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“The International Nuremberg Principles Academy –
the right idea at the right time
and in the right place.” Dr. h.c. Hans-Peter Kaul, Judge at the International Criminal Court
“We have to understand that up
until now we only could prevent
crime in a symbolic manner.
We will never be able to stop all
crimes. But we have the duty to try,
as well as we can. I am 93 now;
the future is up to you.”
Benjamin Ferencz, Prosecutor in the
Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen Trial
The Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, with its historical Court Room 600 where
the Nuremberg Trials were held from 1945 to 1949, is to be the location of the
International Nuremberg Principles Academy. Nuremberg is closely linked to
both the crimes of National Socialism and the way these crimes were dealt
with by criminal law.
The idea to establish the International Nuremberg Principles Academy was
launched by the Board of Trustees of the Documentation Centre Nazi Party
Rally Grounds. Members include the Bavarian Prime Minister, Horst Seehofer,
the State Minister for Cultural Affairs, Bernd Neumann, the Lord Mayor of
the City of Nuremberg, Dr. Ulrich Maly, and Charlotte Knobloch, president of
the Jewish Congregation of Munich and Upper Bavaria, as well as other
representatives of the Federal Government, the Free State of Bavaria and the
City of Nuremberg. The Board’s spokesman is former Federal Minister of
Building, Dr. Oscar Schneider. The foundation of the International Nuremberg
Principles Academy receives financial support from the Federal Republic’s
Foreign Office, from the Free State of Bavaria and the City of Nuremberg.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling, Prof. Dr. Heiner Bielefeldt, Prof. Dr. Eckart Conze
and Prof. Dr. Anja Seibert-Fohr, recommend in their Project and Feasibility Study
the foundation of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. The members
of the International Expert Advisory Board, including practitioners of international
criminal law, such as Hans-Peter Kaul, Judge at the International Criminal Court,
and Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia, support the recommendations of the Founding Committee.
Nuremberg, location of the Academy
Recommendations by the Scientific Founding Committee
Initiative
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is to establish
a worldwide forum at the historical venue of the Nuremberg
Trials. Jurists from international criminal courts, academics,
diplomats and opinion leaders from all over the world will
discuss aspects of international criminal law here.
Following the recommendations of the Scientific Founding
Committee, the International Academy will develop activities
in the fields of target group specific in-service training, inter-
disciplinary research and human rights education. With target
group specific training seminars, for example for governments,
legal practitioners and journalists from countries affected
by major human rights violations, the Academy will promote
the translation of international criminal law to national law.
Knowledge gained in the training and human rights education
seminars will also be integrated into the inter-disciplinary
research of the International Academy.
With its activities, the International Nuremberg Principles
Academy will make a systematic contribution towards
implementing the Nuremberg Principles, the core of today’s
international criminal law. The International Nuremberg
Principles Academy is to be established as a foundation.
Wide ranging material and non-material support will be
needed for its establishment and its future work. Contact and Further Information:
Founding Office
International Nuremberg Principles
Academy
Egidienplatz 23
90403 Nuremberg
Tel: +49 (0)911 231-14206
Fax: +49 (0)911 231-14020
www.international-nuremberg-
principles-academy.de
“We want to continue where Robert H. Jackson finished in his closing
address. Jackson not only banked on the power of moral conviction, but
also on the preventative effect of criminal law, as seen within national
states. 1945 marked the ‘end of impunity’ for grave breaches of inter-
national law – war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes against
peace. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy wants to make
a systematic, holistic and interdisciplinary contribution towards the
implementation of the Nuremberg Principles. The foundation of the
Academy is in keeping with the German policy of promoting the rule of
law and the protection of human rights worldwide.”
“Nuremberg changed the world. With the Nuremberg Principles, the
foundation was laid for a new order applicable to all of humanity, with
equal rights for all. With the Academy, building this new order can be
continued, with the particular legitimacy and the historical credibility
which only Nuremberg can offer. The time is not just right for this new
institution, its foundation in the near future is absolutely necessary in
the current situation.”
“The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is to establish a world-
wide forum promoting the exchange of experience between practitioners
working in international and national criminal jurisdiction. In order to
strengthen an active complementarity at national and international levels,
the Scientific Founding Committee recommends three fields of action:
inter-disciplinary research, target group specific training and human rights
education.”
