“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity” Nelson Mandela.

This paper conducts in depth study of Nuremberg trials and its influence on the development of International Human Right as well as International criminal laws, the paper has explored the course of trial from its establishment to its verdict with all the turmoil and challenges that came along with it and its influence on cultivating the new International laws. The paper has explored the works of various researchers, scholars, jurists, speeches of Judges as well as documentaries related to the trial.

The motive behind writing this paper is to bring into light Historic development of International Human Rights as well as International Criminal laws which helped in establishment of various tribunals, conventions, declarations and International Criminal Court.

The methodology used to write paper is qualitative in nature, the paper seeks to answer the question as to how denial of basic human rights can lead to waging of wars which can impact the whole society and lead towards insane destruction the recovery from which can take decades, furthermore paper also explores how a nation can play its role of penalizing the criminals committing such crimes.