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- 28 May 2015, 16:54
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
During plenary sessions at the 5th St Petersburg International Legal Forum held in St Petersburg, the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, Alexander Zvyagintsev, presented a report on The 70th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials.
He noted that this year is marked by 70 years since the foundation of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg to prosecute the leaders of Nazi Germany.
Mr Zvyagintsev stated that so-called lectures on the Nuremberg Trials are currently given in Germany on a regular basis. He personally travelled to Nuremberg on a number of occasions and in Courtroom 600, where the meetings on the Nuremberg Tribunal were held almost 70 years ago, he gave lectures to German school pupils and students. For future judges and prosecutors of a Germany free from the bonds of fascism, these lectures serve as a clear example that all the Nazis crimes shall be eventually punished.
The forum participants agreed with Mr Zvyagintsev when he noted the global and historical significance of the Nuremberg Trials as the first and most important legal action of the United Nations. Given their global significance, Mr Zvyagintsev recommended that the practice of giving lectures on the Nuremberg Trials be extended to all countries worldwide.
In particular, he recommended that a lecture devoted to the 70 years since the start of the Nuremberg Trials should be given in all secondary schools and law schools in Russia.
It is difficult to overestimate the historical significance of lectures on the Nuremberg Trials for future prosecutors and judges, regardless of the national legislation that they will adhere to in their professional careers, said Mr Zvyagintsev.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
28 May 2015, 16:54
Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Alexander Zvyagintsev proposed to extend the practice of giving lessons about the Nuremberg Trials
During plenary sessions at the 5th St Petersburg International Legal Forum held in St Petersburg, the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, Alexander Zvyagintsev, presented a report on The 70th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials.
He noted that this year is marked by 70 years since the foundation of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg to prosecute the leaders of Nazi Germany.
Mr Zvyagintsev stated that so-called lectures on the Nuremberg Trials are currently given in Germany on a regular basis. He personally travelled to Nuremberg on a number of occasions and in Courtroom 600, where the meetings on the Nuremberg Tribunal were held almost 70 years ago, he gave lectures to German school pupils and students. For future judges and prosecutors of a Germany free from the bonds of fascism, these lectures serve as a clear example that all the Nazis crimes shall be eventually punished.
The forum participants agreed with Mr Zvyagintsev when he noted the global and historical significance of the Nuremberg Trials as the first and most important legal action of the United Nations. Given their global significance, Mr Zvyagintsev recommended that the practice of giving lectures on the Nuremberg Trials be extended to all countries worldwide.
In particular, he recommended that a lecture devoted to the 70 years since the start of the Nuremberg Trials should be given in all secondary schools and law schools in Russia.
It is difficult to overestimate the historical significance of lectures on the Nuremberg Trials for future prosecutors and judges, regardless of the national legislation that they will adhere to in their professional careers, said Mr Zvyagintsev.
