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International Opening Event: “Accountability and the Nuremberg Principles – 70 years after the Nuremberg Trials”

06 June 2015 - 07 June 2015

The String Quartet of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

The International Opening Celebrations for the International Nuremberg Principles Academy were held on 6 and 7 June, 2015.

The Nuremberg Trials and the Nuremberg Principles are considered milestones in modern international criminal law. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is intended to promote and further develop modern international criminal law on the basis of this legacy. For that purpose, it is establishing an international forum at the historic site of the Nuremberg Trials, as a place to discuss current issues in international criminal law and to promote peace through law.

The Academy was officially opened by German Federal Foreign Minister Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer, and Nuremberg Mayor Dr. Ulrich Maly.

Members of the Advisory Council of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy presented their ideas for the Academy's future work and activities: Auschwitz survivor and former Judge at the International Court of Justice Thomas Buergenthal, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, and famed international criminal law expert David Tolbert discussed how impunity for the worst crimes against humanity can be combated most effectively.

Further discussion forums with the participation of such panelists as Chief Prosecutor at the Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Serge Brammertz addressed the lessons learned from the Nuremberg Trials and the future of international criminal justice.

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Opening of the Nuremberg Academy: Message by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

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Bavarian Justice Minister Winfried Bausback with retired Federal Ministers Oscar Schneider (left) and Thomas Dickert (right), before the ceremony

Panel discussion on the subject of “Criminal Law Accountability: The Lessons of the Nuremberg Trials”

Former International Law Advisor to the German Federal Government and Director of the Legal Department of the Foreign Office, Martin Ney, welcomes the international audience at the reception

Stefanie Schmahl, Professor of International Law at Würzburg University and member of the Advisory Board of the Academy

Susanne Buckley-Zistel, Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Marburg University

Members of the Advisory Board, Foundation Council, and Executive Board in this historical Hirsvogelsaal

Bertram Schmitt, Judge of the International Criminal Court and member of the Advisory Board of the Academy

Herman von Hebel, Registrar of the International Criminal Court in The Hague

Geoffrey Robertson, Founder and Director of Doughty Street Chambers, moderates the panel discussion

Wolfgang Schomburg, former Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Mayor Ulrich Maly and retired Federal Minister Oscar Schneider

Anja Seibert-Fohr, Professor of International Law at Göttingen University and member of the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations

Peter Küspert, President of the Bavarian Constitutional Court, and Federal Prosecutor General Harald Range

Founding Director of the Academy Bernd Borchardt, during the opening speech

Navi Pillay, ehem. UN-Hochkommissarin für Menschenrechte und Kuratoriumsmitglied der Akademie

Thomas Buergenthal, former Judge of the International Court of Justice of the United Nations, and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Academy

Panel discussion on the topic “The Development of the Complementarity Principle”

Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon greets the audience via video link

Stephen J. Rapp, US Ambassador-at-Large and Head of the Office of Global Criminal Justice in the US Department of State, moderates the panel discussion

Retired Federal Minister Oscar Schneider during his speech on how the Academy was founded

Claus Kress, Professor of International Law and Criminal Law at Cologne University

Founding Commissioner Anne Rübesame during her speech on how the Academy was founded

Serge Brammertz, member of the Advisory Board and Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

UN Under-Secretary General Miguel de Serpa Soares during his welcome speech

Hassan B. Jallow, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Panel discussion with former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, Thomas Buergenthal, und David Tolbert, the President of the International Center for Transitional Justice

Bill Pace, Chairman of the Coalition for the ICC

David Tolbert, member of the Advisory Board and President of the International Center for Transitional Justice

Mats Mattson, Lead Prosecutor with the Swedish Office for White-Collar Crimes

State Minister of Finance Markus Söder, German parliament member Dagmar Wöhrl, Cultural Advisor Julia Lehner, and retired Federal Minister Oscar Schneider

The String Quartet of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

Federal Minister Christian Schmidt, Minister-President Horst Seehofer, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and Mayor Ulrich Maly

Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier during his speech

Minister-President Horst Seehofer welcomes the international audience

Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier signs the Golden Book of the City of Nuremberg

Thomas Buergenthal signs the Golden Book of the City of Nuremberg

Navi Pillay signs the Golden Book of the City of Nuremberg

Reception of the Free State of Bavaria and the City of Nuremberg in the Kaiserburg

Minister-President Horst Seehofer during his speech at the reception

Martin Ney, Thomas Buergenthal, and Ulrich Maly

Former Chief Prosecutor of the Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen Trial, Benjamin Ferencz, conveyed his greetings via video link

Mayor of the City of Nuremberg Ulrich Maly, in the audience

Founding Commissioner Anne Rübesame and Deputy Founding Director Michaela Lissowsky

The team of the IANP Founding Office with Anne Rübesame, Oscar Schneider, Bettina Ambach, Lars Leymann, and Michaela Lissowsky

The team of the IANP Founding Office with Founding Member Oscar Schneider

Theodor Meron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

David Baragwanath, President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon

Philippe Sands, Professor of Law at University College London

Panel Discussion "Accountability Awareness: Lessons learnt from the Nuremberg Trials"

Bernd Borchardt, Founding Director of the Academy

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