30.11.2023
22.11.2023
Webinar for Ukrainian Judges
The Nuremberg Academy and the National School of Judges of Ukraine co-organised on 22 November 2023 a pivotal webinar focusing on the adjudication of war crimes in Ukraine and Germany. Distinguished speakers included German judges from the Federal Court of Justice and the Higher Regional Court of...
21.11.2023
Event in Memory of Judge Thomas Buergenthal
On 21 November 2023, the Nuremberg Academy held an event in honour and memory of Holocaust survivor and law professor Judge Thomas Buergenthal, who passed away in May 2023. In Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, speakers and guests paid tribute to the life and work of Judge...
13.11.2023
Legal Trainees from Traunstein Visited the Nuremberg Academy
A group of legal trainees from the Regional Court of Traunstein visited the Nuremberg Academy on 13 November 2023. Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling welcomed the group, which previously had the opportunity to learn more about the birthplace of modern international criminal law at the...
09.11.2023
Nuremberg Academy Talk delivered by Julia Klaus
On 9 November 2023, Julia Klaus, a PhD candidate and Research Assistant at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, visited the Nuremberg Academy to deliver a talk titled “The Tokyo Judgment at 75: Peeking Behind the Cloak of Judicial Secrecy”. The discussion delved into the historical...
03.11.2023
Webinar on International Moot Court Competitions with Shahed University in Iran
On 3 November 2023, Project Officer Dr Emma Brandon participated as keynote speaker in an online webinar with the Law Association of Shahed University in Tehran, Iran. The webinar was hosted by Shahed University law student Mahdi Ghasemi. It focused on international moot court competitions in...
26.10.2023
Side Event on “Gender-Based Violence in International Law” on the Occasion of the International Law Week in New York
On the occasion of the International Law week at the UN in New York the Nuremberg Academy hosted a side-event together with the German Mission to the UN in the German House in New York on 26 October 2023. Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling moderated a discussion on “gender-based violence in...
25.10.2023
Master Students from Oldenburg University Visited the Nuremberg Academy
On 25 October 2023, the Nuremberg Academy hosted a group of 25 students from the “European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations” at the University of Oldenburg. Project Officers Pauline Martini and Dr Pablo Gavira Díaz welcomed the students and introduced them to the work of the Nuremberg...
24.10.2023
Side Event during International Law Week Presenting the Ethical Principles at the United Nations in New York
Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling took part in the presentation of the Ethical Principles for International Criminal Judges at a side event during the International Law Week at the United Nations in New York. For the last three years the Nuremberg Academy was part of this project together...
17.10.2023
Dr Viviane Dittrich Moderated Online Event on “Hybrid Justice Experiences from Phnom Penh to Bangui”
On 17 October 2023, Deputy Director Dr Viviane Dittrich moderated an event entitled “Expériences de la justice hybride : de Phnom Penh à Bangui” (“Hybrid Justice Experiences from Phnom Penh to Bangui”), held entirely in French, together with Dr. Magalie Besse, Director of the Institut Francophone...
16.10.2023
Nuremberg Academy Hosted Princeton University Journalism Students
On 16 October 2023, the Nuremberg Academy welcomed a group of twelve journalism students from Princeton University, led by their professor, Emmy Award-winning journalist Deborah Amos. Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling greeted the participants. Project Officer Dr Emma Brandon presented the...
13.10.2023
Nuremberg Academy Participates in Launch of “ETHICA Principles” at Siracusa
The Nuremberg Academy participated in the launch of the Ethical Principles for International Criminal Judges at the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (Siracusa Institute) on 13 October 2023. The launch was part of the symposium “Strategic Vision for the Next...
12.10.2023
The Nuremberg Academy Presented the Report on the Length of Proceedings at the International Criminal Court at the Bundestag
On 12 October 2023, the report on the length of proceedings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) was presented at an event organised by the Foreign Office in the Bundestag. This report was prepared in accordance with the 2018 Bundestag resolution aimed at strengthening the ICC and sought to...
25.09.2023
Nuremberg Academy Talk Delivered by Professor Shane Darcy
On 25 September 2023, Professor Dr Shane Darcy (Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway) visited the Nuremberg Academy. After being welcomed by Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling and Deputy Director Dr Viviane Dittrich, he gave a talk titled “Collaboration and its Consequences in...
24.09. – 26.09.2023
International Conference "Business and Human Rights Governance Challenges in Times of Complexity and Crisis?"
The conference was a cooperation effort between CHREN (Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, the City of Nuremberg and the Nuremberg Academy. The start of the conference on 24 September 2023 was hosted by the Academy in Courtroom 600....
22.09.2023
New publication: Ethical Principles for International Criminal Judges
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is delighted to announce the publication of the Ethical Principles for International Criminal Judges developed as part of the project “Ethica, on the Path to a Common Code of Ethics for International Criminal Judges”. Led by the International Nuremberg...
16.09.2023
Stadt(ver)führungen: A Nuremberg Model for the Russian Invasion of Ukraine?
The Nuremberg Academy took part in the Nuremberg programme “Stadt(ver)führungen” on 16 September 2023. Under the heading “A Nuremberg Model for the Russian Invasion of Ukraine” Nuremberg Academy Director Professor Safferling moderated a panel consisting of Eleni Chaitidou, Senior Legal Officer at...
15.09.2023
Visit of the Society of Young Private Law Scholars
On Thursday 15 September 2023 a group of 35 young academics visited the Palace of Justice, the Memorium and the Nuremberg Academy. The visit was a side event to the annual conference of the Society of Young Private Law Scholars (https://www.gjz.fau.de/). Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling...
09.09.2023
Dr Pablo Gavira Díaz Invited to Seminar “Human Rights in War – On Lost Ground?” at Academy Franz Hitze Haus
On 9 September 2023, Project Officer Dr Pablo Gavira Díaz was invited to participate in a seminar titled “Menschenrechte im Krieg – auf verlorenen Posten?” (“Human Rights in War – On Lost Ground?”), organised by the Academy Akademie Franz Hitze Haus in Münster. Dr Gavira Díaz’ intervention focused...
08.09. – 17.09.2023
2023 Edition of the Adamas Residencies: European Residency Programme for Legal Researchers
From 8 to 17 September 2023, the Château de Goutelas, in partnership with the Nuremberg Academy, the French Constitutional Council, the International Association of Economic Law and the Institute for Studies and Research on Law and Justice, held the third edition of the “Résidences Adamas”: a...
07.09.2023
New publication: Article on the Nuremberg Principles
In a new article for the French journal Délibérée, Dr Viviane Dittrich and Natacha Bracq address the ongoing significance of the Nuremberg Principles while outlining critiques and challenges to international criminal justice today. The article entitled “Passé et present des principes de Nuremberg”...
21.08. – 01.09.2023
Académie d'été de Nuremberg pour jeunes professionnel.le.s 2023
L'Académie internationale des principes de Nuremberg a tenu sa huitième édition anglophone de l'Académie d'été de Nuremberg pour jeunes professionnel.le.s du 31 juillet au 11 août 2023, qui a été suivie de la quatrième édition francophone du 21 août au 1er setptembre 2023. Chaque année, l'Académie...
14.08. – 25.08.2023
Intensive Course on Human Rights and International Criminal Law in Lubumbashi, DRC
The Club des Amis du Droit du Congo (CAD), with the support of the Faculty of Law at the Université Protestante au Congo, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Nuremberg Academy and the International Criminal Court (ICC), organised a two-week intensive course on human rights and international criminal...
03.08.2023
Meeting of Director Professor Dr Safferling with the President of the Bavarian Statistical Office
Dr Thomas Gößl, President of the Bavarian Statistical Office, and his personal assistant Ms Christina Grabinger, visited the Nuremberg Academy on 3 August 2023. In an extensive conversation with Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling they spoke amongst others about National socialism, criminal...
02.08.2023
Dr Pablo Gavira Díaz Invited to KNU-FAU Summer School “Democracy Building in Times of War”
On 2 August 2023, Project Officer Dr Pablo Gavira Díaz participated in a summer school titled “Democracy Building in Times of War”, held from 24 July to 4 August 2023 at the premises of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Dr Gavira Díaz’s intervention focused on “The...
02.08.2023
Academy Talk Delivered by Dr Alessandra De Tommaso
On 2 August 2023, Dr Alessandra De Tommaso (Middlesex University) visited the Nuremberg Academy and gave a talk on “Corporate Criminal Liability and the Nuremberg Experience”. The talk looked at the history of Nuremberg trials to investigate the extent to which the criminal liability of corporate...
31.07. – 11.08.2023
Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2023
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy held its eighth anglophone edition of the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals from 31 July to 11 August 2023, which was followed by the fourth francophone edition from 21 August to 1 September 2023: l’Académie d’été de Nuremberg pour jeunes...
31.07.2023
Nuremberg Academy Receives Artwork by Lawyer Christine Roth on Permanent Loan
"The dignity of the human being is inviolable" – The German artist Christian Oberlander interpreted article 1 para. 1 of the German constitution (Grundgesetz) in an artwork. The lawyers Roth & Roth gave this painting to the Director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, Professor Dr...
25.07.2023
Legal Trainees from Regensburg Visited the Nuremberg Academy
A group of legal trainees from the Regional Court of Regensburg visited the Nuremberg Academy and the Memorium Nuremberg Trials, on 25 July 2023. Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling welcomed them at the Academy after they had visited the Memorium. After a first round of questions and answers,...
22.07.2023
Team from Strathmore University wins the Nuremberg Moot Court 2023
The ninth edition of the Nuremberg Moot Court ended on Saturday, 22 July 2023, in Nuremberg. The international competition organised by the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the International Criminal Law Research Unit (ICLU) of Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU),...
20.07. – 22.07.2023
Training for Ivorian Judicial Police
The Nuremberg Academy partnered with the Observatoire Ivoirien des Droits de l’Homme (OIDH) to organise a specialised training course on core international crimes for members of the judicial police and gendarmerie of Côte d’Ivoire. The seminar was conducted from 20 to 22 July 2023 in Daloa. Apart...
18.07.2023
Webinar on the Importance of the Nuremberg Principles Organised by the International Association of Prosecutors
On 18 July 2023, the Nuremberg Academy took part in a webinar titled “The Importance of the Nuremberg Principles for Prosecutors”, organised by the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP). It brought together Deputy Director Dr Viviane Dittrich, Project Officer Alexander Fernandes-Köhler and...
07.07.2023
Dr Moumita Mandal visited the Nuremberg Academy
On 7 July 2023, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr Moumita Mandal, a Guest Scientist from the Max Planck Institute for Public International Law, to the Nuremberg Academy. Project Officer Alexander Fernandes-Köhler presented the Academy and its activities. During her visit, Dr Mandal expressed a...
