As part of the event series "Transitional Justice - The Legal Framework", on the occasion of the recently published book by Professor Werle and Professor Vormbaum, the current challenges, the events of recent years and the future perspectives of Transitional Justice, especially in African states, will be presented from a legal perspective.

 

Dr Marshet Tadesse Tessema will present his work as a member of the Transitional Justice Working Group that the Ethiopian government established recently to conduct a baseline study for the state’s transitional justice policy options. For children born as a result of conflict-related sexual violence in Uganda, Jesse Mugero will present possible Transitional Justice solutions.

 

The event will take place online via Zoom on 3 November 2023 at 12:15 - 14:00 CET. Please register via transcrim.rewi@hu-berlin.de.

 

As part of the event series "Transitional Justice - The Legal Framework", on the occasion of the recently published book by Prof. Werle and Prof. Vormbaum, the current challenges, the events of recent years and the future perspectives of Transitional Justice, especially in African states, will be presented from a legal perspective.

 

Professor Moritz Vormbaum will shed light on the current status and future perspectives of transitional justice. Dr Juliet Okoth will complement this perspective with a contribution on the African Union’s legal policy stance on Transitional Justice, particularly with regard to criminal accountability.

 

The event will take place online via Zoom on 27 October 2023 at 12:15 - 14:00 CET. Please register via transcrim.rewi@hu-berlin.de.

We are delighted to announce a lunch talk on the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW-Committee) by Brenda Akia on 7 July 2023 (12:00 – 13:30 CET).

 

Brenda is an alumna of the AGRN and currently a member of the UN-Committee (term 2023-2026). She is a laureate of Franco-German Peace and Reconciliation Award as well as the Women4Women Human Rights Award and was recently awarded a Diamond Jubilee Medal by the President of Uganda. As the first Ugandan elected to the Committee, Brenda will provide insights into its structure, working methods and objectives, and share her personal experiences of working in the Committee. She will also address the question of why the CEDAW-Committee is so important. 

 

The event will take place online via zoom. Please register via transcrim.rewi@hu-berlin.de.

We are delighted to announce a "lunch talk" on "New Discovery Channel: Is the U.S Subpoena 1782 a New Powerful Solution to ‘Follow the Money’ in Dollarized Economies?” by Dr. Prosper Maguchu on 16 June 2023 (12:00 pm, CET).
 
Prosper is an alumnus of the AGRN and is currently an Assistant Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and an Associate Professor at the Universitas Hasanuddin in Indonesia. Statute 1782 is a US law that could be used to compel US banks to share important information in the prosecution of money laundering in domestic litigation of other states – this obligation to cooperate can be a powerful tool in the fight against money laundering as it provides important evidence of financial transactions in the US that might otherwise be unavailable and can be used to “follow the money“ in a more efficient way.
 
The event will take place online via zoom. Please register via transcrim.rewi@hu-berlin.de.

We are delighted to announce a lunch talk lecture on „Criminal Justice Responses to the Boko Haram Crisis in Nigeria” by Victoria Ojo-Adewuyi on 6 January 2023 (12:00 – 13:30 CET). 

 

As an alumna of the AGRN Victoria recently completed her PhD at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and will share the results of her doctoral thesis. She will provide the historical, social, and religious context of Boko Haram’s violent crisis, assess the adequacy of Nigeria’s domestic legal responses, explore potential international criminal legal responses (particularly the preliminary examination at the International Criminal Court) and explain the ongoing transitional justice mechanisms being used in Nigeria in response to the conflict. 

 

The event will take place online via zoom. Please register via transcrim.rewi@hu-berlin.de.

On 29 November 2022 Ms. Victoria Ojo-Adewuyi received her doctoral degree for her thesis on "Criminal Justice Responses to the Boko Haram Crisis in Nigeria" at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
 
The committee was composed of Prof Moritz Vormbaum (first reviewer, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster), Prof Gerhard Werle (second reviewer, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Prof Florian Jeßberger (chairman of the committee, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).

 

Congratulations, Victoria!​

It is our pleasure to announce a lunch talk on "Assessing the Role of the ECOWAS Parliament in the Promotion of Democracy, Good Governance and the Rule of Law" by Donnet Rose Adhiambo Odhiambo on 11 November 2022, 12:00 pm (CET).

 

Donnet will examine the role of the ECOWAS parliament in curbing unconstitutional changes of governments across the West African sub-region. Since 2010 ECOWAS has experienced more than 40 coups and attempted coups in the West African region, with almost 10 of them taking place in the last two years alone. The recurrence of coups and civil conflicts have highlighted the weakness that have been inherent in ECOWAS’s governance architecture.

The event will take place online via zoom. Please register via transcrim.rewi@hu-berlin.de.

It is our pleasure to announce a „lunch talk“ on Ethiopian Criminal Law held by Markos Debebe Belay on 14 October 2022 (12:00 – 13:30 CET).

 

As part of an ongoing ARGN project, Markos and Dr. Marshet Tadesse Tessema are currently developing an innovative teaching concept that systematically prepares Ethiopian criminal law, and which will be made available to alumni and alumnae for teaching at their academic institutions. Markos will give us an insight into the content and didactic considerations in the course of the project development.

 

The event will take place online via zoom. Please register via transcrim.rewi@hu-berlin.de.

We feel very honored to invite you to Prof Dr Gerhard Kemp's lecture on “Crimes Against Humanity Convention” as part of the African-German Research Network on 15 July 2022 at 12 pm (CET).
 
