10th Summer School 2018
The 10th Summer School of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice took place at Humboldt University from 18 to 28 June 2018. You can find the programme of the public lectures
here.
9th Summer School 2017
The 9th Summer School of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice took place at Humboldt University from 16 June to 8 July 2017.
8th Summer School 2016
The 8th Summer School of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice took place at Humboldt University from 17 June to 9 July 2016.
7th Summer School 2015
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.
17 December 2014: Lecture by Prof. Gerhard Kemp (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) about the "Implementation of the Rome Statute in Africa - With specific reference to the recent judgment on universal jurisdiction by the South African Constitutional Court" as part of the research colloquium on international criminal law.
09 December 2014: Lecture by Prof. Claudia Cárdenas (Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile) about the "Implementation of International Criminal Law in Chile".
6th Summer School 2014
From 23 June to 11 July 2014, the 6th Summer School of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice took place in Berlin. Keynote speaker at the opening ceremony was Vice President of the ICC, Judge Monageng.
Click here for the programme.
17 December 2013: Lecture by Prof. David Scheffer (Northwestern University, Illinois, USA) about "International Justice in Cambodia" within the course "International Criminal Law" by Prof. René Blattmann.
17 December 2013: Lecture by Federal Prosecutor Thomas Beck (Karlsruhe) about "Die strafrechtliche Verfolgung von Völkerrechtsverbrechen in Deutschland - Die Rolle der Bundesanwaltschaft".
19 August 2013: Lecture by Prof. Philipp Osten (Professor for criminal law, international criminal law and German law, Keio Universität Tokio) about "Criminal Justice and Criminal Law in Japan".
05 July 2013: Lecture by Prof. Stefan Uecker (Senior Policy Advisor, Deutscher Bundestag) with the topic "Financial Crime and Financial Investigations - Strategies against Economic Crime and Money Laundering in Germany".
05 July 2013: Lecture by Prof. Ulrich Sieber (Director of Max-Planck-Institut for foreign and international criminal law; University of Freiburg) about "Cybercrime and Criminal Law in the Information Society".
04 July 2013: Lecture by Dr. Matthias Korte (Head of Directorate and Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry of Justice) with the topic "Combating Corruption - International Legal Instruments".
04 July 2013: Lecture by Prof. Jens Ohlin (Cornell Law School, Ithaca, USA) with the topic "Searching for the Hintermann: Subjctive Imputation in International Criminal Law".
02 July 2013: Lecture by Prof. Bernard Martin (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) about "The Criminal Prosecution of International Counterfeitures".
02 July 2013: Lecture by Prof. Martin Heger (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) about "Wikileaks - The Case of Julian Assange".
01 July 2013: Lecture by Prof. Sarah Nouwen (University of Cambridge, UK) with the topic "The Catalysing Effect of the ICC's Complementarity Principle - the Sudanese and Ugandan experience".
01 July 2013: Lecture by Prof. René Blattmann (ex Minister of Justice of Bolivia, ex Vice President ICC, Visiting Professor - DAAD- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) about "The Lubanga Trial - Substantive and Procedural Issues of the first Judgment of the International Criminal Court".
27 June 2013: Lecture by Prof. Najma Moosa (University of Western Cape, South Africa) with the topic "The Criminalisation of Abortion in Islam".
27 June 2013: Lecture by Prof. Ryszard Piotrowicz (University of Aberystwyth, Wales), member of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, about "Human Trafficking".
25 June 2013: Lecture by Prof. Lawrence Douglas (Amherst College, USA) with the topic "Al Qaeda in the Dock: Trial by Military Commission in Guantanamo Bay".
25 June 2013: Lecture by Prof. Shizhou Wang (Peking University, China) about "Developments of Criminal Justice in the People's Republic of China".