Dr. Oscar Schneider,
Former Federal Minister
Spokesperson of the Board
of Trustees for the Documentation
Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds
Dr. h.c. Hans-Peter Kaul,
Judge at the International Criminal Court
Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling,
Spokesperson of the Scientific Founding
Committee
Establishing the International Nuremberg Principles AcademyThe Academy as a Forum
The Academy’s Goals
“The International Nuremberg Principles Academy –
the right idea at the right time
and in the right place.” Dr. h.c. Hans-Peter Kaul, Judge at the International Criminal Court
“We have to understand that up
until now we only could prevent
crime in a symbolic manner.
We will never be able to stop all
crimes. But we have the duty to try,
as well as we can. I am 93 now;
the future is up to you.”
Benjamin Ferencz, Prosecutor in the
Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen Trial
The Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, with its historical Court Room 600 where
the Nuremberg Trials were held from 1945 to 1949, is to be the location of the
International Nuremberg Principles Academy. Nuremberg is closely linked to
both the crimes of National Socialism and the way these crimes were dealt
with by criminal law.
The idea to establish the International Nuremberg Principles Academy was
launched by the Board of Trustees of the Documentation Centre Nazi Party
Rally Grounds. Members include the Bavarian Prime Minister, Horst Seehofer,
the State Minister for Cultural Affairs, Bernd Neumann, the Lord Mayor of
the City of Nuremberg, Dr. Ulrich Maly, and Charlotte Knobloch, president of
the Jewish Congregation of Munich and Upper Bavaria, as well as other
representatives of the Federal Government, the Free State of Bavaria and the
City of Nuremberg. The Board’s spokesman is former Federal Minister of
Building, Dr. Oscar Schneider. The foundation of the International Nuremberg
Principles Academy receives financial support from the Federal Republic’s
Foreign Office, from the Free State of Bavaria and the City of Nuremberg.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling, Prof. Dr. Heiner Bielefeldt, Prof. Dr. Eckart Conze
and Prof. Dr. Anja Seibert-Fohr, recommend in their Project and Feasibility Study
the foundation of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. The members
of the International Expert Advisory Board, including practitioners of international
criminal law, such as Hans-Peter Kaul, Judge at the International Criminal Court,
and Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia, support the recommendations of the Founding Committee.
Nuremberg, location of the Academy
Recommendations by the Scientific Founding Committee
Initiative
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is to establish
a worldwide forum at the historical venue of the Nuremberg
Trials. Jurists from international criminal courts, academics,
diplomats and opinion leaders from all over the world will
discuss aspects of international criminal law here.
Following the recommendations of the Scientific Founding
Committee, the International Academy will develop activities
in the fields of target group specific in-service training, inter-
disciplinary research and human rights education. With target
group specific training seminars, for example for governments,
legal practitioners and journalists from countries affected
by major human rights violations, the Academy will promote
the translation of international criminal law to national law.
Knowledge gained in the training and human rights education
seminars will also be integrated into the inter-disciplinary
research of the International Academy.
With its activities, the International Nuremberg Principles
Academy will make a systematic contribution towards
implementing the Nuremberg Principles, the core of today’s
international criminal law. The International Nuremberg
Principles Academy is to be established as a foundation.
Wide ranging material and non-material support will be
needed for its establishment and its future work. Contact and Further Information:
Founding Office
International Nuremberg Principles
Academy
Egidienplatz 23
90403 Nuremberg
Tel: +49 (0)911 231-14206
Fax: +49 (0)911 231-14020
www.international-nuremberg-
principles-academy.de
“We want to continue where Robert H. Jackson finished in his closing
address. Jackson not only banked on the power of moral conviction, but
also on the preventative effect of criminal law, as seen within national
states. 1945 marked the ‘end of impunity’ for grave breaches of inter-
national law – war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes against
peace. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy wants to make
a systematic, holistic and interdisciplinary contribution towards the
implementation of the Nuremberg Principles. The foundation of the
Academy is in keeping with the German policy of promoting the rule of
law and the protection of human rights worldwide.”
“Nuremberg changed the world. With the Nuremberg Principles, the
foundation was laid for a new order applicable to all of humanity, with
equal rights for all. With the Academy, building this new order can be
continued, with the particular legitimacy and the historical credibility
which only Nuremberg can offer. The time is not just right for this new
institution, its foundation in the near future is absolutely necessary in
the current situation.”
