On 21 and 22 May 2026, the Nuremberg Academy participated in an international symposium held in Tucumán, Argentina which reflected on the legacies of the Nuremberg trials and the 1985 trial against the military juntas. Senior Officer Kiran Mohandas Menon delivered the closing remarks of the conference and examined how the Nuremberg precedent and principles changed the substance discourse and possibilities of international criminal law. He also emphasised the importance of combining legal processes with memorialisation initiatives and other reparations while noting the need for survivor centric reassessments of landmark trials. Judge Ricardo Gil Lavedra, who served as a judge at the 1985 trial, stated that despite the distinctions in the character of the two trials, the junta’s trial had in essence ratified the principles of Nuremberg.
The symposium was co-organised by a consortium of partners, including the Supreme Court of Justice of Tucumán, the National University of Tucumán, the Federación Argentina de la Magistratura y la Función Judicial (FAM) and the German Embassy in Buenos Aires. In the opening ceremony of the symposium held at the San Martín Theatre, H.E. Dieter Lamlé, the German Ambassador to Argentina stressed that Nuremberg was a "starting point" for societies to confront their past.
Mr Menon also participated in meetings with prominent Argentine human rights organisations in Buenos Aires including the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS) and Memoria Abierta. (km)