Founding Office: International Nuremberg Principles
Academy

Information about the Project

In 2010, the Federal German parliament provided finances for the establishment of an "Institute for the Implementation of the Nuremberg Principles in International Criminal Law". The Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany was allocated the task of administering this budget. The City of Nuremberg, represented by the municipal museums and the city's human rights office, took on the task of project management, because of the initiative of the board of trustees of the Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds.

The City of Nuremberg commissioned a scientific committee to prepare a project and feasibility study, and established an office for coordinating the project. During the second half of 2010, work on the project and feasibility study began, and it was completed in autumn 2011.

The scientific committee recommends establishing an International Academy Nuremberg Principles (IANP). The IANP, as an expert forum, is intended to contribute to securing peace by means of law, through multi-disciplinary research and target-group specific training on international criminal law topics, as well as human rights education.

In 2012, the legal and institutional foundation of the International Academy Nuremberg Principles will be prepared. The first pilot projects will be carried out in order to build up the practical work of the IANP in successive steps.

International Expert Advisory Council

In spring 2011, the Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg, Dr. Ulrich Maly, and the spokesman for the Board of Trustees of the Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds, Dr. Oscar Schneider, welcomed members of the International Expert Advisory Council to the first joint meeting with the Scientific Committee.

The International Expert Advisory Council comprises both scientists and people dealing with the practical application of the principles, and with its expert advice has supported the establishment of the Academy.

The members of the International Expert Advisory Council are:
Prof. John Q. Barrett, Prof. Dr. Theo van Boven, Dr. Serge Brammertz, Prof. Dr. Susanne Buckley-Zistel, Prof. Dr. Norbert Frei, Dr. Monika Hauser, Dr. Hans-Peter Kaul, Dr. Stefan Kirsch, Dr. Claudia Lohrenscheit und Prof. Dr. Bruno Simma.

Project Structure

Leading Partner City of Nuremberg

Represented by

Dr. Matthias Henkel

Director museen der stadt nürnberg
(nuremberg municipal museums)

Martina Mittenhuber M.A.

Head of City of Nuremberg Human Rights Office

Scientific Founding Committee

Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling, spokesman

Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law, International Criminal Law and International Law, University of Marburg, Deputy Director of the Research and Documentation Centre for Trials of War Criminals

Prof. Dr. Heiner Bielefeldt

Chair of Human Rights and Human Rights Policies, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief

Prof. Dr. Eckart Conze

Professor of Modern History, University of Marburg, Managing Director of the Research and Documentation Centre for Trials of War Criminals

Dr. Anja Seibert-Fohr

Head of the research group at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg

Founding Office: International Nuremberg Principles Academy

Dipl.-Pol. Michaela Lissowsky
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