01.07. – 15.07.2022
Upcoming Events
01.08. – 12.08.2022
Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2022 (Anglophone)
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy (Nuremberg Academy) is pleased to announce the upcoming Anglophone edition of the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals which will be held online from 1 to 12 August 2022. Admission to the Nuremberg Summer Academy is competitive....
15.08. – 26.08.2022
Académie d'été de Nuremberg pour jeunes professionnel.le.s 2022 (édition francophone)
L’Académie Internationale des Principes de Nuremberg (Académie de Nuremberg) a le plaisir d’annoncer la prochaine édition francophone de l’Académie d’été de Nuremberg pour les jeunes professionnels qui se tiendra en ligne du 15 au 26 août 2022. L'admission à l'Académie d'été de Nuremberg est...
09.09. – 18.09.2022
Résidences Adamas - Château de Goutelas en France
LES RÉSIDENCES ADAMAS premières résidences européennes de recherche en droit. Séjour de recherche dans le cadre du Prix de l´Academie internationale des principes de Nuremberg. Depuis 2021, le Château de Goutelas - Centre culturel de rencontre, en partenariat avec le Conseil constitutionnel,...
09.09. – 18.09.2022
Résidences Adamas - Château de Goutelas en France
Between 09 and 18 September 2022, the Château de Goutelas, in partnership with the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, the French Conseil constitutionnel, the Association Internationale de Droit Economique and the Mission de recherche Droit et Justice, will organise for the second time the...
14.10. – 15.10.2022
Save the Date: Nuremberg Forum 2022
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy cordially invites you to attend the Nuremberg Forum 2022, which will take place on 14 and 15 October 2022. The topic of this international conference is "The International Criminal Court 2002-2022: A Court in Practice". Where and how has the...Past Events
12.01.2022
The International Criminal Court Colloquium: Challenges and Opportunities for African State and Civil Society Engagement in the ICC Review Process
The Center for International Law and Policy in Africa (CILPA), with the co-sponsorship of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy (INPA), have organized a roundtable discussion exploring the International Criminal Court’s ongoing review and...
07.12.2021
Panel Discussion "Benchmarking in International Criminal Justice: Feasibility or Fiction?"
During the 20th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy (Nuremberg Academy) and the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (Hiil), organized a panel discussion on "Benchmarking in International Criminal Justice: Feasibility...
19.10.2021
The International Criminal Court Colloquium: "Is it time to "Reset" the Africa-ICC Relationship?
Online Roundtable Discussion: The Center for International Law and Policy in Africa (CILPA), with the co-sponsorship of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy (nurembergacademy.org), have organised a roundtable discussion exploring the...
15.10. – 16.10.2021
Nuremberg Forum 2021 "The Fight against Impunity since 1950: Living up to the Nuremberg Principles?"
The Nuremberg Forum 2021 took place on 15 and 16 October 2021 as an online event. Following the last year’s cancellation of the Nuremberg Forum 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related security measures, the Nuremberg Academy had decided to keep the important topic and to address the critical...
30.09. – 01.10.2021
75th Anniversary of the Verdict of the International Military Tribunal
From Consensus in Nuremberg to Disagreement in Rome - The Prosecution of Core International Crimes Today: On 30 September and 1 October 1946, the International Military Tribunal (IMT) delivered its Judgement in the trial against the most high-ranking political and military leaders of the German Nazi...
18.09.2021
Screening of the documentary "Peace Through Justice – The Legacy of Thomas Buergenthal"
Each year, the city of Nuremberg organises a weekend full of guided tours called "Stadt(ver)führungen". The programme offers the opportunity to get to know Nuremberg and Fürth from different perspectives. Well-known personalities, artists, institutions, non-profit organizations, city guides and...
11.09. – 19.09.2021
Résidences Adamas - Château de Goutelas en France
Entre le 11 et le 19 septembre 2021, le Château de Goutelas, en partenariat avec l’Académie internationale des principes de Nuremberg, l’Association Internationale de Droit Economique et la Mission de recherche Droit et Justice, ouvrait le premier programme européen de résidences pour chercheur.ses...
