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Nuremberg Forum 2024: Registration now open

The Nuremberg Forum is an annual international conference organized by the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. It brings together leading scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and civil society, and provides a forum for dialogue and critical exchange on contemporary international ...

21.09.2024

The Nuremberg Academy participated in the Stadt(ver)führungen

On 21 September 2024, the Nuremberg Academy participated in a new edition of the the Stadt(ver)führungen (“city guided tours”), which took place between 20 and 22 September. Project Officer Dr Pablo Gavira Díaz moderated a panel discussion in historic Courtroom 600, together with experts Dr Ruth...

11.09.2024

Federal Armed Forces visited the Nuremberg Academy

On 11 September 2024, a few members of the German Air Force Command visited the Nuremberg Academy as part of a study tour to the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling welcomed the group and introduced the mission and activities of the Academy. In addition, Professor...

20.08. – 31.08.2024

Académie d'été de Nuremberg pour jeunes professionnel.le.s 2024

Du 19 au 30 août, l’Académie de Nuremberg a tenu l'édition francophone de son Académie d'été pour jeunes professionnel.le.s. Ce programme offre aux jeunes avocat.e.s, procureur.e.s, juges, praticien.ne.s du droit et chercheur.se.s une expérience inestimable, éducative et stimulante, visant à...

05.08. – 16.08.2024

Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2024

From 5 to 16 August 2024, the Nuremberg Academy held its ninth edition of the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals – anglophone edition (Nuremberg Summer Academy). The Nuremberg Summer Academy is a yearly two-week intensive summer course in international criminal law (ICL). It was held...

24.07.2024

Signing of Memorandum of Understanding with Siracusa Institute

On 24 July 2024, the Nuremberg Academy, represented by Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, represented by its President Jean-François Thony. Also present during the signing...

24.07.2024

Side Event on ETHICA at the 2024 Nuremberg Moot Court

A panel discussion on judicial ethics and the relevance of the ETHICA project was conducted during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Nuremberg Moot Court on 24 July 2024. The event was carried out in Courtroom 600 and the panel was composed of Professor Dr Christoph Safferling, Director of the...

02.07.2024

Students from Marburg University visited the Nuremberg Academy

Prof. Dr Eckart Conze and around 30 history students from Philipps-University Marburg visited the Nuremberg Academy on 2 July 2024 as part of a study trip to Nuremberg on the theme of “From Nuremberg to The Hague”. Project Officers Dr Emma Brandon and Dr Pablo Gavira Díaz welcomed the group and...

24.06. – 28.06.2024

Seminar for Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace

From 24 to 28 June 2024, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy (Nuremberg Academy), the Asser Institute and the Antonio Cassese Initiative held a seminar for 18 magistrates and staff members of Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace at the premises of the Asser Institute in The Hague....

03.06. – 05.06.2024

EJTN-GNS Joint Training for European Judges and Prosecutors

The Nuremberg Academy hosted a 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 3 to 5 June 2024. The purpose of this introductory training...

03.06.2024

The Nuremberg Academy co-organised an event on “Argentina, 1985”

On 3 June 2024, Project Officer Dr Pablo Gavira Díaz represented the Nuremberg Academy in a panel discussion revolving around the Trial of the Juntas in Argentina. The discussion was preceded by the screening of the movie “Argentina, 1985” (Santiago Mitre, 2022), which focuses on the difficulties in...

18.05.2024

The Academy at Southwestern Law School in Glendale, California

On 18 May 2024, Dr. Gurgen Petrossian, Senior Officer for International Criminal Law, delivered a presentation on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the potential jurisdictional issues concerning the region before the International Criminal Court at Southwestern Law School in Glendale, California,...

16.05.2024

The Nuremberg Bar Association visited the Nuremberg Academy

On 16 May 2024, Dr Uwe Wirsching, the President of the Nuremberg Bar Association, as well as some of its members visited the Nuremberg Academy. Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling welcomed the group and introduced the mission of the Academy. Project Officers Dr Emma Brandon, Alexander...

