Was the Nuremberg Tribunal legal or impartial?

United States Senator Robert A. Taft criticized the Nuremberg Trials as ex post facto judgment that ran counter to American traditions of liberty and justice. He pointed out that the prosecutors and the judges and the victims of the crimes were all the same people, which didn't meet appropriate standards of impartiality. read more

So, to directly answer your question; (1) Yes, the Nuremberg trial were legal under international law, and (2) Yes, those trials conformed to the standards of impartiality the participating countries had agreed upon, and were legal in that respect. read more

Turning now from the legal basis of the indictment, I propose briefly to consider whether, quite apart from legal technicalities, the procedure of an international military tribunal on the Nuremberg pattern is a politically acceptable way of dealing with the offenders in the dock and those others whom we may legitimately feel should be punished. read more