Jump directly to main navigation Jump directly to content
679 results:
Research

The Academy Participated in Seminar and Workshop on International Criminal Justice in Iraqi Kurdistan

 
From 13 to 16 May 2025, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, represented by Senior Officer Dr Gurgen Petrossian, actively participated in a series of events in Sulaymaniyah and Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, aimed at strengthening the rule of law and promoting accountability for international crimes. On 13 May, Dr Petrossian had the honour of joining a special session at the British… Learn more  
Public Discourse

New Memorial Plaques Unveiled at Nuremberg Palace of Justice and Judicial Training Center

 
In a ceremony on 12 May 2025, new memorial plaques were unveiled at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice and the Judicial Training Center. The plaques honour Jewish jurists persecuted under the Nazi regime and key figures of the Nuremberg Trials. At the Judicial Training Center in Muggenhofer Straße, Nuremberg, rooms now bear the names of Dr Martin Frankenburger and Dr Albert Rosenfelder, both Jewish… Learn more  
Research

Advancing Justice for International Crimes in Erbil

 
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy participated in a two-day legal workshop held in Erbil, organised by the Kurdish Centre for International Law (KCIL) in cooperation with the Judicial Council of the Kurdistan Region, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Kurdish Bar Association and representatives of the Peshmerga. The workshop brought together leading international legal experts and… Learn more  
Public Discourse

20th Session of the Working Group on International Criminal Law

 
On May 9-10, 2025, the 20th session of the Working Group on International Criminal Law (Arbeitskreis Völkerstrafrecht) took place in Karlsruhe, hosted at the Office of the Federal Public Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice. The Working Group on International Criminal Law is the largest forum for German-speaking experts in the field. Its annual meetings, hosted in different cities,… Learn more  
Public Discourse

CSU State Executive Committee of the Legal Working Group visited the Nuremberg Academy

 
On 8 May 2025, the State Executive Comittee of the Legal Working Group of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) visited the Nuremberg Academy. Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling welcomed the group and introduced the mission and work of the Academy. The visitors showed special interest in the capacity strengthening branch of the Nuremberg Academy, including the Nuremberg Moot Court,… Learn more  
Research

Strengthening International Criminal Law in the Kurdistan Region

 
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy took part in a high-level workshop dedicated to advancing the legal framework for prosecuting international crimes in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on 8 May 2025. Representing the Academy was Dr Gurgen Petrossian, Senior Officer for International Criminal Law. The workshop, organised by the Kurdish Center for International Law in Erbil, focused on… Learn more  
Public Discourse

Philippe Sands in Conversation with Viviane Dittrich

 
Professor Philippe Sands, world renowned expert, lawyer and author, recently joined us for a special conversation in Nuremberg at the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice on 6 May 2025. In conversation with Deputy Director Dr Viviane Dittrich, Professor Sands discussed the possibilities and limits of international law and the complex relationship between atrocity and… Learn more  
Public Discourse

Exhibition "Lawyers without Rights" at the Bamberg Higher Regional Court

 
The exhibition “Lawyers without Rights - Fates of Jewish Lawyers in Germany after 1933” was opened with a festive event in the Historical Library of the Bamberg Higher Regional Court on 6 May 2025. The exhibition, conceived by the German Federal Bar Association, deals with the disenfranchisement and persecution of lawyers of Jewish origin during the National Socialist era and illustrates this… Learn more  
Public Discourse

FAU Chair of Cultural and Social Anthropology visited the Nuremberg Academy

 
On 5 May 2025, the Chair of Cultural and Social Anthropology of the Institute of Sociology at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) visited the Nuremberg Academy. Professor Dr Dominik Müller, who holds the Chair, was accompanied by a few research associates for an exchange of views on issues of mutual interest to both institutions. The Nuremberg Academy was represented by… Learn more  
About Us

Dr Viviane Dittrich

 
Dr Viviane Dittrich is the Deputy Director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. Previously, she taught for several years at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), at Royal Holloway, University of London, and at Sciences Po Paris. Also, she has been Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International Studies at the LSE, Honorary Research Associate at Royal Holloway,… Learn more  
Search results 81 until 90 of 679