“The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is to establish a world-
wide forum promoting the exchange of experience between practitioners
working in international and national criminal jurisdiction. In order to
strengthen an active complementarity at national and international levels,
the Scientific Founding Committee recommends three fields of action:
inter-disciplinary research, target group specific training and human rights
education.”
Dr. Oscar Schneider,
Former Federal Minister
Spokesperson of the Board
of Trustees for the Documentation
Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds
Dr. h.c. Hans-Peter Kaul,
Judge at the International Criminal Court
Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling,
Spokesperson of the Scientific Founding
Committee
Establishing the International Nuremberg Principles AcademyThe Academy as a Forum
The Academy’s Goals
“The International Nuremberg Principles Academy –
the right idea at the right time
and in the right place.” Dr. h.c. Hans-Peter Kaul, Judge at the International Criminal Court
“We have to understand that up
until now we only could prevent
crime in a symbolic manner.
We will never be able to stop all
crimes. But we have the duty to try,
as well as we can. I am 93 now;
the future is up to you.”
Benjamin Ferencz, Prosecutor in the
Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen Trial
The Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, with its historical Court Room 600 where
the Nuremberg Trials were held from 1945 to 1949, is to be the location of the
International Nuremberg Principles Academy. Nuremberg is closely linked to
both the crimes of National Socialism and the way these crimes were dealt
with by criminal law.
The idea to establish the International Nuremberg Principles Academy was
launched by the Board of Trustees of the Documentation Centre Nazi Party
Rally Grounds. Members include the Bavarian Prime Minister, Horst Seehofer,
the State Minister for Cultural Affairs, Bernd Neumann, the Lord Mayor of
the City of Nuremberg, Dr. Ulrich Maly, and Charlotte Knobloch, president of
the Jewish Congregation of Munich and Upper Bavaria, as well as other
representatives of the Federal Government, the Free State of Bavaria and the
City of Nuremberg. The Board’s spokesman is former Federal Minister of
Building, Dr. Oscar Schneider. The foundation of the International Nuremberg
Principles Academy receives financial support from the Federal Republic’s
Foreign Office, from the Free State of Bavaria and the City of Nuremberg.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling, Prof. Dr. Heiner Bielefeldt, Prof. Dr. Eckart Conze
and Prof. Dr. Anja Seibert-Fohr, recommend in their Project and Feasibility Study
the foundation of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. The members
of the International Expert Advisory Board, including practitioners of international
criminal law, such as Hans-Peter Kaul, Judge at the International Criminal Court,
and Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia, support the recommendations of the Founding Committee.
Nuremberg, location of the Academy
Recommendations by the Scientific Founding Committee
Initiative
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is to establish
a worldwide forum at the historical venue of the Nuremberg
Trials. Jurists from international criminal courts, academics,
diplomats and opinion leaders from all over the world will
discuss aspects of international criminal law here.
Following the recommendations of the Scientific Founding
Committee, the International Academy will develop activities
in the fields of target group specific in-service training, inter-
disciplinary research and human rights education. With target
group specific training seminars, for example for governments,
legal practitioners and journalists from countries affected
by major human rights violations, the Academy will promote
the translation of international criminal law to national law.
Knowledge gained in the training and human rights education
seminars will also be integrated into the inter-disciplinary
research of the International Academy.
With its activities, the International Nuremberg Principles
Academy will make a systematic contribution towards
implementing the Nuremberg Principles, the core of today’s
international criminal law. The International Nuremberg
Principles Academy is to be established as a foundation.
Wide ranging material and non-material support will be
needed for its establishment and its future work. Contact and Further Information:
Founding Office
International Nuremberg Principles
Academy
Egidienplatz 23
90403 Nuremberg
Tel: +49 (0)911 231-14206
Fax: +49 (0)911 231-14020
www.international-nuremberg-
principles-academy.de
“We want to continue where Robert H. Jackson finished in his closing
address. Jackson not only banked on the power of moral conviction, but
also on the preventative effect of criminal law, as seen within national
states. 1945 marked the ‘end of impunity’ for grave breaches of inter-
national law – war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes against
peace. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy wants to make
a systematic, holistic and interdisciplinary contribution towards the
implementation of the Nuremberg Principles. The foundation of the
Academy is in keeping with the German policy of promoting the rule of
law and the protection of human rights worldwide.”
“Nuremberg changed the world. With the Nuremberg Principles, the
foundation was laid for a new order applicable to all of humanity, with
equal rights for all. With the Academy, building this new order can be
continued, with the particular legitimacy and the historical credibility
which only Nuremberg can offer. The time is not just right for this new
institution, its foundation in the near future is absolutely necessary in
the current situation.”
“The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is to establish a world-
wide forum promoting the exchange of experience between practitioners
working in international and national criminal jurisdiction. In order to
strengthen an active complementarity at national and international levels,
the Scientific Founding Committee recommends three fields of action:
inter-disciplinary research, target group specific training and human rights
education.”
Dr. Oscar Schneider,
Former Federal Minister
Spokesperson of the Board
of Trustees for the Documentation
Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds
Dr. h.c. Hans-Peter Kaul,
Judge at the International Criminal Court
Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling,
Spokesperson of the Scientific Founding
Committee
Establishing the International Nuremberg Principles AcademyThe Academy as a Forum
The Academy’s Goals
Internationally renowned experts in international law from both practice and
research met for a High-Level Symposium. They included the Judges Thomas
Buergenthal and Hans-Peter Kaul, as well as representatives of leading Non-
Government Organisations, such as Richard Dicker (Human Rights Watch) and
David Tolbert (International Center for Transitional Justice), criminal defence
lawyers at international criminal courts, and the former President of the Sierra
Leone Tribunal, Geoffrey Robertson.
Government representatives with considerable experience in international
criminal law, such as Harold Koh (then legal adviser at the US State Office),
Stephen Rapp (US Special Ambassador), and the Permanent Representatives to
the United Nations, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid (Jordan) and Christian Wenaweser
(Liechtenstein) presented an overview of the character and the tasks for a future
International Nuremberg Principles Academy.
The symposium’s participants agreed that the power of the new Academy to
bring together influential people as well as its potential for imparting education
must be rated very highly.
First Activities
To mark the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the International Criminal
Court (ICC), the conference “Through the Lens of Nuremberg – The International
Criminal Court at its Tenth Anniversary” was held.
Speakers included ICC President, Sang-Hyun Song; the Chief Prosecutor at the
ICC, Fatou Bensouda; the President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome
Statute of the ICC, Tiina Intelmann; high-ranking representatives from situation
countries, such as Githu Muigai, Attorney General for the Republic of Kenya; and
representatives of organisations such as the Arab League.
At this conference, experts from the International Criminal Court and officials
from situation countries and Non-Member States who normally do not meet were
brought together in an open discussion forum.
High-Level Symposium Journalists from States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC were given
in-service training by specialised media coaches during a one week Media
Workshop.
“In order to sharpen awareness on issues of international justice, we need
well informed and professionally trained local journalists who can enlighten
the affected population about the goals and the procedure of the Inter-
national Criminal Court, ” said journalist Bettina Ambach, Director of the
Foundation “Wayamo”, after doing the first Media Training in Nuremberg.
“In Nuremberg, I understood the origins of international criminal law.
It also became clear to me how important it is to remember human rights
crimes – and how necessary it is to deal with them,” confirms radio
journalist Judie Kaberia from Kenya.
Students from the United States were given further training in a Summer
School on international criminal law. The programme is characterised
by its focus on practical issues. Kenyan students also took part in this
Summer School.
“Right from the start it was clear that the programme was not only going
to provide me with career opportunities, but also satisfy my thirst for
knowledge about international criminal law. Because the venue was
Nuremberg, the cradle of international criminal law, it gave me the
opportunity of getting to know both the city and the court room where
the Nuremberg Trials were held.”
“The special thing about the Summer School was that different people
from different cultures got together. This made me a more open and more
tolerant person and gave me a better understanding of other cultures.”
Darleen Seda
William Kahare Muthee
International Conference “Through the Lens of Nuremberg”
Training with Journalists Summer School
Internationally renowned experts in international law from both practice and
research met for a High-Level Symposium. They included the Judges Thomas
Buergenthal and Hans-Peter Kaul, as well as representatives of leading Non-
Government Organisations, such as Richard Dicker (Human Rights Watch) and
David Tolbert (International Center for Transitional Justice), criminal defence
lawyers at international criminal courts, and the former President of the Sierra
Leone Tribunal, Geoffrey Robertson.
