The Nuremberg Code 70 Years Later

Seventy years ago, on Aug 20, 1947. the International Medical Tribunal in Nuremberg Germany, delivered its verdict in the trial of 23 doctors and bureaucrats accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their roles in cruel and often lethal concentration camp medical experiments. As part of its judgment, the court articulated a 10-point set of rules for the conduct of human experiments that has come to be known as the Nuremberg Code. Here, Moreno et al investigate the code's authorship, scope, and legal standing of Nuremberg Code.