11.09. – 19.09.2021
Résidences Adamas - Château de Goutelas en France
Between 11 and 19 September 2021, the Château de Goutelas, in partnership with the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, the French Conseil constitutionnel, the Association Internationale de Droit Economique and the Mission de recherche Droit et Justice, opened the first European residency...
16.08. – 27.08.2021
Académie d'été de Nuremberg pour jeunes professionnel.le.s 2021 (édition francophone)
L’Académie internationale des principes de Nuremberg (Académie de Nuremberg) a tenu sa deuxième édition francophone de son Académie d'été pour jeunes professionnel.le.s du 16 au 27 août 2021. Le programme était exceptionnellement organisé en ligne cette année et a réuni 20 participant.e.s venant...
02.08. – 13.08.2021
Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2021 (Anglophone edition)
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy (Nuremberg Academy) held its seventh edition of the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals from 2 to 13 August 2021. Exceptionally, the programme was held online this year and was attended by 19 participants coming from the following...
05.07. – 30.07.2021
Nuremberg Moot Court 2021
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the International Criminal Law Research Unit at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg organise every year the Nuremberg Moot Court, an international competition, held in English in Nuremberg, Germany. In 2021, the Nuremberg Moot Court...
14.05.2021
ICC Colloquium – Second Online Roundtable "The ICC Prosecutor: Achievements, Challenges"
The Center for International Law and Policy in Africa (CILPA), with the co-sponsorship of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, organised a roundtable discussion on 14 May 2021 to discuss the achievements of the Prosecutor of the...
07.05. – 08.05.2021
International Conference ‘Prohibition, Prosecution and Prevention of Enforced Disappearances’
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg are organising an international conference entitled “Prohibition, Prosecution and Prevention of Enforced Disappearances” from 7 to 8 May 2021. Originally planned for May 2020, the institutions...
13.04.2021
‘Peace Through Justice’ – Online Film Screening and Conversation with Judge Thomas Buergenthal
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy has organised an online event featuring the screening of the documentary ‘Peace Through Justice – The Legacy of Thomas Buergenthal’ and a live conversation between Judge Thomas Buergenthal and Deputy Director Dr. Viviane Dittrich. The event took place...
29.03.2021
Online Roundtable Discussion ‘The ICC Prosecutor Selection Process’
The Center for International Law and Policy in Africa (CILPA), with the co-sponsorship of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, organised a roundtable discussion regarding the selection process for the Prosecutor of the International...
11.03.2021
‘Law. Not War.’ – Special Event honouring Ben Ferencz on his 101st Birthday
Honouring the 101st birthday of Benjamin ‘Ben’ Ferencz, the last living prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials, the Nuremberg Academy held a special live online event on 11 March 2021, moderated by Deputy Director Dr. Viviane Dittrich. Ben Ferencz is the last living prosecutor of the Nuremberg...
02.02.2021
Online Panel Discussion and Book Launch: ‘Integrity in International Justice’
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy held a live online launch of the fourth volume of the Nuremberg Academy Series, entitled Integrity in International Justice, edited by Professor Morten Bergsmo and Dr. Viviane E. Dittrich on 2 February 2021. The recently published book is the first...
01.12.2020
Nuremberg at 75: Launching the ‘Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations’ and Outlining the Future of Visual Evidence in International Accountability
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy, jointly with five partners, co-organised the online event ‘Nuremberg at 75: Launching the Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations and the Future of Visual Evidence in International Accountability’ which took place on 1 December 2020. ...
24.11.2020
Launch of the Nuremberg Academy Lectures – Philippe Sands
It is with great pleasure that the International Nuremberg Principles Academy announces the launch of its Nuremberg Academy Lectures. We are particularly honoured that Professor Philippe Sands, British-French human rights lawyer, Professor of Law at University College London and author of seventeen...
30.10.2020
Online Panel Discussion and Book Launch: ‘The Tokyo Tribunal: Perspectives on Law, History and Memory’
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy held the live online launch of the third volume of the Nuremberg Academy Series, an anthology entitled The Tokyo Tribunal: Perspectives on Law, History and Memory edited by Viviane E. Dittrich, Kerstin von Lingen, Philipp Osten and Jolana Makraiová on...
16.10. – 17.10.2020
Nuremberg Forum 2020 - CANCELED
The Nuremberg Forum 2020 has been canceled due to COVID-19. For more information, please click here. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is pleased to announce and invite you to the Nuremberg Forum 2020, its major annual conference held at Courtroom 600 in the Nuremberg Palace of...
10.08. – 21.08.2020
Académie d'été de Nuremberg pour jeunes professionnels – Edition 2020 (francophone) - ANNULEE
L'Académie d'été de Nuremberg pour jeunes professionnels 2020 a été annulée en raison de l’épidémie de Covid-19. Pour plus d'informations, veuillez cliquer ici. Chaque année, l’Académie d’été de Nuremberg, un cours d’été intensif de deux semaines, offre aux jeunes professionnels une expérience...
29.07. – 01.08.2020
Nuremberg Moot Court 2020 - Oral Rounds CANCELED
The Oral Rounds of the Nuremberg Moot Court 2020 have been canceled due to COVID-19. For more information, click here. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy together with the International Criminal Law Research Unit at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg is organizing the...
06.07. – 17.07.2020
Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2020 (Anglophone) - CANCELED
The Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2020 has been canceled due to COVID-19. For more information, please click here. Each year, the Nuremberg Summer Academy, a two-week intensive summer course, provides young professionals with an invaluable opportunity and stimulating learning...
17.02. – 21.02.2020
International and Transnational Criminal Law Seminar in Arusha
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy, the Asser Institute, the Antonio Cassese Initiative, and the African Institute of International Law jointly organized a one-week seminar on the prosecution and adjudication of international and transnational crimes in Arusha, Tanzania, from 17 to 21...
16.01.2020
Film Screening “Peace Through Justice” and Panel Discussion in Jena
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena presented the documentary "Peace through Justice – The Legacy Of Thomas Buergenthal", followed by a panel discussion in Jena, Germany, on 16 January 2020. The documentary features the life and legacy of Judge...
18.10. – 19.10.2019
Nuremberg Forum 2019 - The Nuremberg Principles beyond the International Criminal Court: A Common Ground for Accountability
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy organized its Nuremberg Forum 2019, the major annual conference held at the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, in Nuremberg, Germany on 18 and 19 October 2019. This conference provided a comprehensive overview of the current...
26.09.2019
Schreibtischtäter - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy organized a panel discussion and dialogue that explored the history and current understanding of Schreibtischtäter (Desk Perpetrators) and their international crimes. The event was held in cooperation with the Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally...
24.09.2019
Film Screening “Peace Through Justice” and Panel Discussion “International Human Rights – Vision or Reality?” in Berlin
In cooperation with the Bavarian Representation in Berlin, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy presented the documentary "Peace through Justice - The Legacy Of Thomas Buergenthal", followed by a panel discussion on "International Human Rights - Vision or Reality?" in Berlin, Germany, on...
09.09.2019
Public Lecture and Discussion - One Hundred Years of Turpitude: A Century of War Crimes Trials
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy hosted an illustrated public lecture by Professor Gerry Simpson titled “One Hundred Years of Turpitude: A Century of War Crimes Trials”, on Monday 9 September 2019. The lecture took place at the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice...
05.08. – 16.08.2019
Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2019 (Anglophone)
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy held the fifth edition of its Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals, which took place in Nuremberg, Germany, from 5 to 16 August 2019. The participants included young lawyers, prosecutors, judges and academics, from different conflict and...
05.08. – 16.08.2019
Académie d'été de Nuremberg pour jeunes professionnels – Edition 2019 (francophone)
L’Académie internationale des principes de Nuremberg a tenu la première édition de son Académie d'été pour jeunes professionnels en français, à Nuremberg, en Allemagne, du 5 au 16 août 2019. Parmi les participants figuraient de jeunes avocats, procureurs, juges et universitaires, de différents pays...
24.07. – 27.07.2019
Nuremberg Moot Court 2019
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy together with the International Criminal Law Research Unit at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg organized the annual Nuremberg Moot Court in Nuremberg, Germany, from 24 to 27 Juy 2019. The Nuremberg Moot Court invites participants from...
17.07.2019
Panel Discussion “Syria - Impunity for War Crimes? How the Nuremberg Principles can be enforced in the Syrian Conflict”
The Nuremberg Academy and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg co-organized a panel discussion on the occasion of the signing of the cooperation agreement between these two institutions. The event took place at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Erlangen. For years, a...