06.07.2023
Nuremberg Academy hosted Human Rights Programme of the Berg Institute
On 6 July 2023, the Nuremberg Academy welcomed a group of 20 legal professionals from Spain and Latin America from the study programme Derechos Humanos, Relaciones Internacionales y Liderazgo Público Democrático run by the Berg Institute, for a session on international criminal law held entirely in...
03.07. – 07.07.2023
Strengthening Domestic Capacity to Prosecute International and Transnational Crimes in Africa
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy, in cooperation with the Asser Institute and the Antonio Cassese Initiative, organised a seminar entitled “Strengthening Domestic Capacity to Prosecute and Adjudicate International and Transnational Crimes in Africa”. This was the fourth cycle of...
03.07.2023
Visit by Prof. Dr Vanessa Conze and her Students from Katholische Universität Eichstätt
On 3 July 2023, the Nuremberg Academy welcomed two student groups from the Master programme “Conflict – Memory – Peace” run by the Katholische Universität Eichstätt (Germany) and the University of Bogotá (Colombia). Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling and Project Officer Dr Pablo Gavira Díaz...
30.06.2023
Director Professor Dr Safferling met with Member of Parliament Gabriela Heinrich and her Team
On Friday, 30 June 2023, Ms Gabriela Heinrich, Member of the German Parliament visited the Nuremberg Academy together with her team. In the meeting, which lasted about one hour, Director Professor Safferling introduced the work of the Academy. This was followed by a vivid discussion on several...
30.06.2023
Dr Viviane Dittrich Invited to the Franco-German Research Centre Marc Bloch in Berlin
On 30 June 2023, Deputy Director Dr Viviane Dittrich spoke at the Centre Marc Bloch, the Franco-German Research Centre for the Humanities and Social Sciences in Berlin, an affiliated institute of the Humboldt Universität, as part of the Nuremberg Academy’s outreach activities. She was invited to...
19.06.2023
Director Professor Dr Safferling met with General Public Prosecutor of Nuremberg
Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling met with the General Public Prosecutor of Nuremberg Andreas Wimmer on 19 June 2023. They emphasised the general interest in their respective fields of work. Good neighbourly relations will be upheld. The Academy is particularly interested in the field of...
09.06.2023
Director Professor Dr Safferling at the Kirchentag 2023
From 7 to 11 June 2023, Nuremberg was the host city of the biannual German Protestant Kirchentag. Director Safferling moderated a panel on the topic ”What happens after the war?“ on Friday 9 June. Participants were Ms Sara Fremberg from the German NGO medica mondiale, Dr Lars Otte, deputy Federal...
09.06.2023
Dr Viviane Dittrich Spoke at Franco-German Dialogue for Peace and Justice in The Hague
On 9 June 2023, Deputy Director Dr Viviane Dittrich participated in the inaugural Franco-German Dialogue for Peace and Justice, organised by the Franco-German University and The Hague Academy of International Law at their premises at the Peace Palace in The Hague. She spoke on the panel “Crimes...
07.06.2023
Appel à Candidatures : Résidences Adamas 2023
Séjour de recherche dans le cadre du Prix de l´Académie internationale des principes de Nuremberg. Du 8 au 17 septembre 2023, le Château de Goutelas, en partenariat avec le Conseil constitutionnel français, l’Académie internationale des principes de Nuremberg, l’Association Internationale de Droit...
07.06.2023
Call for Applications: Adamas Residencies 2023
Research residency as part of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy Award. From 8 to 17 September 2023, the Château de Goutelas, in partnership with the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, the French Constitutional Council, the International Association of Economic Law (A.I.D.E.)...
05.06. – 07.06.2023
EJTN-GNS Joint Training for European Judges and Prosecutors
The Nuremberg Academy hosted the “Joint Training on the Investigation and Prosecution of Core International Crimes”, organised by the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) and the Genocide Network Secretariat (GNS), in Nuremberg, from 5 to 7 June 2023. The training was attended by judges and...
30.05.2023
Judge Thomas Buergenthal, Honorary President of our Advisory Council, has Passed away
We mourn the loss of our Advisory Council’s Honorary President, Judge Thomas Buergenthal, who passed away, on Monday, 29 May 2023, at the age of 89 years. Judge Thomas Buergenthal supported the creation of the Nuremberg Academy from the very beginning. He became the first President of the Advisory...
17.05.2023
Meeting of Director Professor Dr Safferling with General Public Prosecutor in Munich
Academy Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling met with Mr Reinhard Röttle, General Public Prosecutor in Munich on 17 May 2023. Professor Safferling introduced the Academy and its mission to the highest Prosecutor of Bavaria. They discussed ways to cooperate, in particular in the fields of...
16.05.2023
Legal Trainees from the Higher Regional Court Nuremberg at the Nuremberg Academy
When you study Law in Germany it is required by law that you also study the National Socialist past and the perversion of the legal system. The Nuremberg Academy has suggested a programme together with the Higher Regional Court and the Memorium Nuremberg Trials for legal trainees to visit the...
16.05.2023
The Nuremberg Academy Participated in High-Level Event on “International Criminal Justice and Vulnerable Victims”
On 16 May 2023, Deputy Director Dr Viviane Dittrich and Anabela Alves, Senior Officer for Training and Capacity Building, were invited to participate in a seminar on “International Criminal Justice and Vulnerable Victims”. The high-level event was held at the Quai d’Orsay, Paris and organised by the...
15.05.2023
Expert Seminar on Judicial Ethics "On the path to a common code of ethics for international criminal judges"
On 15 May 2023, high-level experts including several Presidents of international criminal courts and tribunals met in Paris for a seminar on ethics in international criminal justice. It was the second seminar of the project “Ethica, on the path to a common code of ethics for international criminal...
11.05.2023
Director Professor Dr Safferling met with the President of the International Criminal Court
Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling was at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 11 May 2023. He was welcomed by the President of the ICC Piotr Hofmanski, who emphasised how important the International Nuremberg Principles Academy was for the ICC. The Nuremberg Academy kept the legacy of...
08.05.2023
Nuremberg Declaration on the Crime of Aggression
On 8 May 2023, the Nuremberg Academy published the “Nuremberg Declaration on the Crime of Aggression. In 1945 the Crime of Aggression was prosecuted for the first time in history before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. The promise was then to criminalise aggression in order to...
08.05.2023
Academy Talk given by Professor Frédéric Mégret
On 8 May 2023, Professor Dr Frédéric Mégret (McGill University) visited the Nuremberg Academy and gave a talk on “International Criminal Law and the Symbolic Economy of Stigma”. His paper was an attempt to shed light on the meta language of international criminal justice. He spoke on the pitfalls of...
08.05.2023
Director Professor Dr Safferling was welcomed by the President of the Higher Regional Court
On 8 May 2023, Director Professor Christoph Safferling was welcomed by the President of the Higher Regional Court, Dr Thomas Dickert. Representing the Free State of Bavaria as one of the founders of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, President Dickert congratulated Director Safferling...
08.05.2023
Director Professor Dr Safferling welcomed the President of the Regional Court Nuremberg-Fürth
On 8 May 2023, Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling welcomed the President of the Regional Court Nuremberg-Fürth, Roland Glass, to the premises of the Nuremberg Academy. President Glass expressed his appreciation for the “Good Neighbourhood Day” the Academy held in April and his hope that such...
04.05.2023
Nuremberg Academy Lecture 2023: Claus Kreß on “The Ukraine War and the Crime of Aggression”
Since 2020 the International Nuremberg Principles Academy has started the Nuremberg Academy Lectures as a series of public lectures on current issues of international criminal law. On 4 May 2023, the second Nuremberg Academy Lecture took place at the historic Courtroom 600 on “The Ukraine War and...
21.04.2023
Visit of a Group of Colombian Master Students
On 21 April 2023, a group of Master students from Colombia visited the Nuremberg Academy. The visit represented one station of their study tour to Nuremberg, which also led them to the Memorium Nuremberg Trials and to historic Courtroom 600, the place where modern international criminal law was...
17.04.2023
Good Neighbourhood Day
We were delighted to welcome our “neighbours” of the Nuremberg judiciary on 17 April 2023. We invited officials and staff of the Nuremberg courts to get to know the Academy, its work and its premises in the east wing of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. After the completion of a new building for the...
14.04.2023
Meeting of Director Professor Dr Safferling with the Chief of Police of Middle Franconia
Director Professor Dr Safferling met with the Chief of Police of Middle Franconia, Mr Adolf Blöchl, and his deputy, Chief Commissioner Gernot Rochholz, on 14 April 2023. In this first mutual introductory meeting, they discussed the Academy's activities, security issues that may arise and current...
07.04.2023
Benjamin “Ben“ Ferencz the last Prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials has Passed away
It is with deep sadness that the Nuremberg Academy learnt of the passing of Benjamin "Ben" Ferencz, former prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials, on Friday, 7 April 2023, at the age of 103 years. Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling expressed, on behalf of the entire team of the Academy, sincere...
05.04.2023
Director Professor Dr Safferling met with Member of Parliament Gabriela Heinrich
On 5 April 2023, Director Professor Christoph Safferling met with Ms Gabriela Heinrich, member of the German Parliament for the Social Democratic Party. They discussed, inter alia, possibilities of prosecuting the crime of aggression in relation to Ukraine. Another topic was the Academy’s research...
05.04.2023
Exchange with the Head of the Nuremberg-Fürth Public Prosecutor's Office Petra Strohbach
Ms Petra Strohbach, new Head of the Nuremberg-Fürth Public Prosecutor's Office since February this year, came over to the east building of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice on 5 April 2023 to exchange views with Academy Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling. Professor Safferling first presented...
03.04.2023
Director Professor Dr Safferling Welcomes Responsibles for Legal Training at the Nuremberg Higher Regional Court
Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling welcomed the judges responsible for the programme of legal trainees at the Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg, Ms Silke Weidner, Dr Sina Eichentopf and Dr Michael Müller, to the Academy's premises on 3 April 2023. During the meeting, they discussed the...
27.03.2023
The Nuremberg Academy Co-Organiser of The Nuremberg Principles Conference in Washington, D.C.
On 27 March 2023, the conference “The Nuremberg Principles: The Contemporary Challenges” brought together leading experts to discuss the applicability and implementation of the Nuremberg Principles in promoting human rights and enforcing international criminal law in the context of today. The...
20.03.2023
Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling at the Higher Regional Court of Bamberg
On 20 March 2023, Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling, visited the Higher Regional Court of Bamberg for an extensive exchange of views with its President Mr Lothar Schmitt. They agreed that a continuing exchange could develop possible common approaches and activities. The President of the...
17.03.2023
District President of Middle Franconia, Dr Kerstin Engelhardt-Blum, Visited the Academy
Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling welcomed the District President of Middle Franconia, Dr Kerstin Engelhardt-Blum, in the premises of the Nuremberg Academy on 17 March 2023. A broad variety of topics were addressed, inter alia, the training of lawyers, dealing with refugees – especially...