Government representatives with considerable experience in international
criminal law, such as Harold Koh (then legal adviser at the US State Office),
Stephen Rapp (US Special Ambassador), and the Permanent Representatives to
the United Nations, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid (Jordan) and Christian Wenaweser
(Liechtenstein) presented an overview of the character and the tasks for a future
International Nuremberg Principles Academy.
The symposium’s participants agreed that the power of the new Academy to
bring together influential people as well as its potential for imparting education
must be rated very highly.
First Activities
To mark the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the International Criminal
Court (ICC), the conference “Through the Lens of Nuremberg – The International
Criminal Court at its Tenth Anniversary” was held.
Speakers included ICC President, Sang-Hyun Song; the Chief Prosecutor at the
ICC, Fatou Bensouda; the President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome
Statute of the ICC, Tiina Intelmann; high-ranking representatives from situation
countries, such as Githu Muigai, Attorney General for the Republic of Kenya; and
representatives of organisations such as the Arab League.
At this conference, experts from the International Criminal Court and officials
from situation countries and Non-Member States who normally do not meet were
brought together in an open discussion forum.
High-Level Symposium Journalists from States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC were given
in-service training by specialised media coaches during a one week Media
Workshop.
“In order to sharpen awareness on issues of international justice, we need
well informed and professionally trained local journalists who can enlighten
the affected population about the goals and the procedure of the Inter-
national Criminal Court, ” said journalist Bettina Ambach, Director of the
Foundation “Wayamo”, after doing the first Media Training in Nuremberg.
“In Nuremberg, I understood the origins of international criminal law.
It also became clear to me how important it is to remember human rights
crimes – and how necessary it is to deal with them,” confirms radio
journalist Judie Kaberia from Kenya.
Students from the United States were given further training in a Summer
School on international criminal law. The programme is characterised
by its focus on practical issues. Kenyan students also took part in this
Summer School.
“Right from the start it was clear that the programme was not only going
to provide me with career opportunities, but also satisfy my thirst for
knowledge about international criminal law. Because the venue was
Nuremberg, the cradle of international criminal law, it gave me the
opportunity of getting to know both the city and the court room where
the Nuremberg Trials were held.”
“The special thing about the Summer School was that different people
from different cultures got together. This made me a more open and more
tolerant person and gave me a better understanding of other cultures.”
Darleen Seda
William Kahare Muthee
International Conference “Through the Lens of Nuremberg”
Training with Journalists Summer School
Internationally renowned experts in international law from both practice and
research met for a High-Level Symposium. They included the Judges Thomas
Buergenthal and Hans-Peter Kaul, as well as representatives of leading Non-
Government Organisations, such as Richard Dicker (Human Rights Watch) and
David Tolbert (International Center for Transitional Justice), criminal defence
lawyers at international criminal courts, and the former President of the Sierra
Leone Tribunal, Geoffrey Robertson.
Government representatives with considerable experience in international
criminal law, such as Harold Koh (then legal adviser at the US State Office),
Stephen Rapp (US Special Ambassador), and the Permanent Representatives to
the United Nations, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid (Jordan) and Christian Wenaweser
(Liechtenstein) presented an overview of the character and the tasks for a future
International Nuremberg Principles Academy.
The symposium’s participants agreed that the power of the new Academy to
bring together influential people as well as its potential for imparting education
must be rated very highly.
First Activities
To mark the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the International Criminal
Court (ICC), the conference “Through the Lens of Nuremberg – The International
Criminal Court at its Tenth Anniversary” was held.
Speakers included ICC President, Sang-Hyun Song; the Chief Prosecutor at the
ICC, Fatou Bensouda; the President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome
Statute of the ICC, Tiina Intelmann; high-ranking representatives from situation
countries, such as Githu Muigai, Attorney General for the Republic of Kenya; and
representatives of organisations such as the Arab League.
At this conference, experts from the International Criminal Court and officials
from situation countries and Non-Member States who normally do not meet were
brought together in an open discussion forum.
High-Level Symposium Journalists from States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC were given
in-service training by specialised media coaches during a one week Media
Workshop.