26.06.2019
Film Screening and Panel Discussion “Peace Through Justice” in Washington D.C.
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum showed the documentary “Peace Through Justice – The Legacy Of Thomas Buergenthal” on Judge Thomas Buergenthal’s life and legacy, followed by a panel discussion, at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, in Washington...
06.05. – 10.05.2019
Advanced Seminar on Investigation and Prosecution of International Crimes
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy partnered with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (the Mechanism) and the Prosecutor General's Office at the Abidjan Court of Appeal to jointly organize an advanced seminar on the topic of...
03.05. – 04.05.2019
International Conference "Paving the Path of Human Rights: Synergies between International Criminal Law and UN Agenda 2030”
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy organized a two-day international conference in Nuremberg, Germany, on 3-4 May 2019 dedicated to the advancement of the synergies between international criminal law (ICL) and the United Nations Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (UN Agenda 2030)....
18.03. – 22.03.2019
International and Transnational Criminal Law Seminar in The Hague
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy partnered with the Asser Institute and the Antonio Cassese Initiative to co-organize a seminar on international and transnational criminal law (ICL and TCL). The seminar took place in The Hague, The Netherlands, from 18 to 22 March 2019. This...
10.12.2018
Film Screening "Peace Through Justice" in The Hague
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy has screened the documentary International Nuremberg Principles AcademyPeace Through JusticeThe Legacy Of Thomas Buergenthal at the Omniversum in The Hague, The Netherlands, on 10 December 2018. The documentary by Ilona Kalmbach and Sabine Jainski...
01.12. – 02.12.2018
International Expert Conference "Integrity in International Justice"
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy, in co-operation with the Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP), co-organized an international expert conference on ”Integrity in International Justice” in the Peace Palace in The Hague, the Netherlands, on 1-2 December 2018. The...
01.11. – 03.11.2018
“Strengthening Justice and Accountability in Nigeria” and “Train-the-Trainer program”
From 1 to 3 November 2018, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Wayamo Foundation organized two events in Lagos, Nigeria. Both institutions have previously conducted capacity building programs for Nigerian civil and military investigators and prosecutors since December 2016. The...
21.10.2018
Film Premiere of the Documentary on Judge Thomas Buergenthal
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy presented the premiere of the documentary International Nuremberg Principles AcademyPeace Through JusticeThe Legacy Of Thomas Buergenthal that took place in Courtroom 600 at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany on 21 October 2018. ...
19.10. – 20.10.2018
Nuremberg Forum 2018 - 20th Anniversary of the Rome Statute: Law, Justice and Politics
On 19 and 20 October 2018, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy organized the Nuremberg Forum 2018 at the historic Courtroom 600 in Nuremberg and it dedicated its major annual conference to marking the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute.The Nuremberg Forum 2018 paid tribute to the 20th...
06.08. – 17.08.2018
Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2018
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy conducted the 2018 edition of the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals, which took place in Nuremberg, Germany, from 6 to 17 August 2018. The 24 participants included young prosecutors, judges, magistrates and academics, from 19 different...
30.07. – 03.08.2018
East African Prosecutors Training
Advanced Training on the Prosecution of International Crimes The International Nuremberg Principles Academy, the Office of the Prosecutor of the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Strathmore Institute for Advanced Studies...
26.07. – 27.07.2018
3rd Annual Conference at Strathmore University
Appraising Capacity of Institutional Responses to Commission of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Cyberspace The International Nuremberg Principles Academy, in partnership with Strathmore Institute for Advanced Studies in International Criminal Justice (SIASIC), under the auspices of Strathmore...
25.07. – 28.07.2018
Nuremberg Moot Court 2018
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg organized the annual Nuremberg Moot Court which took place in Nuremberg, Germany, from 25 to 28 July 2018. The Nuremberg Moot Court offers university students from all over the world a unique...
07.06.2018
Book Presentation and Discussion - From Streicher to Šešelj: The Origins and Outlook of Atrocity Speech Law
On 7 June 2018, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy hosted a book presentation and discussion by Professor Gregory S. Gordon of his new book Atrocity Speech Law: Foundation, Fragmentation, Fruition (Oxford University Press 2017), which was held in the historic Courtroom 600 at the...
