British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) 198d ago

BIICL, together with the Robert H. Jackson Center and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, hosted an event to mark the 80th anniversary of the commencement of the Nuremberg Trials. The event focused on the continued importance of the precedents set by the Nuremberg Trials, and the resulting Nuremberg Principles, for the global struggle against impunity today. In particular, our distinguished panel of speakers will consider what bearing Nuremberg has on the much vexed question of whether doctrines of immunity can act as a bar to the arrest and prosecution of State officials accused of international crimes. Consideration was also be given to the wider legal and political landscape of the 1940s that facilitated transformative approaches to seeking justice, including the work of the United Nations War Crimes Commission. The speakers reflected on the lessons that remain to be learnt from these past processes in order to close outstanding accountability gaps. The panel discussion was followed by a Q&A session with the audience. Speakers Sir Howard Morrison KCMG CBE KC, former ICC Judge and current Independent Advisor on War Crimes to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ms Kirsty Sutherland, Barrister, 9BR Chambers Professor Dan Plesch, Professor of Diplomacy and Strategy at SOAS University of London, and Visiting Research Fellow, BIICL Professor Diane Marie Amann, Regents' Professor of International Law, Emily & Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law, and Faculty Co-Director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center, at the University of Georgia Professor Dr Christoph Safferling, Director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy The event was generously sponsored by 9BR Chambers and SOAS University of London. Find out more: https://www.biicl.org/events/12050/80-years-on-the-legacy-of-the-nuremberg-trials-for-accountability