Panel Discussion
On 13 October 2025, the Nuremberg Academy in cooperation with the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN) and the Australian Human Rights Institute (University of New South Wales) co-organised a panel discussion titled " Feminist Judgments and the International Criminal Court". The discussion examined the connections between gender, race, nationality, ethnicity, faith…
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Strengthening International Criminal Law: 80 Years since Nuremberg
Eight decades after the beginning of the Nuremberg trial, multilateralism, international law and relevant international and regional human rights frameworks are facing renewed contestation and tremendous pushback. This volatile global reality is also witnessing a surge in the commission of international crimes, asymmetrical and…
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The Nuremberg Academy is pleased to share its contribution to the new book “Nuremberg Principles and Ukraine: The Contemporary Challenges to Peace, Security and Justice”, which has been published by Bloomsbury in October 2025. The volume originated from the international conference: “The Nuremberg Principles: The Contemporary Challenges”, organised by The Catholic University of America in…
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Professor Safferling presented the work of the Nuremberg Academy and the research at the university to the President of the Federal Constitutional Court. Both expressed concern about the current state of international law and international criminal law. Especially on the anniversary of the beginning of the Nuremberg Trials, it is important to emphasise the civilizational achievement of the…
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Professor Safferling visited the Forum Recht Foundation in Karlsruhe. After the Foundation’s Director, Dr. Cord Brüggmann, visited the Academy in Nuremberg in the spring, they now met at the premises of the Forum Recht Foundation in Karlsruhe. The statutory missions of the two foundations overlap, making cooperation in certain areas worthwhile. In both nationally and internationally challenging…
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Professor Safferling, together with former Federal Minister of Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, discussed the rule of law at the invitation of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation: Lessons from the Past, Responsibilities of the Present. The discussion, moderated by Gigi Deppe, focused in particular on the challenges modern means of communication pose for democracy and the rule of law, as…
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On 29 September 2025, a group of international human rights defenders visited the Nuremberg Academy. The visit was part of a programme offered by the Elisabeth- Selbert-Initiative to at-risk human rights defenders currently enrolled in a protection programme in Germany. The Elisabeth-Selbert-Initiative was founded in 2020 by the German Federal Foreign Office and is managed by the Institut für…
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25 September 2025, by Dr Emma Brandon and Dr Pablo Gavira Díaz
On 9 September 2025, the confirmation hearing in the case The Prosecutor v. Joseph Kony opened before Pre-Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC or the Court), in the absence of the suspect. This is the first time that the ICC has conducted a confirmation of charges hearing without the suspect present. The…
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From 24 - 25 September 2025, the Nuremberg Academy in cooperation with the Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina organised a conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina entitled “Criminalising Genocide Denial: Law, Accountability and Prevention”. The conference was further supported by the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation e.V. (IRZ) and TRIAL…
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