25.05.2018
Atrocity Crimes Litigation Bi-Annual Review Symposium
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Center for International Human Rights of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law co-organized the Atrocity Crimes Litigation Bi-Annual Review Symposium in Nuremberg on 25 May 2018. This one-day high-level conference brought together...
21.05. – 23.05.2018
Training "Strengthening Justice and Accountability in Nigeria"
From 21 to 23 May 2018, the Wayamo Foundation and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy held a capacity building workshop for Nigerian military and civil investigators and prosecutors in Abuja, Nigeria. To date, the Wayamo Foundation and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy have...
17.05. – 19.05.2018
International Conference "70 Years Later: The International Military Tribunal for the Far East"
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy organized an international conference dedicated to marking the 70th anniversary of the delivery of the judgment of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE). The event took place in the historic Courtroom 600 in the Nuremberg Palace...
05.02. – 09.02.2018
International and Transnational Criminal Law Training in The Hague
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy partnered with the Asser Institute and the Antonio Cassese Initiative for a training course on international and transnational criminal law (ICL and TCL) in The Hague from 5 to 9 February 2018. The high-level training, entitled "Strengthening...
07.12.2017
Side Event at the 16th Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute
On the occasion of the 16th Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, which took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, from 4 to 14 December 2017, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy organized a side event on the topic "From Nuremberg to The Hague and Beyond:...
22.11. – 24.11.2017
EJTN-GNS Joint Training on the Impact of Refugees in Europe on the Investigation and Prosecution of Core International Crimes
From 22 to 24 November, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy hosted the “Joint Training on the Impact of Refugees in Europe on the Investigation and Prosecution of Core International Crimes”, organized by the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) and the Genocide Network Secretariat...
08.11. – 10.11.2017
The Fifth International Meetings of the Defence
From 8 to 10 November 2017, the Fifth International Meetings of the Defence took place in the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice and brought together various actors involved in international criminal justice. The event was organized by the Defence Office of the Special...
02.11. – 04.11.2017
Strengthening Justice and Accountability in Nigeria
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy has partnered with the Wayamo Foundation to co-organize a fourth workshop, focusing on capacity-building for Nigerian military and civil prosecutors, taking place in Nigeria on 2-4 November 2017. This workshop comes as the fourth training session held...
28.10. – 29.10.2017
Power in International Criminal Justice: Towards a Sociology of International Justice
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy co-organized an international expert seminar on the "Power in International Criminal Justice: Towards a Sociology of International Justice" in Florence on 28-29 October 2017, in co-operation with the Centre for International Law Research and Policy...
20.10. – 21.10.2017
Nuremberg Forum 2017
In June 2007, high-ranking UN mediators, practitioners in the fields of transitional justice, criminal law and development, as well as civil society representatives from all parts of the world met in Nuremberg at a ground-breaking conference (“Building Peace and Justice”), organized by the...
19.10.2017
Navi Pillay holds Lecture at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
On 19 October 2017, Dr. Navi Pillay, President of the Advisory Council of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, gave a lecture as part of the opening ceremony of the academic year 2017/18 for the Human Rights Master Program of...
26.09. – 29.09.2017
Side Events at the International Nuremberg Human Rights Award 2017
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy has co-organized three side events as part of the accompanying program of the International Nuremberg Human Rights Award 2017. This year's Award honors "Group Caesar", the code name of a former Syrian military photographer who brought over 50,000...
25.08. – 26.08.2017
Philosophical Foundations of International Criminal Law
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy partnered with the Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP) and nine other distinguished partners from India, China, Japan and Europe to co-organize the international expert seminar "Philosophical Foundations of International Criminal...
07.08. – 18.08.2017
International Criminal Law Summer Academy for Young Professionals
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy hosted young scholars at the beginning of their careers from countries currently experiencing or likely to experience challenges in the field of accountability for international crimes. The young academics joined other participants - young prosecutors,...
26.07. – 29.07.2017
Nuremberg Moot Court 2017
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg presented the annual Nuremberg Moot Court, which took place on 26-29 July 2017. The Nuremberg Moot Court invited participants from across the globe to argue a fictitious international criminal...