“In order to sharpen awareness on issues of international justice, we need
well informed and professionally trained local journalists who can enlighten
the affected population about the goals and the procedure of the Inter-
national Criminal Court, ” said journalist Bettina Ambach, Director of the
Foundation “Wayamo”, after doing the first Media Training in Nuremberg.
“In Nuremberg, I understood the origins of international criminal law.
It also became clear to me how important it is to remember human rights
crimes – and how necessary it is to deal with them,” confirms radio
journalist Judie Kaberia from Kenya.
Students from the United States were given further training in a Summer
School on international criminal law. The programme is characterised
by its focus on practical issues. Kenyan students also took part in this
Summer School.
“Right from the start it was clear that the programme was not only going
to provide me with career opportunities, but also satisfy my thirst for
knowledge about international criminal law. Because the venue was
Nuremberg, the cradle of international criminal law, it gave me the
opportunity of getting to know both the city and the court room where
the Nuremberg Trials were held.”
“The special thing about the Summer School was that different people
from different cultures got together. This made me a more open and more
tolerant person and gave me a better understanding of other cultures.”
Darleen Seda
William Kahare Muthee
International Conference “Through the Lens of Nuremberg”
Training with Journalists Summer School
Internationally renowned experts in international law from both practice and
research met for a High-Level Symposium. They included the Judges Thomas
Buergenthal and Hans-Peter Kaul, as well as representatives of leading Non-
Government Organisations, such as Richard Dicker (Human Rights Watch) and
David Tolbert (International Center for Transitional Justice), criminal defence
lawyers at international criminal courts, and the former President of the Sierra
Leone Tribunal, Geoffrey Robertson.
Government representatives with considerable experience in international
criminal law, such as Harold Koh (then legal adviser at the US State Office),
Stephen Rapp (US Special Ambassador), and the Permanent Representatives to
the United Nations, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid (Jordan) and Christian Wenaweser
(Liechtenstein) presented an overview of the character and the tasks for a future
International Nuremberg Principles Academy.
The symposium’s participants agreed that the power of the new Academy to
bring together influential people as well as its potential for imparting education
must be rated very highly.
First Activities
To mark the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the International Criminal
Court (ICC), the conference “Through the Lens of Nuremberg – The International
Criminal Court at its Tenth Anniversary” was held.
Speakers included ICC President, Sang-Hyun Song; the Chief Prosecutor at the
ICC, Fatou Bensouda; the President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome
Statute of the ICC, Tiina Intelmann; high-ranking representatives from situation
countries, such as Githu Muigai, Attorney General for the Republic of Kenya; and
representatives of organisations such as the Arab League.
At this conference, experts from the International Criminal Court and officials
from situation countries and Non-Member States who normally do not meet were
brought together in an open discussion forum.
High-Level Symposium Journalists from States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC were given
in-service training by specialised media coaches during a one week Media
Workshop.
“In order to sharpen awareness on issues of international justice, we need
well informed and professionally trained local journalists who can enlighten
the affected population about the goals and the procedure of the Inter-
national Criminal Court, ” said journalist Bettina Ambach, Director of the
Foundation “Wayamo”, after doing the first Media Training in Nuremberg.
“In Nuremberg, I understood the origins of international criminal law.
It also became clear to me how important it is to remember human rights
crimes – and how necessary it is to deal with them,” confirms radio
journalist Judie Kaberia from Kenya.
Students from the United States were given further training in a Summer
School on international criminal law. The programme is characterised
by its focus on practical issues. Kenyan students also took part in this
Summer School.
“Right from the start it was clear that the programme was not only going
to provide me with career opportunities, but also satisfy my thirst for
knowledge about international criminal law. Because the venue was
Nuremberg, the cradle of international criminal law, it gave me the
opportunity of getting to know both the city and the court room where
the Nuremberg Trials were held.”
“The special thing about the Summer School was that different people
from different cultures got together. This made me a more open and more
tolerant person and gave me a better understanding of other cultures.”
Darleen Seda
William Kahare Muthee
International Conference “Through the Lens of Nuremberg”
Training with Journalists Summer School
“The International Nuremberg Principles Academy –
the right idea at the right time
and in the right place.” Dr. h.c. Hans-Peter Kaul, Judge at the International Criminal Court
“We have to understand that up
until now we only could prevent
crime in a symbolic manner.
We will never be able to stop all
crimes. But we have the duty to try,
as well as we can. I am 93 now;
the future is up to you.”