14.03.2023
Visit by the President of the Nuremberg Bar Association Dr Uwe Wirsching
On 14 March 2023, the President of the Nuremberg Bar Association (RAK), Dr Uwe Wirsching, visited the Nuremberg Academy accompanied by the RAK Managing Director, Ms Katja Popp. Dr Wirsching presented Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling with the book "Eine Mutter kämpft gegen Hitler" by...
02.03.2023
Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling met with the Lord Mayor of Nuremberg Marcus König
The new Director of the Nuremberg Academy, Professor Dr Christoph Safferling, met with the Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg, Mr Marcus König, on 2 March 2023. The City of Nuremberg is one of the Academy’s three founders. They discussed the importance of the Nuremberg Academy for the city of...
24.02. – 25.02.2023
International Conference on the War in Ukraine with Presentation by Anabela Alves
On 24 and 25 February 2023, Senior Officer Anabela Alves represented the Nuremberg Academy at the international conference titled “La guerre russo-ukrainienne, un an après : enjeux et perspectives”. The event marked the one-year anniversary since the invasion by Russia and the ongoing war of...
15.02.2023
Professor Dr Christoph Safferling is the new Director of the Nuremberg Academy
On 15 February 2023, Professor Dr Christoph Safferling takes on the position of the Nuremberg Academy‘s new Director. A proven expert on the subject with in-depth knowledge of the institution, he has closely accompanied the Nuremberg Academy since its very beginnings: first as Chairman of the...
14.02.2023
Launch of Lexsitus 2.0. offering new Features including French Version
The online, open access e-learning platform Lexsitus has been released today in its second edition (Lexsitus 2.0.). Since its launch five years ago, Lexsitus has become a popular tool for the study of and support of work on international criminal law, with more than 1 million annual hits. The...
10.02. – 12.02.2023
The Nuremberg Academy participated in an event honouring Mireille Delmas-Marty
From 10 to 12 February 2023, the Chateau de Goutelas paid homage to the eminent jurist and humanist Mireille Delmas-Marty one year after her passing. The Nuremberg Academy, programme partner of the Résidences Adamas, was represented at the event “The solidarity of the living. Towards a community...
06.02.2023
Expert Seminar on Judicial Ethics held in Nuremberg
On 6 February 2023, high-level experts including several Presidents of international criminal courts and tribunals came together in Nuremberg for an expert seminar on judicial ethics. The Nuremberg Academy hosted the first seminar of the project “Ethica, on the path to a common code of ethics for...
02.02. – 03.02.2023
Dr Viviane Dittrich attended the 8es Journées de la Justice Pénale Internationale
Dr Viviane Dittrich, Deputy Director of the Nuremberg Academy, participated in the 8es Journées de la justice pénale internationale from 2 to 3 February 2023. The topics discussed at the conference included, inter alia, the situation in Ukraine, current developments at the International Criminal...
06.12.2022
Apply now for the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2023 (anglophone and francophone editions)
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy invites applications to the 2023 editions of the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals taking place online. Dates: Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2023 (anglophone edition): 31 July to 11 August 2023 For more...
05.12.2022
Applications for the Nuremberg Moot Court 2023 are now open
In 2023, the Nuremberg Moot Court will return to the historic Courtroom 600 in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. The oral rounds will take place from 19 July to 22 July 2023 in Nuremberg, Germany. Applications will be open until 30 January 2023. Please register online on the Nuremberg Moot...
05.12. – 11.12.2022
Side Event on the Length of the Proceedings at the International Criminal Court at the 21st Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute
On 5 December 2022, the Nuremberg Academy organised a side event, hosted by Germany, at the twenty-first session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC ASP), which took place in The Hague from 5 to 11 December 2022. The panel discussion was titled “The Trials at...
21.11. – 25.11.2022
Intensive Training Programme International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law for Iraqi Judges
The Nuremberg Academy, in partnership with the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD), organised an advanced training course on international humanitarian law (IHL) and international criminal law (ICL) for 19 members of the Iraqi...
24.10.2022
Rome Statute Anniversary Conference at the Cour de Cassation in Paris with Presentation by Dr Viviane Dittrich
On 24 October 2022, Deputy Director Dr Viviane Dittrich participated in a high-level conference marking the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute organised by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs at the Cour de cassation in Paris, France. The conference was held...
13.10. – 15.10.2022
The International Criminal Court 2002–2020: A Court in Practice
The Nuremberg Academy organised its annual Nuremberg Forum from 13 to 15 October 2022. The conference took place at the historic Courtroom 600 of the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg. The conference was held on site and virtually through the Nuremberg Forum 2022 online platform, with some chairs and...
28.09.2022
Visit by the Diplomatenkolleg 2022 of the German Federal Foreign Office's Foreign Service Academy
On 28 September 2022, the Nuremberg Academy welcomed a group of 19 diplomats stationed in Berlin, who were interested in knowing more about the Nuremberg Academy and its commitment to the promotion of international criminal law. The diplomats are part of the Diplomatenkolleg (Diplomats' College)...
19.09. – 23.09.2022
Advanced Seminar on the Investigation and Prosecution of International Crimes
From 19 to 23 September 2022, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (the Mechanism), the Nuremberg Academy and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) jointly hosted an Advanced Seminar on the Investigation and Prosecution of International Crimes in...
17.09.2022
The Nuremberg Academy Participated in “Stadt(ver)führungen” in Nuremberg
The 23rd edition of the Stadt(ver)führungen took place from 16 to 18 September 2022 and provided for more than 1,100 guided tours in the city of Nürnberg and Fürth under the motto Verwandlungen (metamorphosises, transformations). The marathon of guided visits included an event held by the Nuremberg...
17.09.2022
The Nuremberg Academy Participated in Siracusa International Institute’s 50th Anniversary Conference
On 17 September 2022, Deputy Director Dr Viviane Dittrich was invited to participate in the 50th anniversary conference “Peace, Security and Justice in Europe and the Mediterranean: How can Europe reinforce the global fight against impunity?” organised by the Siracusa International Institute for...
15.08. – 26.08.2022
Académie d'été de Nuremberg pour jeunes professionnel.les 2022
L'Académie internationale des principes de Nuremberg a tenu sa septième édition anglophone de l'Académie d'été de Nuremberg pour jeunes professionnel.les du 1 au 12 août 2022, qui a été suivie de la troisième édition francophone du 15 au 26 août 2022. Chaque année, l'Académie de Nuremberg rassemble...
01.08. – 12.08.2022
Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2022
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy held its seventh Anglophone edition of the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals from 1 to 12 August 2022, which was followed by the third Francophone edition from 15 to 26 August 2022. Every year, the Nuremberg Academy brings together young...
27.07.2022
Nuremberg Academy Participates in Berg Institute’s Human Rights Programme 2022
On 12 July 2022, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy (Nuremberg Academy) participated in the Berg Institute’s Human Rights academic programme entitled “Derechos Humanos en el Terreno 2022” (Human Rights in the Field 2022). The programme brings together legal professionals from Spain and...
26.07.2022
We are Deeply Sorry for the Loss of our Former Colleague Friederike Mieth
In 2015, Friederike Mieth worked at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy as Consultant for the interdisciplinary research project on the Acceptance of International Criminal Law.In 2016, she took over the Nuremberg Academy’s Human Rights Education Unit replacing a colleague on maternity...
15.07.2022
Maastricht University wins the Nuremberg Moot Court 2022
The Nuremberg Moot Court 2022 ended on 15 July 2022, after the brilliant participation of 199 students from 45 universities located in 28 countries. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg congratulate all the teams for their hard work...
28.06.2022
Visit by a Group from the Irish Centre for Human Rights
On 28 June 2022, Director Klaus Rackwitz welcomed a group of twelve students and PhD students in international law, international criminal law and human rights from the Irish Centre for Human Rights. The visit represented one station of their study tour in Nuremberg which also led them to the...
22.06. – 24.06.2022
EJTN-GNS Joint Training for European Judges and Prosecutors
The Nuremberg Academy hosted the third “Joint Training on the Investigation and Prosecution of Core International Crimes”, organised in Nuremberg by the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) and the Genocide Network Secretariat (GNS) hosted by Eurojust, from 22 to 24 June 2022. The training...
01.06.2022
The International Criminal Court Colloquium – Africa, the Ukraine Crisis, and International Law: Quo Vadis?
The Center for International Law and Policy in Africa (CILPA), with the co-sponsorship of the Nuremberg Academy and the American Society of International Law (ASIL), organised a roundtable discussion entitled “Africa, the Ukraine Crisis, and International Law: Quo Vadis?” on 1 June 2022. This event...
24.05. – 28.05.2022
Training Course on Core International Crimes for Ivorian Magistrates
The Nuremberg Academy partnered with the Observatoire Ivoirien des Droits de l’Homme (OIDH) and the Ivorian Ministry of Justice and Human Rights to organise the second training course on core international crimes. This second seminar took place in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, from 24 to 28 May 2022....
18.05.2022
Participation of the Nuremberg Academy in the Annual Meeting of the Arbeitskreis Völkerstrafrecht
On 6 and 7 May 2022, Director Klaus Rackwitz participated in the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Arbeitskreis Völkerstrafrecht, which took place in Berlin. It was the first in-person meeting of the German speaking international criminal law (ICL) experts since 2019. Key topics discussed this year...
05.04.2022
Visit by Student Group from Finland
A group of students from Finnish Åbo Academy University visited the Nuremberg Academy on 30 March 2022. The visit represented one station of their study trip to Nuremberg. Director Klaus Rackwitz presented the Academy and its work to the students who specialise in international law, political...
17.03.2022
Nuremberg Academy Participated in the Expert Forum ‘Denial laws. Experiences and perspectives’
On 17 March 2022, the Nuremberg Academy participated in an online expert forum entitled ‘Denial laws. Experiences and perspectives’, jointly organised by the Elisabeth Käsemann Foundation, the Global Diplomacy Lab and Museo Sitio de Memoria ESMA. The event brought together a panel of experts in the...
16.03.2022
Visit by US-American Law Students
On 16 March 2022, after almost two years of closure of the Nuremberg Academy for visitors – necessary due to the COVID-19 pandemic – Director Klaus Rackwitz welcomed a group of law students from DePaul University, Chicago, where the legendary Cherif Bassiouni founded the International Human Rights...
22.02.2022
Online Panel Discussion and Book Launch: ‘The Past, Present and Future of the International Criminal Court’
The Nuremberg Academy held the live online panel discussion and book launch of the fifth volume of the Nuremberg Academy Series, entitled The Past, Present and Future of the International Criminal Court, as a Zoom webinar on 22 February 2022. Edited by Dr. Alexander Heinze and Dr. Viviane E....
