The Nuremberg trials were to investigate, try, and prosecute Nazi war criminals. The defendants on trial included Nazi officials and high-ranking military officers that had direct involvement in authorizing the execution of millions of Jewish people. The Nuremberg trial was the first event where the recognition for human rights became universal. This event was an international trial of war crimes where the participation of four power nations, France, Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States joined legal methods to go ahead with the trial. The collaboration of the four nations introduced the legal definition of the act of war crimes that included three subcategory charges. Furthermore, the definition of war crimes include crimes against
