The International Nuremberg Principles Academy welcomes the 15th anniversary of the International Criminal Court as a milestone in the fight against impunity for those who are most responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and soon also for the crime of aggression. After the Nuremberg Trials (1946-1949) and the Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda (1993 and…
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The International Nuremberg Principles Academy together with the Wayamo Foundation and Africa Group for Justice and Accountability held capacity-building workshops on strengthening justice and accountability in Nigeria. Previous workshops in December 2016 and March 2017 have aimed at helping Nigerian prosecutors address the most serious and complex crimes under Nigerian criminal law. The…
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On 19 June 2017, the International Nuremberg Academy hosted the 1st Elisabeth Käsemann Symposium Nuremberg which took place in the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice.The subject of the symposium was the "International Criminal Prosecution of Governmental Crimes in Germany and Latin America: 1933 – 1976 – today".Renowned experts from Germany and Latin America analyzed the…
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The International Nuremberg Principles Academy, in co-operation with the Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP) and other partners, co-organized an international expert seminar ‘Quality Control in Preliminary Examination’ in the Peace Palace in The Hague on 13-14 June 2017. The focus of the event was on specific measures to enhance quality control and professionalism…
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On 7 June 2017, the Nuremberg Academy together with the City of Nuremberg, presented the International Justice Guidelines to social welfare workers. Nuremberg has been selected as a pilot city for these guidelines, which seek to provide assistance to those working with refugees to understand the inevitable link between their work and international criminal justice.
The launch, which took place…
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The acceptance study is the first interdisciplinary research project of the Nuremberg Academy aiming at developing a comprehensive research tool for assessing acceptance in different situation countries. The acceptance project contributes to shed light on understanding ‘how international criminal justice is accepted by relevant actors in situation countries?’ and to provide consolidated findings…
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On 19 May, the South African jurist Dr. Navanethem (Navi) Pillay has been elected as the new President of the Advisory Council of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. She succeeds Professor Dr. Thomas Buergenthal in this function who for reasons of age, did not stand for re-election."We are delighted that Dr. Navi Pillay, who is an internationally renowned personality will hold the…
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The International Nuremberg Principles Academy held on 05-06 May 2017 a seminar on the 'Legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Nuremberg Principles'. The Nuremberg trials, including its subsequent trials ended in 1949 and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was only established in 1993.
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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,…
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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…
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