17.01.2022
Applications for the Nuremberg Moot Court 2022 are now closed
The Nuremberg Moot Court 2022 will be entirely held online. The oral rounds will take place from 1 July to 15 July 2022. Applications were open from 15 November 2021 until 17 January 2022. Please access the 2022 Rules on the Nuremberg Moot Court’s Website.
12.01.2022
The International Criminal Court Colloquium: "Challenges and Opportunities for African State and Civil Society Engagement in the ICC Review Process"
On 12 January 2022, 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 (Nuremberg Academy), conducted a roundtable discussion exploring the role of the African...
17.12.2021
New Book Publication: The Fifth Volume of the Nuremberg Academy Series "The Past, Present and Future of the International Criminal Court" is now available
The Nuremberg Academy has now published the fifth volume of the Nuremberg Academy Series entitled The Past, Present and Future of the International Criminal Court, edited by Alexander Heinze and Viviane E. Dittrich. This edited volume provides a broad perspective on the International Criminal...
07.12.2021
20th ASP and 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), organised 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?"
On 19 October 2021, 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 (Nuremberg Academy), conducted a roundtable discussion exploring the possibility of...
15.10. – 16.10.2021
Nuremberg Forum 2021
On 15 and 16 October 2021, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy (Nuremberg Academy) held its annual international conference, the Nuremberg Forum 2021, entitled "The Fight against Impunity since 1950: Living Up to the Nuremberg Principles?". The conference was held virtually and through...
12.10.2021
Navi Pillay: "I've spent my life fighting for human rights - and the job is not done"
Navi Pillay is the President of the Advisory Council of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy since 2017. In an inspiring op-ed published on CNN she looks back at her own life and career as well as at the developments that followed the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. 20...
30.09. – 01.10.2021
75th Anniversary of the Verdict of the International Military Tribunal
On 30 September and 1 October 2021, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Robert H. Jackson Center hosted two high-profile roundtable discussions, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the final Judgement of the International Military Tribunal, and considering the Judgement’s...
18.09.2021
"Stadtverführungen": Film screening and discussion
"Peace through Justice - the Legacy of Thomas Buergenthal": At this year's Nuremberg "Stadtverführungen", the International Nuremberg Principles Academy showed the documentary about the moving life of Thomas Buergenthal and the pioneering role he played and continues to play in the criminal...
16.08. – 27.08.2021
Académie d'été de Nuremberg pour jeunes professionnel.les 2021
L'Académie internationale des principes de Nuremberg a tenu sa sixième édition anglophone de l'Académie d'été de Nuremberg pour jeunes professionnel.les du 2 au 13 août 2021, qui a été suivie de la deuxième édition francophone du 16 au 27 août 2021. Chaque année, l'Académie de Nuremberg rassemble...
09.08. – 20.08.2021
Intensive Course on Human Rights, International Criminal Law, and Transitional Justice in Kinshasa, DRC
Since 2019, the Nuremberg Academy contributes to the Cours intensifs sur les droits de l'homme, le droit international pénal et la justice transitionnelle (Intensive Courses on Human Rights, International Criminal Law, and Transitional Justice) organised by Le Club des amis du droit du Congo...
02.08. – 13.08.2021
Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2021
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy held its sixth Anglophone edition of the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals from 2 to 13 August 2021, which was followed by the second Francophone edition from 16 to 27 August 2021. Every year, the Nuremberg Academy brings together young...
30.07.2021
Queen Mary University of London wins the Nuremberg Moot Court 2021
The Nuremberg Moot Court 2021 ended on 30 July after the brilliant participation of more than 190 students from 46 universities located in 30 countries. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg congratulate all the teams for their hard...
22.07.2021
Registration for the Nuremberg Forum 2021 is now open
The Nuremberg Forum is an annual international conference organized by the International Nuremberg Principles Academy (Nuremberg Academy). It brings together leading scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and civil society, and provides a forum for dialogue and critical exchange on contemporary...
24.05. – 29.05.2021
Training course on core international crimes for Ivorian magistrates
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy partnered with the Observatoire Ivoirien des Droits de l’Homme (OIDH) and the Ivorian Ministry of Justice and Human Rights to organise a training course on core international crimes. The seminar, which took place in Ivory Coast from 24 to 29 May...
21.05.2021
Release of the Practical Guide for Evaluating the Deterrent Effect of International and National Judicial Proceedings on Atrocity Crimes
The Nuremberg Academy has published ‘A Practical Guide for Evaluating the Deterrent Effect of International and National Judicial Proceedings on Atrocity Crimes’, which is now available for download on this website. The practical guide has been created in collaboration with Professor Linda Carter...
08.05.2021
International Conference ‘Prohibition, Prosecution and Prevention of Enforced Disappearances’
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg organised an international conference entitled ‘Prohibition, Prosecution and Prevention of Enforced Disappearances’ on 7 and 8 May 2021. The keynote address was delivered by Prof. Olivier de...
16.04.2021
‘Peace Through Justice’ – Online Film Screening and Conversation with Judge Thomas Buergenthal
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy 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, followed by a Q&A session....
29.03.2021
Director Klaus Rackwitz participated in the Online Roundtable Discussion ‘The ICC Prosecutor Selection Process’ on 29.03.2021
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, held a roundtable discussion regarding the selection process for the Prosecutor of the International Criminal...
17.03.2021
Digital Evidence Database: Release and Related Expert Workshop
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is pleased to announce the release of its ‘Digital Evidence Database’, a unique online tool that provides a comprehensive collection of material on digital evidence. This repository results from its ongoing interdisciplinary project ‘E-procedure:...
11.03.2021
‘Law. Not War.’ – Special Event honouring Ben Ferencz on his 101st Birthday
The Nuremberg Academy held a special online event in honour of and with live participation of Benjamin ‘Ben’ Ferencz on his 101st birthday on 11 March 2021. Deputy Director Dr. Viviane Dittrich moderated the event. Chosen photo impressions and video clips of Ben Ferencz, featuring a conversation...
08.03. – 12.03.2021
International and Transnational Criminal Law Online Seminar
The Nuremberg Academy partnered with the Asser Institute and the Antonio Cassese Initiative to organise a seminar entitled ‘Strengthening Domestic Capacity to Prosecute and Adjudicate International and Transnational Crimes in Africa’. The high-level seminar, which took place online from 8 to 12...
02.02.2021
Online Panel Discussion and Book Launch: ‘Integrity in International Justice’
The Nuremberg Academy held the live online panel discussion and launch of the fourth volume of the Nuremberg Academy Series, entitled Integrity in International Justice as a Zoom webinar on 2 February 2021. The anthology, edited by Morten Bergsmo and Viviane E. Dittrich, is the first book...
29.01.2021
Presentation by Dr. Viviane Dittrich at the 6e Journées de la justice pénale internationale
Dr. Viviane Dittrich, Deputy Director of the Nuremberg Academy, gave a presentation in French on the national prosecution of international crimes in Germany (presentation title: ‘Les poursuites engagées devant les jurisdictions allemandes’) at the 6e Journées de la justice pénale internationale on...
25.01.2021
Film Screening ‘Peace Through Justice’ in Online Event of the Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg
The Nuremberg Academy showed the documentary ‘Peace Through Justice – The Legacy of Thomas Buergenthal’ in the online discussion ‘International criminal law – more topical than ever!’ initiated by the President of the Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg, Dr. Thomas Dickert, on 25 January 2021. The...
20.01.2021
Dr. Viviane Dittrich spoke on 75th anniversary of Nuremberg Trials at Sciences Po Paris
On 20 January 2021, Dr. Viviane Dittrich joined Professor Philippe Sands to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials at a Sciences Po Paris seminar. Dr. Dittrich, Deputy Director of the Nuremberg Academy, focused her presentation on the significance, then and now, of the Nuremberg...
16.12.2020
Resource Collection on the Nuremberg Principles
It has been 70 years since the International Law Commission formulated the ‘Principles of International Law Recognized in the Charter of the Nürnberg Tribunal and in the Judgment of the Tribunal’ (Nuremberg Principles). Since then, the Nuremberg Principles remain among the most valuable inheritances...
01.12.2020
Nuremberg Forum 2018 Conference Report Now Available
The Nuremberg Academy has published the Nuremberg Forum 2018 conference report entitled ‘20th Anniversary of the Rome Statute: Law, Justice and Politics’, which is available for download on the website of the Nuremberg Academy. This comprehensive publication is based on the high-level discussions...
01.12.2020
Klaus Rackwitz and Navi Pillay participated in the online event ‘Nuremberg at 75: Launching the “Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations” and Outlining the Future of Visual Evidence in International Accountability’
Director Klaus Rackwitz, the President of the Advisory Council of the Nuremberg Academy, Dr. Navi Pillay, and its Vice President, Professor Christoph Safferling, participated in an online event commemorating the 75th anniversary of the first use of film as evidence in an international trial and...
24.11.2020
Nuremberg Academy Lectures: Lecture by Philippe Sands on ‘International Justice and Personal Stories’
The Nuremberg Academy launched a new event series marking the 70th anniversary of the formulation of the Nuremberg Principles in 2020: The Nuremberg Academy Lectures. Professor Philippe Sands QC, world-renowned human rights lawyer and author, delivered the inaugural lecture titled ‘International...
23.11.2020
Dr. Viviane Dittrich spoke at high-level event ‘75 Years after the Nuremberg Trials’ organized by the Federal Ministry of Justice
On 23 November 2020, Deputy Director Dr. Viviane Dittrich participated in the high-level event ‘75 Years after the Nuremberg Trial: The Path to International Criminal Law’ organized by the German Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJV). Marking the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Nuremberg...
21.11.2020
Klaus Rackwitz participated in ‘The Lessons of Nuremberg’ International Scientific and Practical Forum
Director Klaus Rackwitz participated online in an international panel discussion on 21 November 2020 which formed part of the thematic platform ‘Historical Truth or Propaganda: How to Talk about War and Genocide in the Modern Public Landscape’. The panel discussion was held in the margins of ‘The...
19.11.2020
New Book Publication: The Latest Volume of the Nuremberg Academy Series ‘Integrity in International Justice’ is out now
The Nuremberg Academy is pleased to announce that the fourth volume of the Nuremberg Academy Series entitled Integrity in International Justice, edited by Morten Bergsmo and Viviane E. Dittrich, has now been published. This is the first book to comprehensively analyse integrity in international...
05.11.2020
Applications for the Nuremberg Moot Court 2021 are now open
The Nuremberg Moot Court 2021 will be exceptionally held online this year. The oral rounds will take place from 5 July to 30 July 2021. Applications will be open until 14 January 2021. Please register online and access the 2021 Rules on the Nuremberg Moot Court’s Website.
30.10.2020
Online Panel Discussion and Book Launch: ‘The Tokyo Tribunal: Perspectives on Law, History and Memory’
The Nuremberg 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 30 October 2020. The...
