Dr Viviane Dittrich, Deputy Director of the Nuremberg Academy, was invited to speak at a side event held during International Law Week in New York in the margins of the 80th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on 28 October 2025. The panel on "80 Years After Nuremberg and Tokyo: The Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine as a Building Block for a System to Support Peace and End Impunity for Starting Wars" was moderated by Dr David Dobat Cattin. The event reaffirmed the enduring relevance of the Nuremberg Principles for modern accountability efforts, presented the approaches and opportunities offered by the establishment of the Special Tribunal based on the agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe and took stock of ongoing initiatives to address the crime of aggression – including the International Criminal Court’s Kampala amendments, the Special Tribunal and the regional mechanisms such as the Malabo Protocol.
Speakers:
- H.E. Natasha Meli Daudey, Permanent Representative of Malta to the UN
- H.E. Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the UN
- Dr Iryna Mudra, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
- H.E. Ambassador Rytis Paulauskas, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the UN
- James Goldston, Director, Open Society Justice Initiative
- Jörg Polakiewicz, Director of Legal Advice and Public International Law (Legal Adviser), Council of Europe
- Prof. Jennifer Trahan, Convenor, Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression, New York University Center for Global Affairs
- Lóránt Hovas, Head of the Division for the EU External Relations Law and Public International Law, European External Action Service
- Dr Viviane Dittrich, Deputy Director, International Nuremberg Principles Academy
- Dr David Donat Cattin, Senior Fellow, Montreal Institute for Global Security, and Adjunct Professor, New York University Center for Global Affairs
The event was held at UN Headquarters. Organisers were the International Renaissance Foundation, Open Society Justice Initiative, Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression, Ukraine, Council of Europe, Lithuania, Malta, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Germany and Liechtenstein. (vd)