On 10 July 2026, the Nuremberg Academy is organising an international panel discussion to reflect on the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials. The discussion will focus on the continued importance of the Nuremberg trials and the resulting Nuremberg Principles formulated by the International Law Commission. This inaugural Nuremberg Academy Dialogue is conceived as part of the year-long international symposium titled “80 Years of Nuremberg Symposium” organised by the Robert H. Jackson Center in partnership with leading institutions from the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.
The Dialogue will address themes such as the interplay of law and politics as well as justice and memory in shaping contemporary approaches to justice and accountability, perspectives on the Nuremberg trials over time, the enduring influence of the Nuremberg Principles on institutions including the International Criminal Court and critiques of the trials including victors’ justice. It will also explore contemporary representations and interpretations of the Nuremberg tribunal in film, literature, and popular culture, shaping public understandings of international law, justice and memory.
Speakers
- Ambassador Stephen Rapp, Senior Fellow, US Holocaust Memorial Museum Center for Prevention of Genocide and Georgetown University Center for National Security Law, former US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice and former Prosecutor of the SCSL and Chief of Prosecutions at the ICTR
- Prof. Dr Gerry Simpson, Professor of Public International Law, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Prof. Dr Annette Weinke, Senior Researcher, Historical Institute of Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Chair
- Dr Viviane Dittrich, Deputy Director, International Nuremberg Principles Academy
6.00 pm CEST / 12.00pm EDT
The panel discussion will be held as an online webinar and followed by a Q&A session with the audience. The event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required.
The Nuremberg Academy Dialogue Series was initiated in light of the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Nuremberg trials. Through this event series convened by Dr Viviane Dittrich the Academy provides a forum for dialogue on topics of continuing importance and current significance and thereby seeks to promote public understanding of international law. (vd)