Salzburg Law School on International Criminal Law

31/01/2019

For international procedural law enthusiasts in and around Cambridge on 19/20 February.

Joint-organised Workshop on International Procedural Law: 19 - 20 February 2019 at the Lauterpacht Centre in Cambridge. This event is organized by Dr Joanna Gomula (Lauterpacht Centre) and Professor Stephan Wittich (University of Vienna). To register please contact Dr Gomula. More info: http://bit.ly/2TqiLgA

10/12/2018

: 70 years ago, on 10 December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law

09/12/2018

: 70 years ago, on 9 December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, A/RES/3/26.

United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law

06/12/2018

04/12/2018

: 70 years ago, on 4 December 1948, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East started delivering its judgment against major war criminals.
http://imtfe.law.virginia.edu, http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/PTO/IMTFE/

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), informally known as the Tokyo War Crimes trial, lasted two and a half years, from April 29, 1946 to November 12, 1948. In contrast, the far better known Nuremberg Trial lasted less than a year. Established to try Japanese officials involv...

11/11/2018

: 100 years ago, on 11 November 1918, the Armistice of Compiègne ended fighting on the Western Front and concluded hostilities of World War I.

On the 11th November 1918, fighting on the First World War’s Western Front ended when representatives from the Allies and Germany signed the Armistice of Com...

31/10/2018

‪Our Twentieth Anniversary Symposium: The Sound of ICL was a great success. We would like to thank all speakers and participants, SLS faculty, SLS alumni and guests for contributing to a very personal and emotional, yet academically outstanding event.
With everybody enjoying Salzburg, we were not able to report simultaneously. But we will share some memories in due course. Meanwhile, you may enjoy one of our highlights. Our highly esteemed Ben Ferencz, honored us with a personal message closing the Symposium. His words are as impressive, significant and inspirational as always. Listen to them and Never give up!
https://vimeo.com/294030663‬

This video is about Ben for Salzburg Law Program

16/10/2018

: 20 years ago, on 16 October 1998, former dictator of Chile Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London on a warrant from a Spanish judge. The arrest led to the House of Lords' seminal decision rejecting Pinochet’s claim of immunity.

ICJ Commissioner Reed Brody: “Twenty years later, Pinochet’s arrest remains an inspiration” September 24, 2018 On October 16, 1998, the former dictator of Chile Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London on a warrant from a Spanish judge. Reed Brody participated in the subsequent legal case. Reed...

04/10/2018

All good things must end (or evolve in different formats).
After 20 years, SLS will take a break from its summer sessions. But before that, we will duly celebrate 20 years of the Rome Statute and 20 years of SLS summer sessions at our 'Twentieth Anniversary Symposium: The Sound of ICL’, 18-20 October.
The SLS summer sessions are a remarkable success story. From 1999 to 2018, more than 800 participants from around 120 states took part. SLS was the first summer course on international criminal law founded in the aftermath of the adoption of the Rome Statute. Founded by Prof. Otto Triffterer and continued by Dr. Astrid Reisinger Coracini, it has developed into one of the most renown summer schools in the field. A focussed academic programme each year, outstanding lecturers, high-level discussions and the close interaction between lecturers as well as among participants contributed to SLS’s success and shaped the ‘Salzburg spirit’.
We would like to seize this opportunities to thank our faculty and our alumni for their continued engagement over 20 years and express our hope to see you again in the future. As this will not be the end of SLS but a period to reflect about future research and training projects in ICL, IHL and HRL.
http://sls.sbg.ac.at/alumni

26/09/2018

Interesting development! Reportedly Canada will join Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Peru in referring Venezuela to the ICC. There will be a signing ceremony for the referral on Wednesday morning at United Nations headquarters in New York. Via Danya Chaikel

Canada will join five South American nations in signing a formal request for the International Criminal Court to investigate the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro.