The Hague, 2 December 2025 — At an ASP side event on the Ljubljana–The Hague Convention, speakers stressed the pressing need for stronger international cooperation in prosecuting genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
ProfessorDr Christoph Safferling, Director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, emphasised in his key note speech the Nuremberg precedent, noting that after the international trial, extensive national proceedings followed in Germany and neighbouring European countries. He also referred to the EU’s Eurojust system as a blueprint for cooperation in criminal matters. According to him, it is high time to invest more in mutual cooperation, making the Ljubljana–The Hague Convention a timely and essential tool.
The panel, chaired by Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, featured interventions from Prof. Vaios Koutroulis and Dr Ewelina Ochab, who highlighted the Convention’s potential to remove longstanding barriers to evidence-sharing, witness protection and the prosecution of perpetrators who seek refuge across borders.
Organised by the governments of the Netherlands, Belgium, Mongolia, Argentina, Senegal and Slovenia, the event reinforced growing support for adopting the Convention as a practical framework to advance accountability worldwide. (gp)