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On 18 April 2024, Professor Dr David Cohen was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. To mark the occasion, a ceremony was held in the Orangery's baroque Water Hall. Accompanied by a musical programme, Professor Dr Hans-Dieter Spengler and Professo...

Between 12 and 15 March 2024, the Nuremberg Academy team organised training sessions for investigators and prosecutors in Armenia, alongside hosting several meetings and events with various stakeholders in the capital of Yerevan. On the first day, Director Professor Dr Christoph Safferling discusse...

On 10 April 2024, a very special day took place at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice to commemorate the life and work of Benjamin “Ben” Ferencz, the last living prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials. The Academy actively participated in the commemoration event by organising two workshops aimed to honour ...

The ICLU is delighted to announce the workshop "Brave New World? Artificial Intelligence in Legal Studies, Teaching and Practice", co-organised with our service unit "Lehre und Studienberatung". The event offers a unique opportunity to explore the role and influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) i...

On 18 April 2024, Prof. Dr. David Cohen from the University of Stanford is to be awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Law at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg.The ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. in the Water Room of the Erlangen Orangery, concluding with a small ...

In view of the extraordinary situation Prof. Dr. Markus Krajewski (Chair of Public Law and International Law) invites you to an online lecture on the international law issues of the Ukraine-Russia conflict on Monday, 28 February 2022, at 6 pm. The lecture will be broadcasted via Zoom and will be fol...

At the age of 94 former Israeli Supreme Court Judge Gabriel Bach died Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Bach was born in Halberstadt on March 13, 1927, and grew up in Berlin. Shortly before the Night of Broken Glass in 1938, his family fled Nazi persecution to Amsterdam. Shortly before the German invasion of t...

Now live to rewatch: Navi Pillay @ FAU Thanks to our trusted partners at FAU TV, the visit of the impressive Dr. Navanethem Pillay has been recorded and can now be watched from home. The interview-esque speech she gave at the Human Rights Master Opening Ceremony contains biographical and motivation...

The Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy have concluded a cooperation agreement. The solemn signing by the Director of the Nuremberg Academy, Klaus Rackwitz, and the President of the FAU, Prof. Joachim Hornegger, took place as par...

On May 2nd, we had the great honour to welcome Professor David Tolbert as a guest speaker at the FAU. Thanks to his extensive knowledge and experience which he gained as the former president of the International Center for Transitional Justice as well as registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon...