The International Nuremberg Principles Academy

The International Nuremberg Principles Academy (Nuremberg Academy) is dedicated to the advancement of international criminal law and human rights. It is located in Nuremberg, the birthplace of modern international criminal law. Conscious of this historic heritage, the Nuremberg Academy supports the fight against impunity for universally recognised international core crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.

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Nuremberg Academy Lecture – Prof. Dr Claus Kreß

Nuremberg Academy Lecture 2023: Claus Kreß on "The Ukraine War and the Crime of Aggression"

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The Nuremberg Moot Court 2023 Finals and Awards Ceremony on Saturday 22 July

The video of the Nuremberg Moot Court 2023 Finals and Awards Ceremony is now online.

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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’s intervention focused...

24.09. – 26.09.2023

International Conference in Nuremberg: Business and Human Rights

The Nuremberg Academy co-organises together with the City of Nuremberg and the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg an international conference on the topic "Business and Human Rights Governance Challenges in Times of Complexity and Crisis?" from 24-26 September 2023. After the...

19.10. – 21.10.2023

Nuremberg Forum 2023 “Legally Undeniable: Criminalising Genocide Denial”

The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is organising the Nuremberg Forum 2023 on the topic "Legally Undeniable: Criminalising Genocide Denial". The conference will take place from 19 October, 3 pm CET to 21 October 2023, 3 pm CET, at the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of...

21.11.2023

Event in Memory of Judge Thomas Buergenthal

Judge Thomas Buergenthal passed away unexpectedly on 29 May 2023 at the age of 89. An Auschwitz survivor, Buergenthal was a judge at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice. As a law professor he founded the research field of international human rights. He was...

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