Benjamin Ferencz, Prosecutor in the
Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen Trial
The Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, with its historical Court Room 600 where
the Nuremberg Trials were held from 1945 to 1949, is to be the location of the
International Nuremberg Principles Academy. Nuremberg is closely linked to
both the crimes of National Socialism and the way these crimes were dealt
with by criminal law.
The idea to establish the International Nuremberg Principles Academy was
launched by the Board of Trustees of the Documentation Centre Nazi Party
Rally Grounds. Members include the Bavarian Prime Minister, Horst Seehofer,
the State Minister for Cultural Affairs, Bernd Neumann, the Lord Mayor of
the City of Nuremberg, Dr. Ulrich Maly, and Charlotte Knobloch, president of
the Jewish Congregation of Munich and Upper Bavaria, as well as other
representatives of the Federal Government, the Free State of Bavaria and the
City of Nuremberg. The Board’s spokesman is former Federal Minister of
Building, Dr. Oscar Schneider. The foundation of the International Nuremberg
Principles Academy receives financial support from the Federal Republic’s
Foreign Office, from the Free State of Bavaria and the City of Nuremberg.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling, Prof. Dr. Heiner Bielefeldt, Prof. Dr. Eckart Conze
and Prof. Dr. Anja Seibert-Fohr, recommend in their Project and Feasibility Study
the foundation of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. The members
of the International Expert Advisory Board, including practitioners of international
criminal law, such as Hans-Peter Kaul, Judge at the International Criminal Court,
and Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia, support the recommendations of the Founding Committee.
Nuremberg, location of the Academy
Recommendations by the Scientific Founding Committee
Initiative
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is to establish
a worldwide forum at the historical venue of the Nuremberg
Trials. Jurists from international criminal courts, academics,
diplomats and opinion leaders from all over the world will
discuss aspects of international criminal law here.
Following the recommendations of the Scientific Founding
Committee, the International Academy will develop activities
in the fields of target group specific in-service training, inter-
disciplinary research and human rights education. With target
group specific training seminars, for example for governments,
legal practitioners and journalists from countries affected
by major human rights violations, the Academy will promote
the translation of international criminal law to national law.
Knowledge gained in the training and human rights education
seminars will also be integrated into the inter-disciplinary
research of the International Academy.
With its activities, the International Nuremberg Principles
Academy will make a systematic contribution towards
implementing the Nuremberg Principles, the core of today’s
international criminal law. The International Nuremberg
Principles Academy is to be established as a foundation.
Wide ranging material and non-material support will be
needed for its establishment and its future work. Contact and Further Information:
Founding Office
International Nuremberg Principles
Academy
Egidienplatz 23
90403 Nuremberg
Tel: +49 (0)911 231-14206
Fax: +49 (0)911 231-14020
www.international-nuremberg-
principles-academy.de
“We want to continue where Robert H. Jackson finished in his closing
address. Jackson not only banked on the power of moral conviction, but
also on the preventative effect of criminal law, as seen within national
states. 1945 marked the ‘end of impunity’ for grave breaches of inter-
national law – war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes against
peace. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy wants to make
a systematic, holistic and interdisciplinary contribution towards the
implementation of the Nuremberg Principles. The foundation of the
Academy is in keeping with the German policy of promoting the rule of
law and the protection of human rights worldwide.”
“Nuremberg changed the world. With the Nuremberg Principles, the
foundation was laid for a new order applicable to all of humanity, with
equal rights for all. With the Academy, building this new order can be
continued, with the particular legitimacy and the historical credibility
which only Nuremberg can offer. The time is not just right for this new
institution, its foundation in the near future is absolutely necessary in
the current situation.”
“The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is to establish a world-
wide forum promoting the exchange of experience between practitioners
working in international and national criminal jurisdiction. In order to
strengthen an active complementarity at national and international levels,
the Scientific Founding Committee recommends three fields of action:
inter-disciplinary research, target group specific training and human rights
education.”
Dr. Oscar Schneider,
Former Federal Minister
Spokesperson of the Board
of Trustees for the Documentation
Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds
Dr. h.c. Hans-Peter Kaul,
Judge at the International Criminal Court
Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling,
Spokesperson of the Scientific Founding
Committee
Establishing the International Nuremberg Principles AcademyThe Academy as a Forum
The Academy’s Goals