06.07. – 07.07.2017
Gender and Transitional Justice in East Africa: Exchanging Experiences and Expertise
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is partner of a Conference on Gender and Transitional Justice in East Africa organized by Strathmore Institute for Advanced Studies in International Criminal Justice (SIASIC) on the occasion of the opening of its specialized Centre for Gender and...
28.06. – 30.06.2017
Strengthening Justice and Accountability in Nigeria
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy together with the Wayamo Foundation and Africa Group for Justice and Accountability held capacity-building workshops on strengthening justice and accountability in Nigeria. Previous workshops in December 2016 and March 2017 have aimed at helping...
19.06.2017
1st Elisabeth Käsemann Symposium Nuremberg
On 19 June 2017, the International Nuremberg Academy hosted the 1st Elisabeth Käsemann Symposium Nuremberg which took place in the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice.The subject of the symposium was the "International Criminal Prosecution of Governmental Crimes in Germany and...
13.06. – 14.06.2017
Quality Control in Preliminary Examinations
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy, in co-operation with the Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP) and other partners, co-organized an international expert seminar ‘Quality Control in Preliminary Examination’ in the Peace Palace in The Hague on 13-14 June 2017. The...
05.05. – 06.05.2017
The Legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Nuremberg Principles
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy held on 05-06 May 2017 a seminar on the 'Legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Nuremberg Principles'. The Nuremberg trials, including its subsequent trials ended in 1949 and the International Criminal Tribunal...
29.04.2017
The Birth of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor: Historicity, Model, Deterrence?
On 29 April 2017, the Nuremberg Academy hosted the event "The Birth of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor: Historicity, Model, Deterrence?". Four new books were launched, hard-cover copies of which were available for registered participants. The new books are: Historical Origins of International...
04.11. – 05.11.2016
The Annual Nuremberg Forum 2016 - The Nuremberg Principles 70 Years Later
This year, the Nuremberg Academy´s Second Annual Forum commemorates the adoption of the seven Nuremberg Principles by the United Nations General Assembly by resolution 95 (I) on 11 December 1946 on the initiative of the United States delegation. The seven principles, which were teased out of the...
13.10. – 14.10.2016
Workshop on Islam and International Criminal Justice
Partly in response to a growing focus on crimes committed in multiple conflicts in the Islamic world, and the debate on the politics of international justice that entangles multiple themes, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy convened a conference of experts (Islamologists and...
01.10.2016
70th Anniversary of the Verdicts of the International Military Tribunal
At the Occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the verdicts of the International Military Tribunal (IMT) the International Nuremberg Principles Academy organized a lecture on 'Transitional Justice - Post-War Legacies'. The IMT verdicts marked the beginning of International Criminal Law as it is known...
12.09. – 13.09.2016
Workshop on improving cooperation in the prosecution of conflict-related sexual violence
On 12-13 September 2016, the Nuremberg Academy brought together representatives of judicial mechanisms and civil society organizations at the national and international level, to discuss the modalities of cooperation during prosecution of conflict-related sexual violence. The two-day workshop...
15.08. – 20.08.2016
Summer Academy on Dealing with the Past through Education
From 15-20 August 2016, the Nuremberg Academy held a Summer Academy with a focus on Education with the title “Education in the Aftermath of Conflict: Learning from the past?” The week-long Summer Academy explored the role of education in the aftermath of conflict. Building a dialogue among...
01.08. – 12.08.2016
International Criminal Law Summer Academy for Junior Professionals
As part of its goal to promote international criminal law and human rights through furthering knowledge and building capacities at the national level to investigate and prosecute international crimes, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, from 1-12 August 2016, hosted a successful ICL...
28.07. – 30.07.2016
Nuremberg Moot Court 2016
The Nuremberg Moot Court 2016 took place from July 28th until July 30th 2016. The competition aimed to encourage university students to become familiar with International Criminal Law by arguing a fictitious case in front of the "International Criminal Court". At the same time, it promoted the...
