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The Birth of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor: Historicity, Model, Deterrence?

 
On 29 April 2017, the Nuremberg Academy hosted the event "The Birth of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor: Historicity, Model, Deterrence?". Four new books were launched, hard-cover copies of which were available for registered participants. The new books are: Historical Origins of International Criminal Law: Volume 5, edited by Morten Bergsmo, Klaus Rackwitz and SONG Tianying;Two Steps Forward,… Learn more  
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Feedback to Guiding Principles and Recommendations on Effective Cooperation in the Prosecution of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

 
On 10-11 April, the Nuremberg Academy conducted a two-day workshop for representatives from national and international CSOs, judicial mechanisms and academics to explore and consider means of informing and strengthening the form, nature and modes of cooperation between judicial mechanisms and CSOs in the successful investigation and prosecution of conflict-related sexual violence. The… Learn more  
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The Nuremberg Academy welcomes a delegation of Iraqi Members of Parliament

 
On 21 March, the Nuremberg Academy received an Iraqi delegation consisting of Members of Parliament and a journalist. The delegation travelled to Nuremberg, on invitation of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, to study different aspects of International Criminal Law and Human Rights. The Academy’s Director Klaus Rackwitz held a lecture about International Criminal Law focusing on the application of the… Learn more  
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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 International Criminal Tribunals will be solemnly adopted in Nuremberg during the Fifth… Learn more  
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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 in the perspective of combining scientific research and practical application with the Director of… Learn more  
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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 receives the Order for his outstanding lifelong commitment to the protection of human rights: “Despite… Learn more  
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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 of the Nuremberg Trials. The conference, “The Nuremberg Principles 70 Years later:… Learn more  
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Nuremberg Academy Side Event at the Fifteenth session of the Assembly of States Parties

 
On 23 November, 2016, the Nuremberg Academy hosted a side event at the Assembly of States Parties to unveil its first book, a volume of deterrence studies titled, Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Deterrent Effect of International Criminal Tribunals. The side event consisted of a panel discussion that examined the conclusions and recommendations of the book, with an eye towards how the ICC… Learn more  
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The Annual Nuremberg Forum 2016 - The Nuremberg Principles 70 Years Later

 
This year, the Nuremberg Academy´s Second Annual Forum commemorates the adoption of the seven Nuremberg Principles by the United Nations General Assembly by resolution 95 (I) on 11 December 1946 on the initiative of the United States delegation. The seven principles, which were teased out of the Charter and Judgment of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg (IMT at Nuremberg), now form… Learn more  
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New Publication "Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Deterrent Effect of International Criminal Tribunals"

 
The Nuremberg Academy is proud to present our latest publication 'Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Deterrent Effect of International Criminal Tribunals'.  Learn more  
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