07.05.2024

Nuremberg Forum 2024: Registration now open

The Nuremberg Forum is an annual international conference organized by the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. It brings together leading scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and civil society, and provides a forum for dialogue and critical exchange on contemporary international ...

29.04.2024

Nuremberg Mayor visited the Nuremberg Academy

Professor Dr Julia Lehner, the mayor of the city of Nuremberg, visited the Nuremberg Academy together with her team on 29 April 2024. Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling, Senior Officers Darleen Seda, Dr Gurgen Petrossian and Kiran Menon, as well as Project Officer Dr Pablo Gavira Díaz...

23.04.2024

Strengthening the Court’s Jurisdiction for the Crime of Aggression

On 23 April 2024, a seminar was convened at the Residence of the German Ambassador in The Netherlands, focusing on enhancing the court's jurisdiction over the crime of aggression. Hosted by the German Embassy, the event commenced with opening remarks from Ambassador H.E. Cyril Nunn, State Minister...

10.04.2024

Memorial Event in Honour of Benjamin B. Ferencz

A very special day commemorating the life and work of Benjamin “Ben” Ferencz, the last living Prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials, took place in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice on 10 April 2024. The Nuremberg Academy actively participated in the memorial event by way of organising two workshops that...

27.03.2024

The Nuremberg Academy met President of the ICC Judge Tomoko Akane

Director Professor Christoph Safferling met with the recently elected President of the International Criminal Court (ICC or the Court), Judge Tomoko Akane, on 27 March 2024. ICC Presidency External Relations Advisor Matthias Hellman, Senior Officer Dr Gurgen Petrossian and Project Officer Dr Pablo...

27.03.2024

Nuremberg Academy hosted a Workshop in The Hague

The Nuremberg Academy hosted a workshop with renowned experts in the field of international criminal law at the premises of The Hague Humanity Hub, on 27 March 2024. The meeting focused on the length of proceedings at the International Criminal Court (ICC), a topic of special interest to the...

01.03.2024

Appel à Candidatures : Résidences Adamas 2024

Séjour de recherche dans le cadre du Prix de l´Académie internationale des principes de Nuremberg. Du 6 au 15 septembre 2024, le Château de Goutelas, en collaboration avec le Conseil constitutionnel français, l’Académie internationale des principes de Nuremberg, l’Association Internationale de...

01.03.2024

Call for Applications: Adamas Residencies 2024

Research residency as part of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy Award. From 6 to 15 September 2024, the Château de Goutelas, in collaboration with the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, the French Constitutional Council, the International Association of Economic Law (A.I.D.E.)...

23.02.2024

The Faculty of Advocates visited the Nuremberg Academy

On 23 February 2024, the Scottish Faculty of Advocates visited the east building of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice for the purpose of knowing more about the mission of the Nuremberg Academy as well as its connection to the Nuremberg trials. Project Officer Dr Pablo Gavira Díaz provided for an...

05.02. – 09.02.2024

Training on IHL for Ukrainian Judges

From 5 to 9 February 2024, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, in cooperation with the National School of Judges of Ukraine, organised a training for 18 Ukrainian Judges in Nuremberg. The training entitled, “Prosecution and Adjudication of War Crimes in Ukraine" was aimed at...

29.01.2024

Press Release – 2024 Programme Review

Thematic Focus and Events of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy in 2024 Nuremberg, 29 January 2024 – There are many challenges ahead of us. The world is in crisis mode. Ukraine has been defending itself against the Russian aggressor for two years now; shocking massacres in Israel have...

18.01.2024

Director of the Erlangen Local Court visited the Nuremberg Academy

Jutta Schmiedel, Director of the Local Court of Erlangen, together with her office, visited the Nuremberg Academy on 18 January 2024. Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling welcomed the group and presented the work of the Academy in detail as well as its connection to the Nuremberg Trials. (pg)

12.01.2024

Nuremberg Academy hosted Human Rights Programme of the Berg Institute

On 12 January 2024, the Nuremberg Academy welcomed a group of 33 professionals from Spain and Latin America from the study programme “Derechos Humanos en el Terreno: Europa 2024. Liderazgo estratégico en Derechos Humanos y educación para la Paz”, run by the Instituto Berg de Derechos Humanos y...