25.04.2016
Publication Launch "Transitional Justice in Germany after 1945 and after 1990"
On 25 April, the Nuremberg Academy launched its publication: Transitional Justice in Germany after 1945 and after 1990 in the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. The study was written by the German historian Sanya Romeike on behalf of the Academy. Dr. Anna Kaminsky, Director...
21.11.2015
A Song of Good and Evil
On 21 November 2015 the special performance of “A Song of Good and Evil”, a piece by human rights lawyer Philippe Sands, addressed with emotional depth the remarkable fusion of the fates of three of those involved in the Nuremberg Trials – the two jurists Hersch Lauterpacht and Raphael Lemkin, and...
20.11. – 21.11.2015
Nuremberg Forum 2015
„The Nuremberg Principles 70 Years Later: Contemporary Challenges" was the topic of the two-day conference that took place on 20 and 21 November in Nuremberg, marking the anniversary of the opening of the trial against Nazi leaders before the International Military Tribunal...
03.08. – 15.08.2015
Nuremberg Summer Academy 2015
The Nuremberg Summer Academy was held in Nuremberg, Germany, from 3–15 August, 2015. 24 students chosen from countries facing challenges of how to deal with current and past atrocities participated in the course. The participants came from DRC, Georgia, Kenya, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Rwanda, Serbia,...
31.07. – 01.08.2015
Successful Nuremberg Moot Court 2015
From 31 July - 1 August, 2015, the Nuremberg Moot Court was conducted by the International Nuremberg Principles Academy in collaboration with Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg in the historic Courtroom 600 in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, the venue of the “Nuremberg Trials.” The...
19.06. – 20.06.2015
The Nuremberg Academy hosts ICC Judges’ retreat
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy hosted the judges of the International Criminal Court during their retreat held in Nuremberg on Friday, 19 June and Saturday, 20 June, 2015. The newly elected president of the ICC, Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi and her two vice-presidents, Judge...
06.06. – 07.06.2015
International Opening Event: “Accountability and the Nuremberg Principles – 70 years after the Nuremberg Trials”
The International Opening Celebrations for the International Nuremberg Principles Academy were held on 6 and 7 June, 2015. The Nuremberg Trials and the Nuremberg Principles are considered milestones in modern international criminal law. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is intended to...
13.05.2015
“Nuremberg – Bringing Crimes against Humanity to Justice in 1945“ Thomas Darnstädt presented his new book at the Nuremberg Memorial
On 13 May, 2015, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Memorium Nuremberg Trials invited the public to a reading by jurist and author Thomas Darnstädt at the Jury Courtroom. After some introductory remarks from Academy Founding Director Bernd Borchardt and the Memorial’s Curator,...
22.11.2014
The Nuremberg Academy’s Establishment as a Foundation – Celebratory Signing of Founding Documents
Dr. Martin Ney, Foreign Office Advisor to the Federal Government on International Law, Bavarian Minister of Justice Dr. Winfried Bausback, Bavarian Minister of Finance Markus Söder and Nuremberg Mayor Dr. Ulrich Maly signed the founding documents of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy...
08.09. – 13.09.2013
Seminar with Judges from the Khmer Rouge Tribunals
In September 2013 the International Nuremberg Principles Academy organized a one-week seminar for the Cambodian Judges of the trial chambers of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) with renowned German lecturers. The Khmer Rouge Tribunal is an ad-hoc tribunal supported by...
04.10. – 05.10.2012
Through the Lens of Nuremberg -The International Criminal Court at its Tenth Anniversary
To mark the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the conference titled "Through the Lens of Nuremberg – The International Criminal Court at Its Tenth Anniversary" was held in October 2012. Speakers included ICC President Sang-Hyun Song; the Chief...
02.10. – 07.10.2012
Workshop with Journalists
At a one-week media workshop in October 2012, journalists from State Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC received on-the-job training from specialized media coaches. "To sharpen awareness on issues of international justice, we need well informed and professionally trained local journalists who...
18.08.2012
Thomas Buergenthal Talks with Daniel Kehlmann in Courtroom 600
Thomas Buergenthal, best-selling author, Auschwitz survivor and later Judge at the International Court of Justice, was invited by the Nuremberg Academy to be interviewed by author Daniel Kehlmann in Courtroom 600 about his book “A Lucky Child” and how he experienced the Holocaust as a boy.
03.08.2011