The Nuremberg Academy co-hosted 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 29 October 2025. Dr Viviane Dittrich, Deputy Director of the Nuremberg Academy, moderated the event entitled „80 Years after the Nuremberg Trials – Where do we stand today on the crime of aggression and crimes against humanity?”.
Eighty years after the opening of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, this high-level event took stock of the legacy of Nuremberg and of the development of international criminal law, with particular emphasis on the two crimes at the heart of the Nuremberg trials: crimes against humanity and crime of aggression. The panel reviewed legal and policy developments on aggression and crimes against humanity since Nuremberg, discussed the relationship between the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court in the context of the crime of aggression, highlighted the necessity for a convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity and explored possible ways forward and practical recommendations for policymakers.
Speakers:
- Tania von Uslar-Gleichen, Legal Advisor of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany
- Prof. Leila Sadat, Washington University Law School, Former Special Adviser on Crimes against Humanity to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
- Prof. Andreas Zimmermann, University of Potsdam
- Prof. Charles C. Jalloh, University of Miami, Member and Special Rapporteur of the International Law Commission
- Elinor Hammarskjöld, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel
- Dr Viviane Dittrich, Deputy Director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy
The side event was co-hosted by the Federal Republic of Germany and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and co-sponsored by Sierra Leone, Mexico and the Center for International Law and Policy in Africa (CILPA). It took place on 29 October 2025 in the auditorium of the German Mission to the United Nations.
While in New York, Dr Dittrich also attended the International Law Weekend organised by the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA). International Law Weekend 2025 on the theme „Crisis as Catalyst in International Law“ was held 23–25 October 2025 at the New York City Bar Association and Fordham University School of Law. (vd)