The International Nuremberg Principles Academy cordially invites you to attend the Nuremberg Forum 2024, which will take place from 10 to 12 October 2024.
The Convention of the Rights of the Child is the most ratified human rights treaty in history. And yet, despite such wide ratification, children across the world continue to live in vulnerable and fragile settings prone to the violation of a spectrum of rights enshrined in the convention. Nowhere is this fragility more amplified than in contexts of armed conflict.
The 2024 Nuremberg Forum will examine international and domestic frameworks designed to protect children during armed conflict evaluating their achievements and dissonances. Drawing lessons from past practices and experiences, the experts will identify and propose actionable solutions to address gaps and shortcomings in the legal and institutional structures protecting children across all spheres. The conference discussions will also delve into the strategies and experiences most relevant to international courts when prosecuting crimes against children. The exchanges will incorporate the perspectives of domestic contexts and relevant transitional justice policies that enhance the protection of children’s rights.
Registration for this conference is now open. The Nuremberg Forum 2024 will be conducted in a hybrid format, allowing both in-person and online participation. Sessions will be conducted in English, with opportunities for audience engagement and questions. All participants, whether attending in person or online, are required to register.
Apart from an opening discussion and keynote addresses, the Nuremberg Forum 2024 will be composed of five panels addressing the following themes:
· Panel 1: Children and Armed Conflict: Rights and Realities
· Panel 2: Protecting Children against International Crimes: The Framework
· Panel 3: Prosecuting International Crimes against Children: Strategies and Experiences
· Panel 4: Accountability and Reconciliation: Transitional Justice and Domestic Contexts
· Panel 5: Ways Forward: Protecting Future Generations
The following distinguished experts have tentatively confirmed their participation.
Diane Amann, Former Special Adviser on Crimes against and affecting Children to the ICC Prosecutor
Cecile Aptel, Deputy Director, Innocenti Global Office of Research and Foresight, UNICEF
Véronique Aubert, Special Adviser on Crimes against and affecting children to the ICC Prosecutor
Ishmael Beah, Author, A Long Way Gone
Yael Danieli, Founder, International Center for Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma
Pablo de Greiff, Founding United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence
Mark Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Professor, Washington and Lee University School of Law
Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the United Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Kristin Hausler, Director of the Centre for International Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Siobhan Mullaly, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
Stefanie Schmahl, Chair for German and Foreign Public Law, International Law and European Law, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Anne Skelton, Chairwoman, United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
Natalie von Wistinghausen, Lawyer in front of international tribunals, including counsel for victims at the International Criminal Court
Shelly Whitman, Executive Director, Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security
Leila Zerrougui, Former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
More information on the content and composition of the conference will be made available in due course.
For inquiries regarding the Nuremberg Forum 2024, please contact Kiran Mohandas Menon, Senior Officer at kiran.menon@nurembergacademy.org
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