14.12. – 16.12.2023

Training on International Crimes for Ivoirian Magistrates

The Observatoire Ivoirien des Droits de l’Homme (OIDH), in collaboration with the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, held a three-day training on international crimes for Ivoirian magistrates in Abidjan, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, from 14 to 16 December 2023. Twenty Ivoirian magistrates...

08.12.2023

Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling Participated in an UN Event to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Academy Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling was invited by the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu to speak at the official “Event to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the International...

07.12.2023

Sophia Brostean-Kaiser delivered Yearend Academy Talk

The Nuremberg Academy hosted Ms Sophia Brostean-Kaiser (Research Assistant, Memorium Nuremberg Trials) for the final Academy Talk of the year on 7 December 2023. Ms Brostean-Kaiser’s presentation titled "Memorium Nuremberg Trials – Educational Program and How to Make a Museum for Everybody”...

07.12.2023

Director Professor Dr Safferling Participated in a “Side Event in Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide“

At a side event to the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute at the German House in New York hosted by the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN, Professor Safferling gave the main speech on the 75th anniversary of the Genocide Convention on 7 December 2023. At the event, that was...

30.11.2023

Students from Hochschule Heilbronn Visited the Nuremberg Academy

Professor Dr Raphaela Henze and a group of 15 students of cultural management from Hochschule Heilbronn visited the Nuremberg Academy on 30 November 2023. The group had particular interest in how to present the topic of the Holocaust and the Nuremberg Trials in a “museum-like” way. In this regard,...

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...
Thomas Buergenthal‘s memoir in German „Ein Glückskind“ (engl. „A Lucky Child“)

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...

21.10.2023

Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften – Long Night of Sciences

This year, the Nuremberg Academy took part in an event of the Long Night of Sciences which was organised by the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg on 21 October 2023. Together with the Nuremberg Higher Regional Court and the Judge Advocate General’s Office in Grafenwöhr the Nuremberg...

19.10. – 21.10.2023

“Legally Undeniable: Criminalising Genocide Denial”

We are delighted to share the success of the Nuremberg Forum 2023 “Legally Undeniable: Criminalising Genocide Denial”. From 19 to 21 October, legal experts from around the world convened in historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice to dive into the intricacies of genocide denial and...

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...

16.10.2023

Visit from Professor Dr Kannowski and Team from Universität Bayreuth

Learning more about judges under the nationalsocialist regime and the consequences for legal education today is one of the topics of the Nuremberg Academy. On 16 October, Academy Director Professor Dr Safferling welcomed Professor Dr Konnowski, a legal historian of the Universität Bayreuth, and his...

10.10.2023

Conference on Dealing with Regimes of Violence

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg organised a conference “After dictatorship” (“Nach der Diktatur. Wege zur Aufarbeitung von Gewaltregimen”) on 10 October 2023 in Berlin. Academy Director Professor Dr Safferling contributed to the second panel which was headed:...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 won 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

15.07.2022

Maastricht University won 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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
Accueil (oidh.ci)

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...

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:...

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...
Resource Collection on the Nuremberg Principles

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...
Panellists of the event

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...

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.

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...
Dr. Thomas Dickert (left) hands over the symbolic key to Director Klaus Rackwitz (right) in presence of Dr. Christophe Eick (centre)

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...

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...
Dr. Viviane Dittrich and Klaus Rackwitz presenting at the round table meeting with representatives of the U.S. Army - photo: Memorium Nürnberger Prozesse

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...

