Nuremberg Forum 2025 Speakers
"Strengthening International Criminal Law: 80 Years since Nuremberg"
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy cordially invites you to attend the Nuremberg Forum 2025, which will take place
from 10 to 12 October 2025 in Courtroom 600.
Eight decades after the beginning of the Nuremberg trial, multilateralism, international law and relevant international and regional human rights frameworks are facing renewed contestation and tremendous pushback. This volatile global reality is also witnessing a surge in the commission of international crimes, asymmetrical and proxy warfare and the use of new technologies that are changing the inherent and conventionally understood nature of warfare.
The Nuremberg Forum 2025 will examine strategies for strengthening international criminal law´s development, implementation and enforcement. Drawing lessons from the Nuremberg trials and other pioneering international, regional and domestic proceedings, the panellists will reflect on the historical evolution of the law´s foundational norms and procedures. The discussions will contextualise the key challenges faced by international criminal law today and elaborate on the role of courts, the UN, states, civil society, survivor communities and other key stakeholders in confronting them.
Registration for this conference is now open. The Nuremberg Forum 2025 will be conducted in a hybrid format, allowing both in-person and online participation. Sessions will be conducted in English, with opportunities for audience engagement and questions. All participants, whether attending in person or online, are required to register.
For practical information, please refer to the section below.
Speakers (in alphabetical order):
Speakers
John Q. Barrett
Benjamin N. Cardozo Professor of Law @ St John’s University School of Law
Sarah Cleveland
Judge @ International Court of Justice
Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi
President of the Advisory Council @ International Nuremberg Principles Academy
Adama Dieng
Special Envoy for the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide and other Mass Atrocities @ African Union
Elinor Hammarskjöld
Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel @ United Nations
Ute Hohoff
Judge @ Federal Court of Justice of Germany
Päivi Kaukoranta
President @ Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Juan E. Mendez
Professor of Human Rights Law @ American University – Washington College of Law
Kaari Betty Murungi
Former Commissioner @ Kenya Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission
Herbert Reginbogin
Collegiate Fellow @ The Catholic University of America
Anna Myriam Roccatello
Deputy Executive Director and Director of Programs @ International Center for Transitional Justice
Leila Sadat
James Carr Professor @ Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at Washington University Law School
Patricia Viseur Sellers
Special Advisor for Slavery Crimes @ Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
Gerry Simpson
Professor of International Law @ London School of Economics and Political Science
Jean-François Thony
President @ Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights
René Fernando Urueña Hernandez
Special Adviser on Complementarity @ Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
Tania von Uslar-Gleichen
Legal Advisor, Head of Legal Department @ Federal Foreign Office of Germany
Rebecca Weiss
Research Associate @ Culture of Remembrance and Contemporary History Department of the Nuremberg Municipal Museums
Jody Williams
Chairperson @ Nobel Women´s Initiative and 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
The Nuremberg Forum is organised as a hybrid event in 2025. The speakers and a limited number of participants will gather at Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. An interactive online platform allows broad attendance including interactive engagement and discussion. Prior registration is required and access to the Nuremberg Forum 2025 is free of charge.
The conference will be a three-day event and will take place on 10, 11 and 12 October:
10 October, 3–5.30 pm
11 October, 10 am–4.30 pm
12 October, 10.30 am–3 pm
You only need to register to participate in the Nuremberg Forum 2025.
After registration, you will receive a confirmation email. Closer to the conference date, we will send you the login details. These details will allow you to access the Nuremberg Forum 2025 virtual platform on the days of the event.
The virtual platform will allow you to join the panels and access other interactive parts of the programme.
The Nuremberg Forum is open to all public. The conference will be particularly relevant to experts, professionals and students interested in international criminal law, political and social science, contemporary history, international relations, focusing on academia and practice. We would like to especially invite young scholars, lawyers and practitioners to join our discussion.
Please note that the Nuremberg Forum 2025 is a public event.
It will be video-recorded and photographs as well as screenshots will be taken. The video recording of the Nuremberg Forum will be made available on the Academy’s YouTube channel and other outreach networks of the Nuremberg Academy. Please note that you are not allowed to record the event or save the recording locally. The International Nuremberg Principles Academy reserves the right, as the host of the event, to impede the recording from third parties.
All the information on electronic collection and storage of data for the event is available on the International Nuremberg Principles Academy website, www.nurembergacademy.org/meta/privacy-policy/.
By registering, you accept that the whole event will be recorded by the Nuremberg Principles Academy and the videos will be available on its YouTube channel. Please note that the privacy settings and policy of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy apply.
Please be respectful of the online virtual space and adhere to formal etiquette in general.
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy reserves the right, as the host of the event, to remove any attendee who violates the general formal etiquette rules.
Please kindly note that the Nuremberg Academy cannot provide financial support for travel and local accommodation in Nuremberg nor individual invitation letters for visas for participants.
Should you wish to distribute any material or links during the conference, please note that this can be done only with the prior express permission of the conference organiser.
The Nuremberg Academy welcomes feedback on the Nuremberg Forum 2025. In case you are willing to provide feedback and your reflections, please use the feedback form which will be sent to you shortly after the event.
The Nuremberg Academy will prepare a conference report capturing the essential takeaways from the conference to preserve the important findings of the discussions.
In case of content-related questions, please contact Mr Kiran Mohandas Menon, at Kiran.Menon@nurembergacademy.org
In case of technical assistance, please contact Mr Berthold Kuhne, at Berthold.Kuhne@nurembergacademy.org
For media-related questions, please contact Ms Evelyn Müller, at Evelyn.Mueller@nurembergacademy.org
We look forward to welcoming you to the conference.
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