The Nuremburg trials were a series of trials that placed the people responsible for the holocaust on trial for their actions and crimes against humanity. This was the first set of trials of war related crimes and shows the lasting effect these outrages crimes committed have.

The trials themselves began by the allied powers siging the "Declaration of Attrociticies". The Attrociticies that are being refered to were the Nazi concentration camps. These camps were specifically to kill as many people as possible in the most efficent manner. The trials were held against the Nazi's responsible in Nuremburg, Germany from November of 1945 to October of 1946. The trials that occurred during the first year were 24 of the highest ranking Nazi officials. There was only evidence that backed 21 of the 24. 19 people were convicted of a crime 12 were sentenced to death 3 for life and 4 sent to prison for 10-20 years. The crimes they were guilty of were considered to be crimes against humanity. These trials punished those responsible, but was just a step in what needed to be done to mitigate this drastic tragety. 

The Nazis losing the war is one of the main short term causes. Without the Nazi loss of the war there would be no way that anything like this could have happened. Another short term cause of the Nuermburg trials was the extensive evidence that was collected by the allies. This allowed the allies to have a legal reason to go after the Nazi high command. The last short term cause was the sigiing of the "Declaration of Attroticies" this united the Allies against the actions of the Nazis. 

Some of the long term causes of the Nuermburg trials are the Nazis rising to power. This gave them power to commit these acts against humanity. The Nazis extreme belifs led them to these extreme actions. International law becoming a thing made these actions crimes punishable by law. Before these international laws they wouldn't have any legal grounds to prosacute. The most obvious cause of the Nuermburg trials was the holocust. This is the event in which the crimes were committed. Back to the Nazis extreme belifs, they believed that the Jews were responsible for their loss for WWI and led them to commit these crimes. 

One of the most important short term impacts of the Nuremburg trials was the end of the Nazi party. This marked the end of the these actions and allowed there to be one step forward towards world peace. Another short term impact was the justice that was brought against some of the people. Some of the people that were responsible for the holocaust were not placed on trial. This was the first time these sort of crimes against humanity were ever put on trial. 

One of the most important long term impacts was the creation of the International Criminal Court. This allowed there to be international law and a way to go about dealing with international crimes. Another long term impact is the Nuremberg trials had a large influence on international human right laws. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Genocide Convention are a few examples of what the Nuremburg trials influenced.