Prof Kemp is Professor of Law at the University of Derby (United Kingdom), specializing especially in international and transnational criminal justice, and Advisory Board Member of the Research Network. He is advocate of the High Court of South Africa, fellow for the Royal Society for Arts (RSA) and serves on the board of directors of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR). Prof Kemp serves on the editorial boards of several international academic journals. He has authored numerous publications on South African and regional criminal justice as well as international criminal law, international humanitarian law and transitional justice. Before, he was Professor of Law at Stellenbosch University (South Africa) for more than two decades.
 
The lecture will take place online via Zoom. Please register at transcrim.rewi@hu-berlin.de for receiving the access data.

We are delighted to announce that Angela Mudukuti will give a lecture on “Intersectionality in International Criminal Law” as part of the African-German Research Network on 8 July 2022 at 12 pm (CET).
 
Angela Mudukuti is a Zimbabwean human rights lawyer, specialised in international criminal law. She is currently the Senior Legal Adviser at the Global Justice Center. Angela has worked for a number of organisations including the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights under the supervision of Prof. Bassiouni. She has been working on universal jurisdiction and precedent-setting cases before South African courts. Angela sits on a number of editorial committees and has a Masters in Law (International Criminal Law, Transitional Justice and International Crime Prevention) and a law degree.
 
The lecture will take place online via Zoom. Please register at transcrim.rewi@hu-berlin.de for receiving the access data.

It is our pleasure to announce a keynote lecture on the Special Criminal Court (SCC) in the Central African Republic by Judge Prof. Dr. Volker Nerlich on 29 April 2022, 14:00 (CET). Prof. Nerlich will provide an overview on the hybrid court’s structure and work.

Prof. Nerlich is serving as a judge at the appeals chamber of the SCC and is honorary professor of law at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Prof. Nerlich studied law at Humboldt-Universität, where he also received his doctoral degree from. His dissertation studies focused on the role of criminal prosecutions in the South African transitional justice process. In addition, Prof. Nerlich holds a LL.M. degree from the University of the Western Cape. Since 2004 he has worked at the International Criminal Court in various capacities, lastly as head of the chambers.

 

The African-German Research Network for Transnational Criminal Justice is grateful for receiving superb paper abstracts and is looking forward to the second part of its third annual research conference on “Transnational Criminal Law in Africa: Legal and Institutional Frameworks and Challenges” from Alumnae and Alumni of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice. Please find details in the conference programme.
 
Registration is mandatory via transcrim@rewi.hu-berlin.de. 
 

On 16 December 2020 Nicksoni Filbert Kahimba, doctoral researcher at the African-German Research Network, successfully defended his PhD thesis on Human Trafficking under International and Tanzanian Law and received his doctoral degree from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin!
The doctoral committee was composed of Prof Dr Gerhard Werle, Prof Dr Florian Jeßberger and Prof Dr Martin Heger.
We are very proud of you, Nicksoni!
 

The 2019 founded African-German Research Network for Transnational Criminal Justice, directed by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle, has hold its second conference on 'International and Transnational Criminal Law in Africa: Practice, Challenges and Prospects' from 30 - 31 October and on 04 December 2020 in Berlin. Further information can be found here.
 

The fourth English edition of the book “Principles of International Criminal Law" by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle and Prof. Dr. Florian Jessberger has recently been published by Oxford University Press in October 2020. Information on the authors and substantial updates can be found here.
 

The fifth edition of the book “Principles of International Criminal Law" by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle and Prof. Dr. Florian Jeßberger has recently been published by Mohr Siebeck in 2020. Information on the authors and substantial updates can be found here.
 

The second edition of the book 'Die strafrechtliche Aufarbeitung von DDR-Unrecht' by Prof. Dr. Klaus Marxen, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle und Prof. Dr. Moritz Vormbaum has recently been published by De Gruyter in 2020. Information on the authors and substantial updates can be found here

Since 1 April 2020 Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle has retired from his chair and is now a senior professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
On this page you will find information about Prof. Werle's research and publication projects and materials for courses.

 

More information about the African-German Research Network for Transnational Criminal Justice is available at transcrim.org.

In April and May 2020, Prof Werle will be a visiting professor at the Università degli Studi di Ferrara (Letizia Gianformaggio Chair) in Italy.

The report of our conference "Transitional Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa" in November 2019, written by Nicksoni Filbert and Nella Sayatz, has been published. You can find the report here. For more information about the Research Network visit transcrim.org.

Am Lehrstuhl ist zum 1. März 2020 die Stelle einer studentischen Mitarbeiterin oder eines studentischen Mitarbeiters zu besetzen. Die Ausschreibung mit allen weiteren Informationen finden Sie hier.

On 3 and 4 December 2019, Prof. Werle has participated in the 4th International Conference held by the Judicial Research and Training Institute (JRTI) in Seoul, South Corea. He gave a lecture on "Transitional Justice - The Legal Framework" in the session on "Social Transformation and Justice".

The newly founded African-German Research Network for Transnational Criminal Justice, directed by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle, has held its first conference on "Transitional Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa" from 20-24 November 2019 in Berlin. Further information can be found here.

Am Dienstag, dem 12. November 2019, 16:15 bis 17:45 Uhr, wird Dr. Nicolas Bertrand, Leiter der Gedenkstätte für das ehemalige Konzentrationslager Langenstein-Zwieberge, im Rahmen der Vorlesung "Juristische Zeitgeschichte" in Raum E34 der Juristischen Fakultät einen Vortrag zum Thema "Der regulative Rahmen der nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager" halten. Eine Anmeldung ist nicht erforderlich.

