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Dr Dittrich Invited to Expert Convening on the Future Architecture of Accountability for Atrocity Crimes

 
On 27 June 2024 Deputy Director Dr Viviane Dittrich was invited to participate in an Expert Convening on the Future Architecture of Accountability for Atrocity Crimes organised by the US Institute of Peace. The hybrid meeting, convened and chaired by Ambassador David Scheffer and Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper, brought together international experts including academics and… Learn more  
Capacity Strengthening

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. The seminar aimed to strengthen participants’ knowledge and skills in relation to the investigation,… Learn more  
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Academy Talk: Catherine Savard on the Prohibition of Ecocide under International Law

 
On 20 June 2024, Catherine Savard, a Canadian human rights lawyer and MPhil in Law Candidate at the University of Oxford, presented her research on the emerging prohibition of ecocide under international law at the Academy Talk. Ms Savard’s presentation explored the possibilities and challenges of prosecuting ecocide by amending the Rome Statute to include environmental crimes as a separate… Learn more  
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Nuremberg Academy Seminar Examines Second World War Justice and Nuremberg Trials Legacy

 
The Nuremberg Academy hosted a seminar on 11 June 2024, featuring scholars from the University of Warsaw and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Discussions focused on the legacy of the Nuremberg trials and ongoing efforts against Nazi impunity. Presentations included Julia Klaus on Rafal Lemkin, the pioneer of the concept of genocide, emphasising his fight against… Learn more  
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Panel Discussion on "Human Rights Courts in Africa, the Americas, and Europe"

 
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy co-organised together with the Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN) of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) the panel discussion titled “Human Rights Courts in Africa, the Americas, and Europe: Trends and Challenges” at Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, on 7 June 2024. Regional human rights courts play… Learn more  
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The German-Polish Legal Association from Waldenburg-Marburg visited the Nuremberg Academy

 
A group of more than 45 jurists from the Waldenburg-Marburg German-Polish Legal Association visited the Nuremberg Academy on 7 June 2024. This visit represented the last station of a tour that also led the group to the Memorium Nuremberg Trials. After visiting historic Courtroom 600, Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling welcomed the visitors to the premises of the Nuremberg Academy, where… Learn more  
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The High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt visited the Academy

 
The High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, visited the Nuremberg Academy on 7 June 2024. Together with Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling, he discussed the situation in the former Yugoslavia and how the Academy could contribute to the area of capacity strengthening. (cs/em) Learn more  
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A Delegation from the Universidad Nacional de las Artes Visited the Nuremberg Academy

 
On 5 June 2024, a small delegation from the Department of Folklore at the Argentinian Universidad Nacional de las Artes visited the Nuremberg Academy. Project Officer Dr Pablo Gavira Díaz welcomed the group and introduced the mission and work of the Academy. Special emphasis was placed on the strengthening capacity branch, which aims at developing the skills and abilities of legal professionals… Learn more  
Capacity Strengthening

Online Seminars for Magistrates from francophone Western and Central Africa

 
On 4 and 6 June 2024, the Nuremberg Academy, the Asser Institute and the Antonio Cassese Initiative held the online part of their “Seminar on the Prosecution of International Crimes in Africa”. Participants are 20 magistrates from francophone Central and Western Africa. Professor Robert Roth delivered the sessions of 4 June, which covered evidential issues, including the establishment of modes of… Learn more  
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Movie Screening and Panel Discussion: “Argentina, 1985”

 
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy co-organised an event dedicated to the movie “Argentina, 1985” (Santiago Mitre, 2022), at the Filmhaus Nürnberg on 3 June 2024. The internationally acclaimed film uses the first trial against the top leadership of the military Junta in 1985 to explore the difficulties of dealing with their crimes. Based on intensive research, it narrates the problems… Learn more  
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