28.10.2020
Hybrid ICL Course with a Training-of-Trainers Component – Follow-up Workshop
On 28 October 2020, the Nuremberg Academy and the Wayamo Foundation organised the second workshop of the international criminal law (ICL) course with a training-of-trainers (ToT) component in Abuja, Nigeria. It is a follow-up to the training held between 26 and 29 November 2019 in Abeokuta. Due to...
27.10.2020
New Book Publication: ‘The Tokyo Tribunal: Perspectives on Law, History and Memory’, the Latest Volume of the Nuremberg Academy Series, is out now
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, has now been published. This edited volume combines perspectives from law,...
21.10.2020
International Media Correspondents visit the Nuremberg Academy
The Nuremberg Academy welcomed eleven members of the Association of the Foreign Press in Germany (Verein der ausländischen Presse in Deutschland) on 21 October 2020. During their two-day visit to Nuremberg the international correspondents from television, radio and the print media got insights into...
14.10.2020
Move into the East Wing of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice
Leaving its interim premises at the Egidienplatz in the Nuremberg city centre after five years the Nuremberg Academy moved into its new permanent premises in the east wing of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice on 9 October 2020. The founders had already designated this location for the Academy when it...
10.10.2020
Dr. Viviane Dittrich spoke at Tufts University Symposium ‘Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities’
On 10 October 2020, Dr. Viviane Dittrich participated in the 2020 EPIIC International Symposium ‘Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities’ organized by the Institute for Global Leadership of Tufts University. On the panel ‘After Genocide: Prosecution, Transitional Justice and Reconciliation’, Deputy...
09.10.2020
Nuremberg Academy participated in Online Conference ‘The UN at 75: Effective Multilateralism and International Law’
The Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations and the Federal Foreign Office of Germany organized the online conference ‘The UN at 75: Effective Multilateralism and International Law’ on 9 October 2020. Klaus Rackwitz and Dr. Viviane Dittrich, Director and Deputy Director of the Nuremberg...
28.09. – 29.09.2020
Nuremberg Academy participated in Expert Workshop on Digital Evidence
Jolana Makraiová, Senior Officer for Interdisciplinary Research, participated in a two-day online expert workshop entitled ‘Online Expert Workshop on Digitally Derived Evidence’, organised by the Leiden University on 28 and 29 September 2020. The expert workshop analysed guidelines that the...
24.09.2020
Director Klaus Rackwitz Presented at the 59th Meeting of the Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI) of the Council of Europe
Director Klaus Rackwitz gave a presentation during the 59th Meeting of the Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law of the Council of Europe (CAHDI) on 24 September 2020. While the meeting took place in Prague, however, due to the COVID-19 situation, a number of delegates, including...
18.08.2020
Meeting with Representatives of the U.S. Army
Deputy Director Dr. Viviane Dittrich and Director Klaus Rackwitz participated in a round table meeting with representatives of the United States Army and staff from the museums located in the city of Nuremberg on 18 August 2020. The idea to hold this meeting was brought forward by a private...
08.08.2020
Klaus Rackwitz and Navi Pillay Participated in the Webinar “The Age of Robert H. Jackson – London, Nuremberg, Today”
Director Klaus Rackwitz and the President of the Advisory Council of the Nuremberg Academy, Navi Pillay, took part in the webinar “The Age of Robert H. Jackson – London, Nuremberg, Today” organized by the Robert H. Jackson Center on 8 August 2020. The Nuremberg Academy was one of the program...
09.07.2020
Nuremberg Forum 2020 – CANCELED
The Nuremberg Academy intended to organize the Nuremberg Forum 2020 at Courtroom 600 of the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, on 16 and 17 October 2020. The conference should pay tribute to the Seventieth anniversary of the formulation of the Nuremberg Principles, the principles of...
19.06.2020
Maastricht University wins the Written Round of the Nuremberg Moot Court 2020
The Nuremberg Moot Court 2020 ended on 19 June after the brilliant participation in the written round of more than 250 students from 65 universities located in 40 countries. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg congratulate all...
09.06.2020
International Criminal Law Lectures at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
On invitation of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Eduardo Toledo and Dr. Salim Amin of the Nuremberg Academy lectured in the Human Rights Master Program. The online lectures were part of the International Criminal Law module directed by Dr. Gurgen Petrossian of the International...
05.06.2020
Participation of the Nuremberg Academy in the Annual Meeting of the Arbeitskreis Völkerstrafrecht
Klaus Rackwitz and Dr. Viviane Dittrich, Director and Deputy Director of the Nuremberg Academy, participated in the sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Arbeitskreis Völkerstrafrecht, which took place as a live video conference on 5 June 2020. Key topics discussed this year included recent developments...
14.04.2020
International Conference “Prohibition, Prosecution, and Prevention of Enforced Disappearances” - POSTPONED
The Nuremberg Academy in cooperation with the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN) of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg intended to organize the international conference on “Prohibition, Prosecution, and Prevention of Enforced Disappearances” at Courtroom 600 in the...
31.03.2020
The Oral Rounds of the Nuremberg Moot Court 2020 have been canceled due to COVID-19
After a close monitoring of the situation and careful consideration, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the International Criminal Law Research Unit at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg decided to cancel the oral rounds of the Nuremberg Moot Court that were to be...
26.03.2020
Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2020 (Anglophone) - CANCELED
Every year, the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals brings together participants and experts from all over the world to discuss the investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of core international crimes. After a close monitoring of the situation and careful consideration, we...
26.03.2020
Académie d'été de Nuremberg pour jeunes professionnels - Edition 2020 (francophone) - ANNULEE
Chaque année, l'Académie d'été de Nuremberg rassemble des jeunes professionnels et des experts du monde entier pour discuter des enquêtes, poursuites et jugements des crimes internationaux fondamentaux. Après un examen attentif de la situation, nous avons décidé d'annuler l'Académie d'été de...
11.03.2020
Ben Ferencz turns 100
Benjamin "Ben" Ferencz celebrates his 100th birthday today. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy sends its heartfelt congratulation wishing him good health and that his enthusiasm remains unbroken. Ben Ferencz is one of the most important lawyers and specialist in international criminal...
04.03.2020
Presentation by Dr. Viviane Dittrich at the Nuremberg Lunchtime Book Club
On 4 March 2020, Dr. Viviane Dittrich, Deputy Director of the Nuremberg Academy, was the guest speaker at the Nuremberg Lunchtime Book Club (Nürnberger Mittagslesungen). The event offered an occasion to present the work and current projects of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy to a...
17.02. – 21.02.2020
International and Transnational Criminal Law Seminar in Arusha
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy (Nuremberg Academy), the Asser Institute, the Antonio Cassese Initiative, and the African Institute of International Law (AIIIL) jointly organized a one-week seminar on the prosecution and adjudication of international and transnational crimes in...
17.02.2020
Expert Workshop “Analyzing the Length of Proceedings at the International Criminal Court” in The Hague
As part of the joint research project “Length of the Proceedings at the International Criminal Court”, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy (Nuremberg Academy) and the International Criminal Law Research Unit of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (ICLU) organized an expert...
30.01. – 31.01.2020
The Nuremberg Academy participated in the 5e Journées internationales de la justice pénale internationale in Paris
The 5e Journées internationales de la justice pénale internationale took place in Paris, France, on 30 and 31 January 2020. Dr. Viviane Dittrich, Deputy Director of the Nuremberg Academy, and Natacha Bracq, Senior Officer for Training and Capacity Building, participated in the event organized by...
16.01.2020
Film Screening “Peace Through Justice” and Panel Discussion in Jena
Together with Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (FSU), the International Nuremberg Principles Academy co-organized the screening of the documentary “Peace Through Justice – The Legacy Of Thomas Buergenthal” followed by a panel discussion in Jena, Germany, on 16 January 2020. On the panel,...
09.12.2019
Apply now for the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2020 (Anglophone and Francophone editions)
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy invites applications to the 2020 editions of the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals taking place in Nuremberg, Germany. Dates: Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2020 (Anglophone edition): 6 to 17 July 2020 For more...
06.12.2019
Side Event on Enhancing Cooperation at the 18th Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute
On Friday, 6 December 2019, during the 18th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy together with the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) organized a panel discussion on “Enhancing Prosecution: A Crucial Factor...
04.12.2019
Side Event on Nuremberg Principle III at the 18th Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute
During the 18th Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy organized a panel discussion on “Head of State Immunities: Situating Nuremberg Principle III Within the Current International Legal Framework”. The side event took place at the World Forum...
26.11. – 29.11.2019
ICL Course with a Training-of-Trainers Component in Abeokuta
Between 26 and 29 November 2019, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Wayamo Foundation co-organized an international criminal law (ICL) course with a training-of-trainers (ToT) component in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Twenty members of the National Judicial Institute, the Nigerian...
22.11.2019
The Nuremberg Academy Celebrates its 5th Anniversary
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy was established five years ago with the aim to actively contribute to the efforts of the international community for ending impunity for core international crimes as stated in the Nuremberg Principles. On 22 November 2014, the representatives of the...
05.11.2019
Guidelines for Social Workers and Care Providers in Germany: Refugees as Potential Witnesses of International Crimes – Updated Version now Available
On 5 November 2019, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy together with the City of Nuremberg, presented the updated version of the guidelines dealing with refugees as potential witnesses of international crimes. Thorsten Bach, from the City of Nuremberg, highlighted key points and updates...
24.10.2019
Visit by South African Journalists
A group of journalists from South Africa visited the International Nuremberg Principles Academy on 24 October. The visit represented one station of their information tour on the Subject of "Democracy and the Past". It was organized by the Goethe-Institut and was part of the “Visitors Programme” of...
18.10. – 19.10.2019
Nuremberg Forum 2019
The annual major expert conference of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy took place at the historic Courtroom 600 in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice on 18 and 19 October 2019. The 5th edition of the Nuremberg Forum addressed “The Nuremberg Principles beyond the International Criminal...
26.09.2019
Panel Discussion “Desk Perpetrators – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy organized a panel discussion and dialogue, which explored the nuances and intricacies of the history, current evolution and development of Schreibtischtäter (desk perpetrators) and their international crimes. It was co-organized with and held at the...
24.09.2019
Film Screening and Panel Discussion on “International Human Rights – Vision or Reality?“ in Berlin
The Bavarian Representation in Berlin welcomed the International Nuremberg Principles Academy for the screening of the documentary “Peace Through Justice - The Legacy Of Thomas Buergenthal” and a related panel discussion on international human rights on 24 September 2019. The panel was composed of...
18.09. – 20.09.2019
EJTN-GNS Joint Training for European Judges and Prosecutors
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy hosted the second “Joint Training on the Impact of Refugees in Europe on the Investigation and Prosecution of Core International Crimes”, organized in Nuremberg by the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) and the Genocide Network Secretariat (GNS)...
