The principle of law applies in most countries, but punishment does not always fit the crime. Ref: Albert Speer, and Waffen SS... their punishment was way out of proportion to the real criminals of the third reich. Cooks, medics and ordinary soldiers were all treated as war criminals simply because they wore the SS uniform. Only a small percentage of SS soldiers were involved in the holocaust and other atrocities. Partizanjaeger ( partizan hunters ) who received no Geneva Convention treatment when caught alive by their adversaries, after Germanys surrender were attacked by the Russian airforce; this was after they laid down their weapons. No trials for Russians? Food for thought (BTW I have Jewish blood in me) The Viet Cong murdered thousands of non combatants, and failed to observe the Geneva Conventions, but no Interrnational Trials yet????