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...
Benjamin "Ben" Ferencz in his video message for the Nuremberg Forum 2018

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...
The participants of the seminar with their certificates

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...
The participants of the workshop

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...
Director Klaus Rackwitz (center) with the journalists from South Africa

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...
The chairs and speakers of the Nuremberg Forum 2019

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...
Deputy Director Dr. Viviane Dittrich giving the Introductory Remarks

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)...
All participants of the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2019

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...
Prof. Joachim Hornegger, President of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (left), and Klaus Rackwitz, Director of the Nuremberg Academy (right), signing the cooperation agreement

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...
Eduardo Toledo, Héctor Olasolo, Isabel Albaladejo Escribano, and Roberto Carlos Alfaro Lara (from left to right) - photo: Equipo de medios y redes sociales Instituto Iberoamericano de la Haya

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...
Natacha Bracq, Klaus Rackwitz (both Nuremberg Academy), Prof. Peter Apker (Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies), and Bettina Ambach (Wayamo Foundation) (from left to right)

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...
Klaus Rackwitz and Prof. Carsten Stahn signing the Memorandum of Understanding

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...

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...
from left to right: Dr. Vivinane Dittrich (Nuremberg Academy), Wolfgang Kaleck (ECCHR), Klaus Rackwitz (Nuremberg Academy), and Christian Ritscher (Office of the German Federal Prosecutor General)

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...
Justice Catherine Mulenga Lombe Phiri (Zambia), Justice Philip Waki (Kenya), Klaus Rackwitz (Nuremberg Academy), Justice Alfred Mabeya (Kenya), Dr. Arne Wulff (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Kenya) and Ruth Sebatindira, SC (Uganda)

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...
Deputy Director Dr. Viviane Dittrich giving a lecture for the participants of the Chinese national final round for the ICC Moot Court – photo: private

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...
Nuremberg city guides at the Nuremberg Academy

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....
Conference Report Nuremberg Forum 2017

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...
Members of the Korean delegation, of the Human Rights Office of the City of Nuremberg and of the Nuremberg Academy

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...
Brazilian Judges and Academics visiting the Nuremberg Academy

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...

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...

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...

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...
Ben Ferencz in his video message for the Nuremberg Forum 2018

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.

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...
The participants of the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professional 2018 visting Courtroom 600

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...
Maastricht University, winner of the Nuremberg Moot Court 2018, with Klaus Rackwitz, Prof Dr. Bertram Schmitt and Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling

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...
Group Photo with the participants of the conference, photo: Strathmore University

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...

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,...
Participants of the Program

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...

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,...
Prof. Florian Jeßberger (Universität Hamburg) opens the 14th Session of the Arbeitskreis Völkerstrafrecht - photo: private

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...
Director Klaus Rackwitz chairing the panel on “The Impact of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in its 70th Anniversary: Achievements and Failures”

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...
Participants of the Atrocity Crimes Litigation Bi-Annual Review Symposium

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,...
Group picture - photo: Wayamo Foundation

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...
The participants of the conference

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...
Press Officer Evelyn Müller informing about the Nuremberg Academy's activities - photo: Giulia Iannicelli/Stadt Nürnberg

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....
Deputy Director Dr. Viviane Dittrich presenting the Nuremberg Academy to students from Israel

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...
Mr. William R. Pace, Convenor of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, giving the Welcoming Remarks

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...
Dr. Viviane Dittrich giving a lecture on on domestic prosecutions of international crimes

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...

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...
Participants of the capacity building workshop on "Strengthening Justice and Accountability in Nigeria" in November 2017

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...
The conference took place in the Salone Poccetti in Istituto degli Innocenti in Florence.

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...
The Nuremberg Forum 2017

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...
Professor Cherif Bassiouni

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...
The participants of the Summer Academy 2017

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...
Strathmore University, winner of the Nuremberg Moot Court 2017

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...
Students from the University of Cape Town

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...

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...
Eduardo Toledo chairing the session "Transparency, Co-operation and Participation in Preliminary Examination" at the international expert seminar in The Hague

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...
Dr. Navi Pillay, President of the Advisory Council

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...

10.03.2017

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...

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...
Navi Pillay at Hans-Sachs-Gymnasium in Nuremberg.

05.10.2015

Navi Pillay at a Nuremberg High School

Navi Pillay, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, visited a High School in Nuremberg. Addressing about 250 students, Ms. Pillay explained the meaning of human rights in everyday life. Ms. Pillay emphasized the importance of freedom of expression and warned about the threat that the internet...