17.09.2019
Presentation of the Documentary “Peace Through Justice” at the International Human Rights Film Festival-Albania and Panel Discussion in Tirana
The documentary “Peace Through Justice - The Legacy Of Judge Buergenthal” was screened at the 14th edition of the International Human Rights Film Festival-Albania (IHRFFA) in Tirana on 17 September 2019. This annual six-day festival aims “to bring the people of Tirana and Albania, the...
09.09.2019
Public Lecture and Discussion - One Hundred Years of Turpitude: A Century of War Crimes Trials
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy hosted a public lecture by Professor Gerry Simpson in the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice titled “One Hundred Years of Turpitude: A Century of War Crimes Trials”, on 9 September 2019. In the illustrated lecture, Professor...
29.08.2019
Keynote Lecture by Dr. Viviane Dittrich at Sciences Po Paris Campus in Nancy
The Deputy Director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, Dr. Viviane Dittrich, gave a keynote lecture during the official opening of the new academic year (“rentrée solennelle”) at the Sciences Po Paris campus in Nancy, France, on 29 August 2019. She was invited to give the inaugural...
05.08. – 16.08.2019
Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2019
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy held its annual Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals in Nuremberg from 5 to 16 August 2019. In addition to the Summer Academy in English language, which took place for the fifth time, the Nuremberg Academy offered for the first time also an...
24.07. – 27.07.2019
The Team from the National University of Singapore wins the Nuremberg Moot Court 2019
The fifth edition of the Nuremberg Moot Court, organized by the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the International Criminal Law Research Unit (ICLU) of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), welcomed 50 international law student teams in Nuremberg. The students...
17.07.2019
Cooperation with Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) concluded a cooperation agreement. The solemn signing by the Director of the Nuremberg Academy, Klaus Rackwitz, and the President of the FAU, Prof. Joachim Hornegger, took place as part of a...
17.07.2019
Panel Discussion “Syria - Impunity for War Crimes? How the Nuremberg Principles can be enforced in the Syrian Conflict”
On the occasion of the World Day for International Justice on 17 July, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the International Criminal Law Research Unit of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg co-organized a panel discussion. Academics and practitioners explored possible...
27.06. – 28.06.2019
Participation in the International Conference "Human Rights in Times of Contestation"
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy was invited to participate in a conference organized by the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN) of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, the City of Nuremberg and the Nuremberg Human Rights Centre (NMRZ). The event was held...
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 (USHMM) screened 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 USHMM, in Washington, D.C., United...
24.06. – 26.06.2019
“Strengthening Justice and Accountability in Nigeria” Workshop in Abuja
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Wayamo Foundation co-organized a three-day workshop in Abuja, Nigeria, from 24 to 26 June 2019. It was the seventh workshop for civilian and military investigators and prosecutors in the “Strengthening Justice and Accountability in Nigeria”...
15.06.2019
Participation in the Program “Human Rights in Context: Europe 2019 - Human Rights, International Relations and Public Democratic Leadership”
Director Klaus Rackwitz intervened as lecturer in an academic session of the 26th edition of the program “Human Rights in Context” organized by the Berg Institute in Otzenhausen, Germany, on 15 June 2019. The participants, mainly young professionals and undergraduate students, had the opportunity...
04.06. – 05.06.2019
Participation in IX Iberoamerican Week of International Justice
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy participated in two activities of the IX Iberoamerican Week of International Justice in The Hague, on 4 and 5 June 2019. On 4 June 2019, as part of the VI Iberoamerican Seminar on International Justice, Senior Legal Officer Eduardo Toledo chaired the...
13.05. – 16.05.2019
Meetings with Nigerian Stakeholders for Capacity Building Measures
Director Klaus Rackwitz and Senior Officer for Training and Capacity Building, Natacha Bracq, met with Bettina Ambach, Director of the Wayamo Foundation, in Abuja, Nigeria, from 13 to 16 May 2019. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Wayamo Foundation have been engaged in projects...
06.05. – 10.05.2019
Advanced Seminar on Investigation and Prosecution of International Crimes
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (the Mechanism) held a five-day advanced seminar for 26 magistrates from French-speaking Central and West African countries. The seminar was supported by...
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 (Nuremberg Academy) held the international expert conference “Paving the Path of Human Rights – Synergies between International Criminal Law and UN Agenda 2030" in Nuremberg, Germany on 3-4 May. Leading practitioners and academics in the fields of...
03.05.2019
Memorandum of Understanding with Grotius Centre, Leiden University
We are pleased to announce that the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden Law School, Leiden University have agreed on a renewed Memorandum of Understanding. Klaus Rackwitz, Director of the Nuremberg Academy, and Prof. Carsten...
29.04.2019
Presentation by Deputy Director Dr. Viviane Dittrich at the Nuremberg Human Rights Center
On 29 April, Dr. Viviane Dittrich was invited to the Nuremberg Human Rights Center to give a talk about the current projects and activities of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. She presented the main conferences and events, capacity building activities, key publications, and recent...
23.04.2019
Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is pleased to announce the release of an updated and reviewed version of the Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database. The database now contains more than 730 entries of relevant case-law and literature on conflict-related sexual violence. The database is...
05.04.2019
Visit by Fellows of the Chancellor Fellowship for Tomorrow's Leaders Program
During the study visit of the 2019 fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s German Chancellor Fellowship for tomorrow's leaders program Deputy Director Dr. Viviane Dittrich gave an expert lecture in Nuremberg on 5 April. The Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany is the patron of...
01.04.2019
Expert discussion at the European Court for Human Rights
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy organized an expert discussion at the European Court of Human Rights on the subject "No international justice for Syria – National proceedings as an alternative?" in the accompanying program of the exhibition "One Trial – Four Languages: The Pioneers of...
28.03.2019
Visit by a Delegation of East African Jurists
A delegation of high-ranking judges and jurists from East African countries visited the International Nuremberg Principles Academy on 28 March. The mission was organized by Dialogue Program of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Among the participants were representatives from the Kenyan Court of Appeal...
28.03. – 29.03.2019
Retreat of the Steering Committee of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy hosted a retreat of the Steering Committee of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC), in Nuremberg, on 28 and 29 March 2019. On this occasion, the non-governmental organizations that form the Coalition met with the aim to identify...
25.03. – 26.03.2019
Nuremberg Academy participated in 2019 International Symposium on International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law in Beijing
At the 2019 International Symposium on International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law in Beijing on 25-26 March, Dr. Viviane Dittrich was invited to present on the Nuremberg Trials, their legacies and ongoing impact on later international criminal justice. More than 30 Chinese and...
22.03. – 29.03.2019
Dr. Viviane Dittrich represented the Nuremberg Academy in Beijing
Deputy Director Dr. Viviane Dittrich represented the Nuremberg Academy in several academic activities in Beijing, China, from 22 to 29 March. On the occasion of the Chinese national round for the ICC Moot Court Competition 2019, she gave the opening lecture for all participants on 22 March, and...
13.03.2019
New Features Of The Lexsitus Online-Platform
The online-platform on international criminal law (ICL) Lexsitus has been further developed through a project spearheaded and supported by the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. We are pleased to announce the following new main features:1) A new commentary on the Rules of Procedure and...
04.03. – 08.03.2019
International Criminal Law Lectures at the Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio in Madrid
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy participated in two Masters programs of the Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio in Madrid, from 4 to 8 March 2019. Director Klaus Rackwitz and Senior Legal Officer Eduardo Toledo held lectures as part of two academic programs created by the Universidad...
08.02. – 09.02.2019
Expert workshop on “E-Procedure: Evidence in Time of Increased Use of Technology and Digitalization”
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy organized an expert workshop in furtherance of its project on “E-Procedure: Evidence in Time of Increased Use of Technology and Digitalization” on 8 and 9 February 2019. The Nuremberg Academy invited experts from 17 international organizations and...
28.01.2019
Presentation to Nuremberg City Guides
A group of 27 city tour guides from Nuremberg visited the Nuremberg Academy on 28 January 2019 to learn more about the history, mandate and work of the Academy. Director Klaus Rackwitz gave a presentation on the institution, which is currently located in the so-called Peller- und Imhoff-houses....
19.12.2018
Nuremberg Forum 2017 Conference Report Available for Download
The Nuremberg Academy has published the Nuremberg Forum 2017 conference report entitled “10 Years after the Nuremberg Declaration on Peace and Justice, the Fight against Impunity at a Crossroad”, which is available for download on the website of the Nuremberg Academy. The comprehensive 100+page...
18.12.2018
Review Essay on Nuremberg Forum 2018 Featured in Criminal Law Forum
The law journal Criminal Law Forum recently featured a review essay written by Dr. Alexander Heinze on the Nuremberg Forum 2018 held in Nuremberg on 19 and 20 October 2018. In more than 25 pages, Dr. Heinze provides a comprehensive summary and astute commentary of individual speeches and panels of...
17.12.2018
Book Chapter on Significance of Nuremberg Principles
Dr. Viviane Dittrich, Deputy Director of the Nuremberg Academy, contributed a book chapter on the significance of the Nuremberg Principles (“La portée des principes de Nuremberg”) to a French book publication edited by Philippe Gréciano and Martial Mathieu and published by Éditions Pedone in 2018....
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. After its premiere in October 2018 in Nuremberg, the...
10.12.2018
Side Event at the 17th Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy was present at the 17th Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, which took place at the World Forum in The Hague, the Netherlands, from 5 to 12 December 2018. It organized a side event attracting around 80 guests on 10 December. The event...
07.12.2018
Meeting with official delegation from Gwangju, South Korea
On 7 December, an official delegation from the South Korean city of Gwangju visiting the City of Nuremberg was presented with the work of the Nuremberg Academy as part of the official program at the Human Rights Office of the City of Nuremberg. Kiran Mohandas Menon and Marian Yankson-Mensah, both...
05.12.2018
Visit from Judges and Academics from Brazil
A delegation consisting of military and civil judges as well as academics from Brazil visited the Nuremberg Academy on 5 December as part of a program promoted by the Judiciary and Military School of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Marian Yankson-Mensah, Project Officer introduced the mandate...
03.12.2018
Application for the Nuremberg Moot Court 2019 is now possible
The Nuremberg Moot Court 2019 will take place from 24 to 27 July 2019 in Nuremberg, Germany. Application is open until 17 February 2019. Please register on the website of the Nuremberg Moot Court where you can also find the rules of the 2019 competition.
01.12. – 02.12.2018
International Conference “Integrity in International Justice”
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy, in co-operation with the Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP), conducted an international expert conference on ”Integrity in International Justice” in The Hague, the Netherlands, on 1-2 December 2018. More than 40 internationally...
21.11.2018
Talk on Legacies of International Criminal Tribunals by Dr. Viviane Dittrich in Hong Kong
On 21 November, Dr. Viviane Dittrich, Deputy Director of the Nuremberg Academy, was invited to speak at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong. In the Faculty of Law Research Seminar Series she gave a talk on the topic "From Nuremberg to Rome and 20 Years On: Legacies of International...
