

For example, one principle states that is that there should be no impunity for international crimes. The principles were summarized by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946, immediately after the trial ended. In essence, the Nuremberg Principles, and also the Academy, are the result of the Nuremberg Trials.

The Academy aims to help protect the fundamental principles of international law and thereby address the struggle against impunity for crimes under international law such as genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes of aggression. Professor Safferling, you were recently appointed as director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy.

In this interview, he explains exactly what the academy does, how his work and research are relevant to our everyday lives and what it means when “the right to life is disregarded during wartime”. Christoph Safferling is the new director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy.