The new article "Mauerfall und Transitional Justice - Wege der juristischen Aufarbeitung von Diktaturen" by Prof. Gerhard Werle and Prof. Moritz Vormbaum has recently been published in Neue Juristische Wochenschrift 2019, pp. 3282 et seq. It gives an overview of the concept, development, basic principles and mechanisms of Transitional Justice. The article can be found here.

Prof. Werle has been appointed Extraordinary Professor at the Department of Public Law at Stellenbosch University, South Africa for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022.

The book "The International Criminal Court in Turbulent Times" edited by Prof. Werle and Prof. Zimmermann has recently been published by Springer. It provides reworkings of presentations given at a conference concerning the major points of contention the ICC is currently facing held in The Hague, Netherlands in 2018. For more information click here.

On 7 and 10 June 2019 Prof. Werle presented the recently published book "Transitional Justice - Vergangenheitsbewältigung durch Recht" (Werle/Vormbaum, Springer, Berlin 2018) at the universities of Bologna and Ferrara in Italy.

For more information on the book click here.

On Tuesday, 3 June 2019, 2 pm, Prof Ryszard Piotrowicz (Aberystwyth University, Wales) gave a lecture on the topic „Human Trafficking“ within the lecture "International Criminal Justice". The lecture took place in room 213, UL 9 (Gouverneurshaus).
 

On 26 April 2019 Ms. Marian Yankson-Mensah received her doctoral degree for her thesis on "Transitional Justice in Ghana - An Appraisal of the National Reconciliation Commission" at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

 

The committee was composed of Prof Moritz Vormbaum (first reviewer, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster), Prof Gerhard Werle (second reviewer, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Prof Luìs Greco (chairman of the comittee, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).

On 2 April 2019 Ms. Tania Ixchel Atilano Camacho received her doctoral degree for her thesis on the 'International Criminal Law in Mexico. A Study on National Legislation, State Practice and Effective Implementation' at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

 

The committee was composed of Prof Gerhard Werle (first reviewer, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Prof Francisco Munoz-Conde (second reviewer, University of Sevilla) and Prof Martin Heger (chairman of the committee, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).

After the 10-year-funding period for the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice has ended on 31 December 2018, it is time to explore new possibilities of cooperation and exchange. The high number of very successful and active Alumni of the Centre has inspired us to set up the African-German Research Network for Transnational Criminal Justice, which aims to provide our Alumni with the basis and the resources to further their academic and personal exchange.
You can find more information about the project on transcrim.org.
 

On Thursday, February 7th 2019, Dr Aziz Epik participated in the workshop "Tätergruppen, Elitenkontinuitäten, Sanktionen" as a speaker during the conference "Die gesellschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit den Diktaturen nach 1949 und 1989". The conference was held in the the visitor center of the Berlin Wall Memorial. For more information click here.

On Monday, 10 December 2018, the colloquium on International Criminal Law took place at the chair. Victoria Olayide Ojo presented her PhD thesis under the title "The Boko Haram Violence: Nigerian Domestic Legal Framework and International Criminal Law"; Sabrina Perret gave a presentation on "Superior Responsibility under Chilean Law – Commission by Ommission". Eventually, Prof. Dr. Claudia Cárdenas, Universidad de Chile (Santiago de Chile), discussed The Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf Decision III-3 AR 158/17 of 20 September 2018 on Colonia Dignidad.

On Tuesday, 4 December 2018, 4:15-5:45 pm, Dr. Nicolas Bertrand, manager of the memorial of the former Nazi concentration camp Langenstein-Zwieberge, gave a lecture on "Der regulative Rahmen der nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager" which took place in room 34, Faculty of Law. No application required.
 

On 27 August 2018 Ms. Fatuma Mninde-Silungwe received her doctoral degree for her thesis on the 'The Regionalisation of International Criminal Justice in Africa' at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She is the twelfth student of the South African-German Centre to obtain this degree. Congratulations, Fatuma!

The book "Transitional Justice - Vergangenheitsbewältigung durch Recht" by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle and Prof. Dr. Moritz Vormbaum has recently been published by Springer. It is the first general work on the topic "Transitional Justice" in German language. For more information click here.

On Monday, 18 June 2018, 10 am, Judge at the ICC Piotr Hofmański gave a lecture on the topic „The Bemba Appeals Judgement – A Milestone in International Criminal Law “ for the opening of the 10th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture took place in the Senate Hall of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
 

On Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 10 am, Prof Martin Heger (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) gave a lecture on the topic „ European Criminal Law “ within the 10th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture took place in room E25, UL 9 (Gouverneurshaus).
 

On Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 2 pm, Prof Ryszard Piotrowicz (Aberystwyth University, Wales) gave a lecture on the topic „Human Trafficking“ within the 10th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture took place in room 213, UL 9 (Gouverneurshaus).
 

In order to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice, the Centre hosted an alumni-conference on current debates in international criminal justice, which was held at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin on the 21st and 22nd of June 2018. The conference formed part of the tenth summer school of the Centre. You can find more information here.
 

On Monday, 25 June 2018, 2 pm, Dr Juliet Okoth (Alumna of the Centre) gave a workshop on the topic „Asserting Complementarity or Refusal to Cooperate – Kenyan Court's Interpretation of Requests to Surrender Suspects to the International Criminal Court“ within the 10th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture took place in room E25, UL 9 (Gouverneurshaus).
 

On Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 2 pm, Prof Lawrence Douglas (Amherst College, USA) gave a lecture on the topic „Aggression, Atrocity and the Problem of the Criminal State“ within the 10th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture took place in room 213, UL 9 (Gouverneurshaus).
 

On Thursday, 28 June 2018, 10 am, Dr Matthias Korte (Federal Ministry of Justice) gave a lecture on the topic „Combatting Corruption – International Legal Instruments“ within the 10th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture took place in room E 42, BE 2 (Law Faculty).
 

On Thursday, 28 June 2018, 2 pm, Dr Aziz Epik and Dr Leonie Steinl (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) gave a workshop on the topic „Sentencing and Reparations at the International Criminal Court“ within the 10th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture took place in room E 47, BE 2 (Law Faculty).
 

On Tuesday, 5 June 2018, Prof. Gregory Gordon of The Chinese University of Hong Kong presented his book entitled "Atrocity Speech Law" followed by a discussion. The event took place as part of the lecture "International Criminal Justice" by Prof. Werle in room 213 from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. More information can be found here.

The 10th Summer School of the South African-German Center for Transnational Criminal Justice took place from 18 June to 6 July 2018. Part of the Summer School was a conference on "Current Debates in International Criminal Justice", which took place in the auditorium of the Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum on 21 and 22 June. A preliminary programme of the Summer School and the conference can be found here.

A new article by Prof Dr Gerhard Werle and Dr Aziz Epik, LL.M. (Cambridge) has recently been published at Juristenzeitung 5 (2018), pp. 257 ff. You can find more information here.

Please find a book review of the anthology "Africa and the International Criminal Court" by Gerhard Werle, Lovell Fernandez and Moritz Vormbaum in JICJ 15 (2017), pp. 401-403.

On Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 16:15-17:45, Prof. Werle gave a lecture on "Africa and the ICC" at the Africa Colloquium of the Institute for Asian and African Studies at HU Berlin, Invalidenstr. 118, room 410. More information can be found here.

On 5 December 2017, 10:15 - 11:15 am, Dr. Nicolas Bertrand, manager of the memorial of the former Nazi concentration camp Langenstein-Zwieberge, gave a lecture on "Der regulative Rahmen der nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager" which will take place in room 34, Faculty of Law. No application required. Please note that the lecture will be in German.

On 28 November 2017, 5-7 pm c.t., Prof Jacqueline Ross, University of Illinois, gave a lecture about "Undercover under Scrutiny: A Comparative Look at Covert Policing in the United States, Italy, Germany and France". The lecture took place in Room 47 at the Law Faculty (BE 2).

The third spanish Edition of "Principles of International Criminal Law" by Prof Dr Gerhard Werle and Prof Dr Florian Jessberger has recently been published at Tirant Lo Blanch, Valencia. You can find more information here.

The second chinese Edition of "Principles of International Criminal Law" by Prof Dr Gerhard Werle and Prof Dr Florian Jeßberger has been published at Commerce Press.

Dr Leonie Steinl, LL.M. (Columbia) has recently been awarded with the Promotionspreis of the Universität Hamburg for her thesis "Child Soldiers as Agents of War and Peace – A restorative Transitional Justice Approach to Accountability for Crimes under International Law". The thesis has been published as part of the International Criminal Justice Series by Asser Press.

The thesis by Dr Aziz Epik, LL.M. (Cambridge), "Die Strafzumessung bei Taten nach dem Völkerstrafgesetzbuch", has been published by Mohr Siebeck. The thesis was recently awarded with the Promotionspreis of the Law Faculty of Humboldt University Berlin. You can find more information here.

Der Lehrstuhl von Prof. Dr. Werle sucht eine Studentische Hilfskraft (Kennziffer 101817). Beginn des Beschäftigungsverhältnisses ist der 01.10.2017. Die Bewerbungsfrist endet am 27.7.2017. Bitte richten Sie Ihre Bewerbung an Juristische Fakultät, Lehrstuhl Prof. Dr. Werle, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin. Weitere Informationen zum Aufgabengebiet und den Anforderungen finden Sie hier.

The habilitation thesis "Das Strafrecht der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik" by PD Dr Moritz Vormbaum has been reviewed by Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk in Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft 2017 H. 6, 598-600. You can find the review here.

On 29th June 2017 Dr. Boris Burghardt successfully qualified as a professor (Habilitation) with a presentation on criminal investigation.

On Thursday, 06 July 2017, 2 pm, Dr Aziz Epik (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) held a workshop on the topic „Purposes of Punishment and Sentencing in International Criminal Law“ within the 9th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture took place in room 210, UL 9 (Gouverneurshaus).

On Friday, 30 June 2017, 10 am, Dr Julia Geneuss (University of Hamburg) gave a lecture on the topic „Sexual Violence and the International Criminal Court“ within the 9th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture took place in Room E47, BE" (Law Faculty).

On Friday, 30 June 2017, 2 pm, Judge Christoph Flügge (Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yuogslavia) gave a lecture on the topic „The Yugoslavia Tribunal – Mission accomplished?“ within the 9th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture tooke place in Room 140/142, BE2 (Law Faculty).

On Monday, 26 June 2017, 10 am, Prof. Christian Tomuschat (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) will give a lecture on the topic „Combatting Terrorism in International Law“ within the 9th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture will take place in the Senate Hall, UL 6 (Main Building).
 

On Monday, 26 June 2017, 2 pm, Prof. Shizhou Wang (Peking University, China) will give a lecture on the topic „Fight against Terrorism in China“ within the 9th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture will take place in room E34, BE 2 (Kommode).
 

On Thursday, 22 June 2017, 2 pm, Prof. Martin Heger (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) will give a lecture on the topic „Eruopean Criminal Law“ within the 9th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture will take place in room 210, UL 9 (Gouverneurshaus).

On Thursday, 22 June 2017, 10 am, Dr Matthias Korte (Head of Directorate and Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry of Justice, Berlin) will hold a lecture on the topic „Combatting Corruption - International Legal Instruments" within the 9th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice".. The lecture will take place in room 42, Bebelplatz 2 (Kommode).

On Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 2 pm, Prof. Lawrence Douglas (Amherst College, USA) will give a lecture on the topic „Present Challenges of the US Justice System under the Trump-Administration“ within the 9th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture will take place in room 213, UL 9 (Gouverneurshaus).

On Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 10 am, Prof Ryszard Piotrowicz (Aberystwyth University, Wales) holds a lecture on the topic „Human Trafficking". The lecture will take place in room 139a, Bebelplatz 2 (Kommode).

On Monday, 19 June 2017, ICC Judge Chang-ho Chung gave a lecture on the topic „Achieving Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Trial of International Crimes“ for the opening of the 9th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture took place in the Senate Hall of Humboldt University Berlin.

Here you can find the programme of the 9th Summer School that takes place from 19 June to 30 June 2017 at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

The 9th summer school of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice will take place at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin from 16 June to 8 July 2017. The opening speech will be held by South Korean ICC judge Chang-ho Chung on 19 June, 10-12 a.m. at Senatssaal, Unter den Linden 6.

Bitte reichen Sie Ihre Studienarbeiten auch in elektronischer Form (Word- und PDF-Format) beim Lehrstuhl ein. Sie können dazu gern eine E-mail an anna.krey@rewi.hu-berlin.de senden.

On 28 February 2017, the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice organised a book launch at the University of the Western Cape for “The African Criminal Court – A Commentary on the Malabo Protocol” (2017), a volume edited by Prof Gerhard Werle and Dr Moritz Vormbaum. The book is vol. 10 of the International Criminal Justice Series by TMC Asser Press/Springer. The keynote lecture was given by Prof Dire Tladi, a professor of International Law at the University of Pretoria and member of the International Law Commission, on the topic “The Prosecution of Crimes under International Law in Africa - Current Developments”. For more information on the book, click here.

A new article about "Völkerstrafverfahren in Deutschland" by Prof Dr Gerhard Werle and PD Dr Moritz Vormbaum has been published in JZ 2017, pp 12-18.

For further information click here.

On 21 December 2016 Marshet Tadesse Tessema received his doctoral degree for his thesis on the 'Prosecution of Politicide in Ethiopia: The Red Terror Trials' at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He is the sixth student of the South African-German Centre to obtain this degree. Congratulations, Marshet!

Anlässlich des Tages der Menschenrechte am 7. Dezember 2016 nimmt Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle an einer Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema "Die Auschwitzprozesse und Fritz Bauer" teil. Die Veranstaltung findet um 18 Uhr im Senatssaal der Humboldt-Universität Berlin statt. Nähere Informationen finden Sie hier.

On Thursday, 17 September 2016, PD Dr. Moritz Vormbaum gave a speech on the topic „Die Staatsanwaltschaft in der DDR“ at the Conference "Staatsanwälte - Anwälte des Staates" in Vienna. Further information can be found here.
 

The anthology "The African Criminal Court - A Commentary on the Malabo Protocol" edited by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle und Dr. Moritz Vormbaum has been published by Asser Press/Springer. For further information click here.

On 30 September 2016 Prof Werle speaks about "Verfolgung von NS-Verbrechen in Deutschland" at the symposium "Gedächtnis und Gerechtigkeit" hosted by Akademie der Künste and the ECCHR in Berlin.

Click here to find more information about the event.

The fourth updated edition of the textbook "Völkerstrafrecht" by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle and Prof. Dr. Florian Jeßberger has been published by Mohr Siebeck. For further information click here.

On Wednesday, 14 September 2016, PD Dr. Moritz Vormbaum will held a lecture on the topic „Strafrechtliche Normsetzung und Normanwendung in der DDR“ at the 41st German Rechtshistorikertag in Saarbrücken. Further information can be found here.

The work on the third edition of "Tratado de Derecho Penal Internacional" in Spanish language by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle und Prof. Dr. Florian Jeßberger will shortly be completed.

On Thursday, 30 June 2016, 10 am, Prof Shizhou Wang (Peking University, China) holds a lecture on the topic „Fight against Corruption in China“ within the 8th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture will take place in room 34, BE 2 (Kommode).

On Tuesday, 28 June 2016, 2 pm, Prof Christian Tomuschat (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) holds a lecture on the topic „Palestine and the International Criminal Court". The lecture will take place in room 213, UL 9 (Gouverneurshaus).

On Monday, 27 June 2016, 10 am, Christian Ritscher (Federal Public Prosecutor) holds a lecture on the topic „The Prosecution of Crimes under International Law in Germany“ within the 8th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". Commentators are Dieter Magsam (Lawyer, Hamburg) and Dr. Charity Wibabara (National Prosecutor, Rwanda). The lecture will take place in the Senate Hall of Humboldt University Berlin.

On Monday, 27 June 2016, 4 pm, Prof Najma Moosa (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) holds a lecture on the topic „Decriminalising Abortion in a Post-Apartheid South Africa Amidst Competing Perspectives: Implications for the Unborn’s Right to Life“ within the 8th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture will take place in room 326, BE 2 (Kommode).

On Friday, 24 June 2016, 10 am, Prof Sergey Sayapin (University of Almaty, Kazakhstan) holds a lecture on the topic „The Ukrainian Crisis from the Perspective of International Criminal Law“ within the 8th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture will take place in room 47, BE 2 (Kommode).

On Thursday, 23 June 2016, 10 am, Dr Matthias Korte (Head of Directorate and Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry of Justice, Berlin, Germany) holds a lecture on the topic „Combatting Corruption – International Legal Instruments“ within the 8th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture will take place in room 34, BE 2 (Kommode).

On Thursday, 23 June 2016, 2 pm, there will be a Kosmos-Dialog with Prof Gerhard Kemp (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) on the topic „The Malabo Protocol on the proposed African Criminal Chamber: An interdisciplinary perspective on ‘an African solution for an African problem’". The lecture will take place in room 25, UL 9 (Gouverneurshaus).

On Tuesday, 21 June 2016, 10 am, Prof. Cristina Fernández-Pacheco Estrada of the Universidad de Alicante, Spain, held a lecture on the topic „The Crime of Genocide – European and Spanish Perspectives“ within the 8th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture took place in Room 326, BE 2 (Kommode).

On Monday, 20 June 2016, 10 am, ICC Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji held a lecture on the topic „Current Developments at the International Criminal Court“ for the opening of the 8th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice". The lecture took place in the Senate Hall of Humboldt University Berlin.

On Tuesday, 14 June 2016, Robert Hébras, a survivor of the SS massacre in the French village of Oradour, hold a lecture on the topic "Das SS-Massaker von Oradour sur Glane: Nur wer die Vergangenheit begreift, kann Zukunft gestalten". The lecture took place at 2 p.m. in room 213, UL 9 (Gouverneurshaus) and the speech will be in French with German translation. The announcement can be found here.

Here you can find the programme of the 8th summer school "Transnational Criminal Justice" that takes place from 20 June to 30 June 2016 at Humboldt University.

Pictures of the 8th Summer School "Transnational Criminal Justice" that is taking place at the Humboldt-University of Berlin can be found here.

The 8th summer school "Transnational Criminal Justice" will take place at the Humboldt University from 17 June to 9 July 2016. The opening speech will be held by Nigerian ICC judge Eboe Osuji on 20 June, 10-12 am at Senatssaal, Unter den Linden 6.

 

More speakers of the summer school you can find here.

The short article "Africa, the African Union and the International Criminal Court: Irreparable Fissures?" by Marshet Tadesse Tessema and Dr. Marlen Vesper-Gräske was published in the FICHL Policy Brief Series No. 56 (2016) and is also part of the ICC Legal Tools Database .

The PhD thesis by Dr. Petra Viebig "Illicitly Obtained Evidence at the International Criminal Court" has been published by Asser Press as the 4th Vol. of the International Criminal Justice Series (eds. Werle/Fernandez/Vormbaum). For more details click here.

The dissertation thesis "Prosecution of International Crimes in Relation to Post-Election Violence in Kenya" of LLM and PhD alumnus Dr. Sosteness Materu has been honored with the dissertation price of the Law Faculty of Humboldt University 2015.

On Monday, 18 January 2016, 14:15 Prof Dire Tladi (University of Pretoria) will hold a lecture on the topic „Africa and the ICC“. The lecture will take place in room 213, UL 9 (Gouverneurshaus). 

On Monday, 14 December 2015, 14:15 Prof. Wui Ling Cheah (National University of Singapore) hold a lecture on the topic „British War Crimes Trials in Singapore“. The lecture took place in room 213, UL 9 (Gouverneurshaus). For more information look here. 

On Friday, 06 November 2015, 16:45, PD Dr. Moritz Vormbaum hold a lecture on the topic „Die strafrechtliche Aufarbeitung von DDR-Unrecht“ at the 14th International Symposium of the Ettersberg Foundation. More information about the symposium can be found here.

The German Society for Comparative Law honoured Dr. Benedikt Naarmaan, former PhD student of Prof. Dr. Werle, with the Ernst Rabel Award. Dr. Naarmann is awarded for his groundbreaking ideas for intercultural comparative law in his dissertation. Here you can find the press release and a picture of the award presentation.

From 5 September to 19 September 2015 PD Dr. Moritz Vormbaum stayed at the National University of Singapore for a research project on the British post-war processes in Germany and Singapore. The project is realised by PD Dr. Moritz Vormbaum jointly with Prof. Wui Ling Cheah (NUS) and funded within the strategical partnership of the universities.

The third edition of the textbook "Principles of International Criminal Law" by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle and Prof. Dr. Florian Jeßberger has been reviewed by Prof. Gerhard Kemp in the African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law 2014, 171 et seq. Please find the review here.

On 29th/30th June 2015 the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice hosted an international symposium on "The African Criminal Court - Promoting or Undermining the Prosecution of International Crimes in Africa?". The schedule can be reached here.

The symposium is open to the public but advance registration is recommended. Please register via e-mail to: transcrim@rewi.hu-berlin.de

The first public speech of the newly elected German ICC judge Prof. Bertram Schmitt took place at the opening of the 7th Summer School of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice on 22nd June 2015 (10 am, Senate Hall of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).

The 7th Summer School of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice took place at Humboldt University from 22 June to 10 July 2015. You can find the programme of the public lectures here.

Reviews of Mr Nicolas Bertrand's doctoral thesis "L´encadrement normatif de la détention dans les camps de concentration nationaux-socialistes" have been published in Le Figaro Litteraire and Le Monde des Livres.

The article "Der Völkermord in Ruanda und die deutsche Strafjustiz" by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle and Dr. Boris Burghardt has been published in ZIS 1/2015. Furthermore an article by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle and PD Dr. Moritz Vormbaum on the topic "Afrika und der Internationale Strafgerichtshof" will be published in Juristenzeitung.

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle and Dr. Boris Burghardt have published the article "Zur Gehilfenstrafbarkeit bei Massentötungen in nationalsozialistischen Vernichtungslagern" in the "Festschrift für Werner Beulke zum 70. Geburtstag", released by C.F. Müller.

LLM & PhD Alumna Dr. Charity Wibabara was appointed as a National Prosecutor in Rwanda on March 9th 2015. Click here for more details on the appointment.

Please find a book review of Ms Charity Wibabara's doctoral thesis "Gacaca Courts versus International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and National Courts", in ZJS 1/2015, 130 et seq.

On January 22nd, 2015, Dr. Moritz Vormbaum successfully qualified as a professor (Habilitation) with a presentation on Criminal Procedure.

The PhD thesis by Dr. Nicolas Bertrand "L'enfer réglementé. Le régime de détention dans les camps de concentration" (preface written by Stéphane Hessel) has been published in January 2015 with Éditions Perrin. For more details click here.

The PhD thesis by Dr. Sosteness Francis Materu "The Post-Election Violence in Kenya. Domestic and International Responses" has been published in January 2015 with Asser Press as the 2nd Vol. of the International Criminal Justice Series (eds. Werle/Fernandez/Vormbaum). For more details click here.

The Conference Report about the 6th Summer School of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice can be read online here.

The book "Transitional Justice - Vergangenheitsbewältigung durch Recht" by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle and PD Dr. Moritz Vormbaum will be published soon by Springer. It is the first general work on the topic Transitional Justice in German. For more information click here. 

On Friday, 22 May 2015, 15:00 s.t. Prof. Christina Fernández-Pacheco Estrada (Universidad de Alicante) held a lecutre  on the topic „A fresh look into cumulative convictions of international crimes from a comparative perspective“ as part of the research colloquium on international criminal law. The lecture will take place in room E29, BE2 (Kommode).

On 3rd June 2015 Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle held a lecture on the topic "Africa and the International Criminal Court" at the Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona.

On 13 May 2015 Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle held a lecture on the topic "Völkerstrafrecht – Geschichte, Gegenwart, Zukunft" at the University of Passau. For further information click here.

On 26 March 2015 Prof. Werle participated in the international seminar on "International Crimes, Italian Law Making Policy, and Prospective Legislation" at the Law Faculty of the University of Milan and gave a presentation on the topic "Africa and the International Criminal Court".

On 2 March 2015 Prof. Werle held a lecture on the topic "Africa and the International Criminal Court" at the Law Faculty of Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Judge Silvia Alejandra Fernández de Gurmendi, of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, gave a talk on "Recent Legal Developments at the International Criminal Court". The presentation took place on 17th February 2015 at 10 am at the Law Faculty of the University of the Western Cape (Cape Town) and was hosted by the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice.
 

Prof. Werle and PD Dr. Vormbaum are currently (1st February - 31st March 2015) teaching at the University of the Western Cape (Cape Town, South Africa) as part of the LL.M. Programme „Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention - An International and African Perspective“ of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice.

In January 2015, the new LLM class commenced its studies in Cape Town.

The final exam of the lecture "Juristische Zeitgeschichte" for programme students will take place on Monday, 16 February 2015, 10:15-11:45, in Room E14, UL9 (Altes Palais). Entrance at 10:00.

Dr. Paolo Lobba, a former PhD student at the chair of Prof. Werle, is leaving to take up a position at the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia.
 

During the 6th Summer School, a short film about the event and the Centre as such was produced. To watch the film, click here.

Prof. Dr. Werle held a seminar on reappraisal of state crime in the Federal Republic of Germany on 8th October 2014. The guests were high-level lawyers from Latin America, who visited the Humboldt University in the context of a study and dialogue program of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

 

 

The PhD thesis by Dr. Ulf Gutfleisch "Staatsschutzstrafrecht in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1951-1968" has been published in Fall 2014 with Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag. For more details click here.

The third edition of the textbook "Principles of International Criminal Law" by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle and Prof. Dr. Florian Jeßberger has been published by Oxford University Press. For further information click here.

The anthology "Africa and the International Criminal Court" edited by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle, Prof. Dr. Lovell Fernandez und Dr. Moritz Vormbaum has been published by Asser Press/Springer. It documents a conference organised by the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice in Cape Town in November 2013. For further information click here.

The dissertation "The Crime of Conspiracy in International Criminal Law" by Dr. Juliet R. Amenge Okoth has recently been published by T.M.C. Asser Press. For further information click here.

KOSMOS-Dialog with Prof. Lawrence Douglas (Amherst College, USA) on "The Wages of Legitimacy: Trial before Military Commission at Guantánamo Bay" 10 - 12 Uhr, BE 1, E 42, 1st July 2014.

Prof. Bernard Martin (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) held a lecture on "The Framework of Agreements for the Criminal Prosecution of International Intellectual Property Infringement", 27th June 2014.