19.11. – 22.11.2018
Seminar on "Journalism and Trial Reporting"
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Kosovo Specialist Chambers organized the seminar “Journalism and Trial Reporting” for journalists from Kosovo in Nuremberg, from 19 to 22 November 2018. Journalism and criminal trial reporting are significant aspects of national and...
17.11.2018
The Nuremberg Academy participated in Anniversary Event on the Tokyo Trial in Tokyo
On 17 November 2018, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy was invited to participate in an anniversary event entitled “The Present-Day Significance of Nuremberg and Tokyo in Modern International Law”, hosted by the Center for German and European Studies at the University of Tokyo. Dr....
16.11.2018
New Publication in the Nuremberg Academy Series: “Islam and International Criminal Law and Justice”
The Nuremberg Academy is proud to present the second volume of the Nuremberg Academy Series entitled “Islam and International Criminal Law and Justice”. Mindful of alleged and proven core international crimes committed within the mainly-Muslim world, this book explores international criminal law...
15.11. – 16.11.2018
The Nuremberg Academy hosted a Retreat of the ICC Trial Lawyers 2018
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy hosted the annual retreat of the Senior Trial Attorneys and Trial Lawyers of the Prosecution Division of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in Nuremberg, on 15 and 16 November 2018. Using this opportunity, Chief...
11.11. – 13.11.2018
The Nuremberg Academy participated in International Symposium on the Tokyo Trial in Shanghai
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy was invited to participate in the 2018 International Symposium on the 70th Anniversary of the Judgement of the Tokyo Trial, a conference organized by the Center for the Tokyo Trial Studies at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China, from 11 to...
02.11.2018
Expert meeting on "Private Investigations in International Criminal Justice"
On invitation of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law and the Commission for International Justice and Accountability, international experts met for an exchange of views on the topic "Private Investigations in...
21.10.2018
Premiere Screening "Peace Through Justice - The Legacy Of Thomas Buergenthal"
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy presented the premiere of the documentaryInternational Nuremberg Principles AcademyPeace Through JusticeThe Legacy Of Thomas BuergenthalA broad international audience gathered at the historic Courtroom 600 in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice in...
19.10. – 20.10.2018
Nuremberg Forum 2018 - 20th Anniversary of the Rome Statute: Law, Justice and Politics
On 19 and 20 October, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy held its annual international conference “Nuremberg Forum” on "The 20th Anniversary of the Rome Statute: Law, Justice and Politics" at the historic Courtroom 600 in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. Leading practitioners and...
19.10.2018
Video Message from Ben Ferencz for Nuremberg Forum 2018
Ben Ferencz sent this video specially to the participants of Nuremberg Forum 2018 at the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute. It was screened during the conference at the historic Courtroom 600 in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, on 19 October 2018.
18.10.2018
Declaration on the 20th Anniversary of the Adoption of the ICC-Statute
The members of the Advisory Council of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy agreed in their 9th meeting on 18 October2018 in Nuremberg on a resolution on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Statute of the International Criminal Court. In this resolution, the members...
22.09. – 23.09.2018
The Nuremberg Academy participated in “Stadt(ver)führungen” in Nuremberg
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy participated in a three-day cultural program of educational tours organized by the City of Nuremberg called “Stadt(ver)führungen” on 22 and 23 September 2018. The 2018 theme was “Visions” and the Nuremberg Academy offered two presentations addressed to...
17.09.2018
Visit from International Fellows and Alumni of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy welcomed international fellows and alumni of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in the historic Palace of Justice in Nuremberg on 17 September 2018. As part of their one-week study visit on human rights in Nuremberg, Deputy Director Dr. Viviane Dittrich gave a...
14.09.2018
Director Klaus Rackwitz participated in International Conference “Nuremberg Trials and Conference Interpreting” in Ljubljana
The Director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy Klaus Rackwitz spoke at the International Conference “Nuremberg Trials and Conference Interpreting: The End of the Regime, the Beginning of the Profession” in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 14 September 2018. This conference was organized as...
09.08.2018
Call for Papers
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy, in co-operation with the Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP), invited submissions for papers on “Integrity in International Justice”, ahead of an international expert conference on this topic in the Peace Palace in The Hague, the...
06.08. – 17.08.2018
Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2018
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy conducted its annual Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals in Nuremberg, from 6 to 17 August 2018. The 24 participants were selected from over 450 applications. They came from 19 countries and represented wide and diverse professional...
30.07. – 03.08.2018
Advanced Training on the Prosecution of International Crimes in Kampala
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 in International Criminal Justice (SIASIC) co-organized an...
28.07.2018
Nuremberg Moot Court 2018
The team from Maastricht University wins the Nuremberg Moot Court 2018 Student teams from all over the world practiced in an international criminal law Moot Court competition gaining valuable experience and expertise for their professional future. The team of Maastricht University from The...
26.07. – 27.07.2018
3rd Annual Conference at Strathmore University
Appraising Capacity of Institutional Responses to Commission of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in CyberspaceThe International Nuremberg Principles Academy, in partnership with Strathmore Institute for Advanced Studies in International Criminal Justice (SIASIC), under the auspices of...
24.07.2018
Talk with Director Klaus Rackwitz about “Nuremberg Principles - European Values - Universal Human Rights“
Director Klaus Rackwitz was invited to talk about “Nuremberg Principles - European Values - Universal Human Rights“ in the accompanying program of the art installation “UNN (United Nations Nuremberg)” by Bettina Pousttchi, in Nuremberg on 24 July 2018. The event was organized by the City of...
03.07.2018
Call for Papers
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy invited submissions for an edited volume in light of the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute on “The Past, Present and Future of the International Criminal Court”. The deadline for submissions was 14 August 2018. The purpose of the book is to pay...
28.06.2018
Annual Report 2017
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is proud to present its first Annual Report which gives a taste of its activities and achievements from January to December 2017. On 36 pages the Annual Report provides a comprehensive yet concise overview of the various conferences and events,...
22.06.2018
Nuremberg Academy hosted Human Rights Program of the Berg Institute
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy hosted the last session of the program “Derechos Humanos en el Terreno 2018” (Human Rights in the Field 2018) organized by the Berg Institute, in Courtroom 600 in Nuremberg on 22 June. The 35 participants, including judges, prosecutors and lawyers from...
22.06.2018
Participation in the Conference “Current Debates in International Criminal Justice” in Berlin
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy participated in the conference "Current Debates in International Criminal Justice" at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin on 22 June. The event was organized by the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice – one of the seven...
18.06.2018
Director Klaus Rackwitz delivered a Lecture for Students in the Human Rights Master Program
On 18 June, the Director of the Nuremberg Academy Klaus Rackwitz welcomed international students of the Human Rights Master Program of the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg for a lecture about "Complementarity and Cooperation – The Role of Territorial States in Proceedings before...
15.06.2018
Meeting with German Federal Prosecutor General in Karlsruhe
Klaus Rackwitz, Director of the Nuremberg Academy, and Dr. Viviane Dittrich, Deputy Director, met with the Federal Prosecutor General of Germany, Dr. Peter Frank on 15 June. In the meeting with Dr. Frank and Christian Ritscher, the Head of the War Crimes Unit at the Federal Prosecutor’s Office,...
08.06. – 09.06.2018
Annual Meeting of the Arbeitskreis Völkerstrafrecht in Marburg
The 14th Annual Meeting of the Arbeitskreis Völkerstrafrecht took place in Marburg on 8 and 9 June 2018. Key topics discussed this year included subjective imputation (mens rea), contemporary theory and practice of transitional justice, and the activation of the crime of aggression. Klaus Rackwitz...
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 the Chinese University of Hong Kong of his new book Atrocity Speech Law: Foundation, Fragmentation, Fruition (Oxford University Press 2017). The event which...
06.06.2018
II Polyphonic Day of International Justice in The Hague
The Iberoamerican Institute of The Hague for Peace, Human Rights and International Justice (IIH) joined forces with the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and other partners to host the II Polyphonic Day of International Justice in The Hague on 6 June. This conference was one of the...
31.05. – 01.06.2018
Workshop “The ICC in Turbulent Times” in The Hague
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy participated in a two-day workshop entitled “The International Criminal Court in Turbulent Times” in The Hague on 31 May and 1 June. The expert workshop was co-organized by Professor Gerhard Werle (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Professor Andreas...
27.05.2018
Inauguration of bench in presence of Benjamin Ferencz at the Peace Palace in The Hague
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy was invited to the bench inauguration ceremony, in the presence of Benjamin “Ben” Ferencz, sole surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg Trials, at the Peace Palace in The Hague on 27 May. The Director and Deputy Director of the Nuremberg Academy, Klaus...
25.05.2018
Atrocity Crimes Litigation Bi-Annual Review Symposium
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center for International Human Rights (CIHR) hosted a one day symposium “Atrocity Crimes Litigation Bi-Annual Review Symposium” at Le Méridien Grand Hotel, Nuremberg, on Friday, 25 May 2018. Leading experts,...
21.05. – 23.05.2018
Strengthening Justice and Accountability in Nigeria Workshop in Abuja
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy partnered with the Wayamo Foundation to co-organize a three-day workshop in Abuja from 21 to 23 May. It was the fifth in the current series of training sessions on “Strengthening Justice and Accountability in Nigeria”, and was purpose-designed to...
17.05. – 19.05.2018
70 Years Later: The International Military Tribunal for the Far East
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the verdict of the Tokyo Trials, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy brought together more than 30 international leading experts from Asia and the western world in the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, at the premises of...
15.05. – 17.05.2018
The Nuremberg Academy participated in the German Day of Foundations
On 15 and 17 May, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy participated in the German Day of Foundations (Deutscher Stiftertag), organized by the Federal Association of German Foundations (Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen), which this year took place in Nuremberg, from 16 to 18 May 2018....
25.04.2018
Visit from student group from Israel
On 25 April, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy welcomed a student group from Israel from the Radzyner Law School, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, as part of their study trip to Nuremberg. Yael Vias Gvrisman, Director of the International Criminal and Humanitarian Law...
16.04. – 18.04.2018
International Criminal Law Lectures at the Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio in Madrid
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy participated in academic activities of the Alfonso X el Sabio University in Madrid, from 16 to 18 April. Senior Officer on International Criminal Law Eduardo Toledo was in charge of the module on International Criminal Law of the Master program in...
07.03.2018
Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2018 - Call for applications is now closed
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy invited applications to the 2018 edition of the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals taking place in Nuremberg, Germany, from 6 to 17 August 2018. The call for applications is now closed. The participants will include young prosecutors,...
15.02. – 16.02.2018
Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Rome Statute in The Hague
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy participated in the Launch Forums on the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute organized by the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands, on 15 and 16 February 2018. The event considered key questions about the...
