3 DECEMBER 2005, Page 26

Victors’ justice

From Norman Burton

Sir: The more I hear about Milosevic and his trial (‘International law is an ass’, 19 November), the more I think that history is repeating itself.

I was born in 1951 so missed the second world war, but I always thought what a travesty the Nuremberg trials were. It was victors’ justice of the most arbitrary, vengeful kind, and contrary to civilised law. I could not, and would not, ever condone what the Germans did, but six long hard years were spent allegedly fighting for justice and truth, and then it all went out of the window.

John Laughland’s article confirmed that there is still no truth or justice in international law.

Norman Burton Pinner,

Middlesex