Prof. Ademola Abass (United Nations University, Bruges, Belgium) held a lecture on "A Regional Criminal Court for Africa?", 26th June 2014.

Prof. Najma Moosa (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) held a lecture on "Bridging the Gulf between Competing Perspectives on Abortion in South Africa", 26th June 2014.
 

Prof. Shizhou Wang (Peking University, China) held a lusture on "The Fight against Corruption in China", 24th June 2014.

Prof. Sam Rugege (Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Rwanda) held a lecture on "Prosecutions of International Crimes by Domestic Courts - The Rwandan Experience", 24th June 2014.

Prof. David J. Scheffer (Northwestern University, Chicago, USA) held a lecture on "The United States and the International Criminal Court", 23rd June 2014

Judge Sanji Monageng (Vice-President of the International Criminal Court) held a lecture on "Africa and the International Criminal Court - Present Situation and Future Development" and inaugurated the 6th Summer School 2014, 23rd June 2014.

Dr. Moritz Vormbaum held a lecture on the Criminal Law in the German Democratic Republic, "Das Strafrecht der DDR", in the context of a colloquium of the Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records (Karl Liebknecht Straße 31/33, 10178 Berlin), 21st May 2014.

 

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle held a lecture on "International Criminal Justice and the Equality Before the Law" at the Law Faculty of the Stellenbosch University (South Africa).

The report on the international conference "Africa and the International Criminal Court", hosted by the South African-German Centre for Transnational Crimianl Justice, can be accessed online here.

Congratulations!

 

Book Review by Prof. Dr. Jochen Bung (Passau) of the 3rd edition of "Völkerstrafrecht", in: GA 2013, pp. 417-421

Wolfgang Kaleck (General Secretary for the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, ECCHR; Member of the defense team of Edward Snowden) held a lecture on „Strategic Litigation of Human Rights Violations“ at the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice in Cape Town. Click here for more information on Kaleck and the ECCHR.

 

On the UWC homepage you can read a report concerning the conference "Africa and the International Criminal Court" which took place in Cape Town in November 2013. It was hosted by the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice (a cooperation between HU Berlin and UWC). You can find the website here.

Conference on the topic "Africa and the International Criminal Court" hosted by the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice, in Cape Town on 22nd / 23rd November 2013. Click here to see the programme.

 

Statement at the expert discussion "Umsetzung der Beschlüsse von Kampala" at the Federal Ministry of Justice.

The 5th Summer School of the "South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice" began on 21st. June 2013.  The Vice-President of the International Criminal Court, Judge Cuno Tarfusser, inaugurated the public lectures on 24th June. Click here to see the programme.

Prof. Dr. Werle held a Seminar on International Criminal Law at the University of Modena for PhD students in English, 12th June - 17th June 2013.

Daniel Leslie graduated as the second PhD-student at South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice, March 2013. The title of his thesis is "The Legal Regime for Anti-Cyberlaundering".
Congratulations!
 

Lecture at the International Criminal Court in the context of OTP Guest Lecture Series on questions relating perpetration and participation in International Criminal Law, 7th May 2013.

Prof. Werle participated as a speaker in a roundtable discussion in the context of the DAAD dialogue with African representatives in Berlin on 22th April 2013.

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle held a lecture on "the program 'Transnational Criminal Justice' in cooperation with the University of Western Cape, Cape Town", at the Humboldt-University Berlin on 16th April 2013.

Research colloquium of the doctoral candidates of the chair in cooperation with the chair of Prof. Jeßberger took place at the University of Hamburg on 14th/ 15th March 2013. 

An article on the "South African German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice" was published at www.deutschland.de

Prof. Dr. h. C. mult. René Blattmann, ex Vice President and ex Judge of the ICC, teaches at the Faculty since March 2013. He is associated with the Chair of Prof. Dr. Werle.

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle held a guest lecture on “Recent Developments in the Case Law of the International Criminal Court” at the Law Faculty of the Stellenbosch University (South Africa) on 25th February 2013.

Prof. Jaime Couso, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile, held a lecture on "Responsibility for crimes not envisaged in the common plan in the Rome Statute". 

Panel discussion with Amnesty International on the topic "10 Jahre Völkerstrafgesetzbuch: Erfahrungen aus der Praxis - Lehren für die Zukunft" at Humboldt-University of Berlin on 25th October 2012.

After completing the LL.M in 2009, Juliet Okoth wrote her doctoral thesis under the supervision of Prof. Werle on the topic "The Crime of Conspiracy in International Criminal Law". Congratulations, Juliet!

From 20 to 22 August 2012 Windell Nortje and Sosteness Materu (PhD students in the LLM and PhD programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention") visited together with Dr. Moritz Vormbaum (project coordinator) the summer school of the Tanzanian-German Centre for Eastern African Legal Studies in Bayreuth und Nürnberg. Windell Nortje and Sosteness Materu presented their work.

A sponsorship for the complete digitalization of the process materials is requested in the framework of the project "Criminal Justice and the GDR past".

From 9 to 20 July the Summer School of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention" took place at Humboldt University Berlin. An overview of the public lectures can be found here.

On 14 and 15 June 2012 a conference on the topic "Pluralism vs. Harmonization: National Adjudication of International Crimes" took place at VU University Amsterdam. Prof Werle held a speech about "Indiviual Criminal Responsibility in Art. 25 ICC Statute".

On 30 January 2012 the fourth cycle of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention - An  International and African Perspective" started at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa.