ethics to this day
- Written by George J Annas, Director of the Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, Boston University
The dock of defendants seated during the Doctors Trial at Nuremberg.United States Holocaust Memorial Museum via Wikimedia CommonsAfter World War II, Nuremberg, Germany, was the site of trials of Nazi officials charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Nuremberg trials were landmarks in the development of international law. But one...