For example, Timothy V. Waters argues in "On the Legal Construction of Ethnic Cleansing" that if similar circumstances arise in the future, the precedent of the expulsions of the Germans without legal redress would also allow the future ethnic cleansing of other populations under international law.
F.eks. hævder Timothy V. Waters i "On the Legal Construction of Ethnic Cleansing" at hvis tilsvarende omstændigheder opstår i fremtiden vil fortilfældet med Udvisning af tyskere uden juridisk appelmulighed også tillade etnisk udrensning i fremtiden af andre befolkninger i forhold til international ret.