05.02. – 09.02.2018
International and Transnational Criminal Law Seminar in The Hague
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy partnered with the Asser Institute and the Antonio Cassese Initiative for a seminar on international and transnational criminal law (ICL and TCL) in The Hague from 5 to 9 February 2018. The high-level course, entitled "Strengthening Domestic Capacity...
30.01.2018
Launch of Lexsitus Online Service
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy – in co-operation with the Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP) – is pleased to announce the launch of Lexsitus, a new open access online service to support the learning of, and work with, legal sources in international criminal...
18.01.2018
Visit by a delegation from Sri Lanka
The Nuremberg Academy welcomed a delegation from Sri Lanka during their study visit „The role and importance of archives for transitional justice and reconciliation processes - sharing of country experiences“ (organized by OHCHR and swisspeace) in Nuremberg on 18 January 2018. Participants included...
07.12.2017
Side Event at the 16th Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy was present at 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, and organized a side event on the topic "From Nuremberg to The Hague and Beyond:...
01.12. – 03.12.2017
Conference on Strategies of Implementation of International Conference on the Great Lakes Region Instruments on Sexual and Gender Based Violence
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy participated in a regional conference on "Strategies of Implementation of International Conference on the Great Lakes Region Instruments on Sexual and Gender Based Violence" from 01 to 03 December 2017. The event was organized by the International...
23.11. – 24.11.2017
Dr. Viviane Dittrich gave Opening Remarks at the Conference "Judging crimes against humanity: The lessons of History" in Grenoble
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Klaus Barbie trial the International Nuremberg Principles Academy participated in an international conference entitled "Juger les crimes contre l’humanité : les leçons de l’histoire” organized in Grenoble, France, by the University Grenoble Alpes on 23...
22.11. – 24.11.2017
EJTN-GNS joint training for European Judges and Prosecutors
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 (GNS) from 22 to 24...
08.11. – 10.11.2017
The Nuremberg Academy hosted the Fifth International Meetings of the Defence
The Fifth International Meetings of the Defence were hosted by the International Nuremberg Principles Academy at the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice from 8 to 10 November 2017. The event was organized by the Defence Office of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, and with the...
02.11. – 04.11.2017
Strengthening Justice and Accountability in Nigeria
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy partnered with the Wayamo Foundation to co-organize another workshop focusing on capacity building for Nigerian military and civil prosecutors, held in Abuja, Nigeria from 2 to 4 November 2017. This workshop was the fourth training session held jointly...
28.10. – 29.10.2017
Expert Seminar on Power in International Criminal Justice in Florence
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy co-organized an international expert seminar on "Power in International Criminal Justice: Towards a Sociology of International Justice" held in Florence, Italy, on 28 to 29 October 2017. The event was led by Professor Morten Bergsmo and held in...
20.10. – 21.10.2017
Nuremberg Forum 2017
10 Years after the Nuremberg Declaration on Peace and Justice: The Fight against Impunity at a Crossroad The International Nuremberg Principles Academy organized its major annual conference at the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice on 20 and 21 October 2017. The 2017...
26.09. – 29.09.2017
Side Events at the International Nuremberg Human Rights Award 2017
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy co-organized three side events as part of the accompanying program of the International Nuremberg Human Rights Award 2017. This year's award honored "Group Caesar", the code name of a former Syrian military photographer who brought over 50,000...
25.09.2017
In Memoriam: Cherif Bassiouni
Cherif Bassiouni passed away on 25 September 2017. Professor Bassiouni was a fierce and tireless advocate for justice and human rights, known as a father of international criminal law, dedicating his life towards improving accountability and developing international law. He was the Honorary...
25.08. – 26.08.2017
Seminar on Philosophical Foundations of International Criminal Law in New Delhi
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy – in co-operation with the Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP) and nine other distinguished partners from India, China, Japan and Europe – co-sponsored an international expert seminar entitled "Philosophical Foundations of...
07.08. – 18.08.2017
Summer Academy for Young Professionals on International Criminal Law
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy organized its Summer Academy for Young Professionals on International Criminal Law in Nuremberg from 7 to 18 August 2017. The Summer Academy hosted over 20 young professionals at the beginning of their careers from countries currently experiencing or...
29.07.2017
The Strathmore University wins the Nuremberg Moot Court 2017
The team from the Strathmore University from Kenya beats the team from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy from Ukraine in an exciting final at the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. The members of the Kenyan team joyously celebrated as the high-ranking jury of...
22.07.2017
Visit of Students from the University of Cape Town
On Saturday 22nd July 2017, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy together with the Nuremberg Human Rights Center (NHRC) welcomed students from the University of Cape Town on their European tour “Rebuilding Shattered Societies: Lessons on Memory, Justice and Redress from Germany and...
17.07.2017
Day of International Criminal Justice
17 July is the Day of International Criminal Justice. It marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute on 17 July 1998, the founding treaty of the ICC."The progress of international criminal law is irreversible. Peace through justice is a timely goal, and it can be achieved if all...
12.07.2017
Director Klaus Rackwitz Gives Lecture at the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
On 12 July, the Academy's Director Klaus Rackwitz was invited to lecture about "Complementarity and Cooperation – The Role of Territorial States in Proceedings before the ICC" at the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg. The international students of the Human Rights Master Program...
06.07.2017
Eduardo Toledo Gives Lecture at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
On 6 July, Senior Legal Officer International Criminal Law, Eduardo Toledo, gave a lecture on "Transitional Justice and Business Companies in Argentina" to students of the Human Rights Master Program at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen Nuremberg. This lecture was part of the module...
01.07.2017
15th Anniversary of the ICC
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy welcomes the 15th anniversary of the International Criminal Court as a milestone in the fight against impunity for those who are most responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and soon also for the crime of aggression. After the...
13.06.2017
Quality Control in Preliminary Examination
On 13 June 2017 the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, in co-operation with the Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP) and other partners, inaugurated the international expert seminar on "Quality Control in Preliminary Examination" at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The...
07.06.2017
Launch of the International Justice Guidelines for Refugee Agencies in Europe
On 7 June 2017, the Nuremberg Academy together with the City of Nuremberg, presented the International Justice Guidelines to social welfare workers. Nuremberg has been selected as a pilot city for these guidelines, which seek to provide assistance to those working with refugees to understand the...
26.05.2017
Finalization of Acceptance Project/Launch of Acceptance Online Platform
The acceptance study is the first interdisciplinary research project of the Nuremberg Academy aiming at developing a comprehensive research tool for assessing acceptance in different situation countries. The acceptance project contributes to shed light on understanding ‘how international criminal...
19.05.2017
Dr. Navi Pillay is elected as new President of the Advisory Council
On 19 May, the South African jurist Dr. Navanethem (Navi) Pillay has been elected as the new President of the Advisory Council of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. She succeeds Professor Dr. Thomas Buergenthal in this function who for reasons of age, did not stand for re-election."We...
10.04. – 11.04.2017
Feedback to Guiding Principles and Recommendations on Effective Cooperation in the Prosecution of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
On 10-11 April, the Nuremberg Academy conducted a two-day workshop for representatives from national and international CSOs, judicial mechanisms and academics to explore and consider means of informing and strengthening the form, nature and modes of cooperation between judicial mechanisms and CSOs...
21.03.2017
The Nuremberg Academy welcomes a delegation of Iraqi Members of Parliament
On 21 March, the Nuremberg Academy received an Iraqi delegation consisting of Members of Parliament and a journalist. The delegation travelled to Nuremberg, on invitation of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, to study different aspects of International Criminal Law and Human Rights. The Academy’s...
10.03.2017
Establishment of Common Code of Conduct for Defence Lawyers
On the 9 and 10 March, the Nuremberg Academy hosted a group of representatives of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the ICCBA and the Beirut Bar Association working on the establishment of a universal Common Code of Conduct for defence lawyers. This Code of Conduct for Counsel practising before the...
01.03.2017
Klaus Rackwitz meets with Max-Planck-Institute to discuss cooperation
On 1 March 2017, Klaus Rackwitz gave a lecture at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg presenting the Nuremberg Academy and its work to a group of international doctoral candidates and scientists. He discussed the possibilities of institutional cooperation...
24.02.2017
Professor Thomas Buergenthal receives Order of Merit
In a festive ceremony at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Washington on Thursday, 23 February, Ambassador Peter Wittig bestowed on Prof. Thomas Buergenthal the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit on behalf of the German Federal President Joachim Gauck. Profesor Buergenthal...
24.01.2017
New Publication Alert!
Our second major publication is now available. The “Nuremberg Principles in Non-western Societies: A Reflection on their Universality, Legitimacy and Application” is a collection of contributions following a conference organized by the Nuremberg Academy honouring the 70th Anniversary of the Verdict...
16.11.2016
Nuremberg Academy Side Event at the Fifteenth session of the Assembly of States Parties
On 23 November, 2016, the Nuremberg Academy hosted a side event at the Assembly of States Parties to unveil its first book, a volume of deterrence studies titled, Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Deterrent Effect of International Criminal Tribunals. The side event consisted of a panel...
03.11.2016
New Publication "Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Deterrent Effect of International Criminal Tribunals"
The Nuremberg Academy is proud to present our latest publication 'Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Deterrent Effect of International Criminal Tribunals'.
09.09.2016
Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database
The Nuremberg Academy is pleased to announce the launch of its "Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database", a unique online tool that allows users to research case law and literature addressing conflict-related sexual violence. The Database combines a broad collection of relevant jurisprudence from...
15.07.2016
Nuremberg Academy and Grotius Centre refine methodology on Complementarity Project
On 14-15 July 2016, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies held an expert roundtable to refine the methodology of a joint research project on complementarity. The methodological framework was designed by a team of experts (Prof. Carsten...
15.06.2016
New Publication: 'The Special Criminal Court and Accountability in the Central African Republic: Legal and Policy Recommendations'
The Nuremberg Academy is proud to present our latest publication 'The Special Criminal Court and Accountability in the Central African Republic: Legal and Policy Recommendations'. The paper examines the proposed options for justice and reconciliation in the Central African Republic and proposes...
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,...
15.04.2016
Nuremberg Academy and Grotius Centre sign partnership agreement in the presence of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands
In the presence of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, Bernd Borchardt, Founding Director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and Professor Carsten Stahn of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies in The Hague, signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
15.04.2016
Academy Director Borchardt gives lecture at the Jagiellonian University
Founding Director Borchardt gave a lecture at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow on 15 April 2016 about "The Nuremberg Principles and the Future". He used his presentation also to introduce the Academy to students and university staff.
24.11.2015
Nuremberg Academy Event at the 14th Assembly of State Parties of the ICC
On the occasion of the 14th Assembly of State Parties of the ICC which took place in The Hague, the Nuremberg Academy presented itself at a Side Event on 24 November 2015. Following a short introduction by Dr. Pascal Hector (Director of International law, German Federal Foreign Office), Prof....
05.10.2015