24 June 2013: Lecture by Dr. Chantal Meloni (University of Milan) about "Palestine and the ICC".
24 June 2013: Lecture by the Vice President of the ICC Judge Cuno Tarfusser on the topic "The ICC in its Second Decade: Achievements, Shortcomings, Challenges".
15 January 2013: Lecture by Prof. Jaime Couso (University Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile) about "Responsibility for crimes not envisaged in the common plan in the Rome Statute".
11 December 2012: Lecture by Prof. Claudia Cárdenas Aravena, LL.M. (Universidad de Chile) on the topic "Chile und das Völkerstrafrecht".
20 July 2012: Lecture by Stefan Uecker, Senior Policy Advisor, Deutscher Bundestag, on the topic "Financial Crime and Financial Investigations - Strategies against Economic Crime and Money Laundering in Germany" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
18 July 2012: Lecture by Dr. Matthias Korte, Head of Directorate and Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry of Justice, about " Combating Corruption - International Legal Instruments" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
18 July 2012: Lecture by Dr. Chantal Meloni (University of Milan, Italy) on the topic "Gaza - Test Bench for International Justice?" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
17 July 2012: Lecture by Prof. Najma Moosa (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) about "The Criminalisation of Inter-Religious Marriage in Islam" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
17 July 2012: Lecture by Christian Ritscher, Senior Federal Prosecutor, on the topic "The Prosecution of Crimes under International Law in Germany - Remarks of a Federal Prosecutor" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
16 July 2012: Lecture by Prof. Andreas Zimmermann (University of Potsdam) about "Africa and the Development of International Humanitarian and International Criminal Law" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
12 July 2012: Lecture by Prof. Lawrence R. Douglas (Amherst College, USA) on the topic "Bringing Terror Suspects to Justice: Civilian Courts or Military Commissions" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
12 July 2012: Lecture by Prof. Martin Heger (Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin) about "Wikileaks - The Case of Julian Assange" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
10 July 2012: Lecture by Prof. Kevin Jon Heller (University of Melbourne, Australia) about "The Nuremberg Military Tribunals and its Contribution to the Development of Crimes against Humanity" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention". Comment by Prof. Gerhard Kemp (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa).
10 July 2012: Lecture by Prof. Shizhou Wang (Peking University, China) on the topic "The Fight Against Corruption in China" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
9 July 2012: Lecture by Prof. Florian Jessberger (University of Hambrug) about "The Making of a New International Crime - Elements of a Sociology of Transnational Lawmaking" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
9 July 2012: Lecture by Silvia Fernandez de Grumendi, Juge at the ICC, about "Recent Legal Developments at the ICC" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
12 July 2011: Lecture by Prof. Stefano Manacorda (University of Naples) on the topic "Crime in art and antiquities: An overview of the relevant international legal instruments".
7 July 2010: Lecture by Prof. Lawrence R. Douglas (Amherst College, USA) about "Demjanjuk in Munich" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
7 July 2010: Lecture by Prof. Shizhou Wang (University of Peking, China) about "The Fight Against Corruption in China" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
6 July 2010: Lecture by Dr. Matthias Korte, Federal Ministry of Justice, on the topic "Combatting Corruption - International Legal Instruments" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
6 July 2010: Lecture by Chantal Uwimana, Transparency International, about "An Introduction to the work of Transparency International with a special focus on Africa" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
5 July 2010: Lecture by Prof. Jaime Couso (University Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile) on the topic "Transition to Democracy and Post-Transitional Justice in Chile" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
5 July 2010: Lecture by Prof. Jaime Malamud Goti (University of Buenos Aires) about "Transitional Justice in Argentina" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
1 July 2010: Lecture by Prof. Ryszard Piotrowicz (University of Aberystwyth) about "Human Trafficking" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
1 July 2010: Lecture by Prof. Luigi Foffani (University of Modena) on "The Berlusconi Case" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
29 June 2010: Lecture by Thomas F. Schneider, German Federal Foreign Office, on the topic "Frome Rome to Kampala – The ICC after its Review Conference" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
29 June 2010: Lecture by Prof. Dr. Kai Ambos (University of Göttingen, Judge at the District Court of Göttingen) about "The Colombian Peace Process and the International Criminal Court" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
28 June 2010: Lecture by Sang Hyun Song, President of the ICC, on the topic "The ICC: Current Challenges and Prospective Developments After the Review Conference" within the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
28 May 2010: Lecture by Prof. Dr. Benjamin B. Ferencz on the topic "65 Years after World War II - Reflections of a Nuremberg Prosecutor“ about his experiences as chief prosecutor in the Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen Trial.
2 July 2009: Lecture by Prof. Dr. Martin Heger (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) on the topic "European Criminal Justice - The European Arrest Warrant" as part of the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
30 June 2009: Lecture by Thomas F. Schneider, German Federal Foreign Office, about "Germany as a State Party to the Rome Statute" as part of the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
29 June 2009: Lecture by Jens Ohlin (Assistant Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, USA) on the topic "Prosecuting Torture in the USA: Necessity, Complicity, and Derivative Liability" as part of the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
29 June 2009: Lecture by Prof. Dr. hc René Blattmann, Juge at the ICC, about "The ICC - History and Recent Challenges" as part of the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
23 June 2009: Lecture by Dr. Matthias Korte, Federal Minstry of Justice, about "Combating Corruption - International Legal Instruments" as part of the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
23 June 2009: Lecture by Prof. Lawrence R. Douglas (Amherst College) on the topic "Demjanjuk in Jerusalem: The Danger of Didactic Justice" as part of the summer school of the LLM programme "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
22 June 2009: Lecture by Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Christian Tomuschat on the topic "Putting End to Civil War - The Experience of the Guatemalan Truth Commission" as part of the summer school of the LLM programme5 "Transnational Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention".
28 May 2009: Aufarbeitung von DDR-Unrecht, book launch and lecture (Prof. Ines Geipel: Aufarbeitung der Aufarbeitung - Muss die Auseinandersetzung mit der DDR in die zweite Runde?) as part of the "Geschichtsforums 19989 - 2009: Europa zwischen Teilung und Aufbruch" (
Programme).
19 May 2009: As part of the lecture "International Criminal Justice" Prof. Ryszard Piotrowicz (Aberystwyth University) talks about "People Trafficking and the Response of International Criminal Law".
12 May 2009: Lecture by Prof. Susan Benesch (Dean's Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University Law School) on the topic "Transitional Justice at the United States?" as part of the course "International Criminal Justice".
11 May 2009: Expert discussions with lawyers from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation's worldwide Rule of Law Programmes on the topic "Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung - Justiz in Transformationsprozessen".
28 April 2009: Lecture by Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Vormbaum, head of the Institute for Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law and Legal History at the Fernuniversität Hagen and editor of the publication series Juristische Zeitgeschichte, on the topic "Moderne Strafrechtsgeschichte" and presentation of his new textbook "Einführung in die moderne Strafrechtsgeschichte".
16 June 2008: Lecture by Prof. Dr. Massimo Donini (University of Modena, Italy) on the topic "Strafrechtliche Fragen des Übergangs vom Faschismus zur Demokratie in Italien" as part of the seminar "Aufarbeitung von NS-Unrecht durch und alliierte und deutsche Gerichte"
16 June 2008: Lecture by Thomas F. Schneider (Legation Councillor of the department International Criminal Court of the German Federal Foreign Office) about "Deutschland als Vertragsstaat des Römischen Statuts" as part of the seminar "Internationale Strafgerichtsbarkeit" (SP 7).
26. May 2008: Lecture by René Blattmann, Second Vice President of the ICC, about "Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof - Aktuelle Herausforderungen".
11 December 2007: Lecture by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Andrew von Hirsch (University of Cambridge, Institute of Criminology) on the topic "Strafrechtsphilosophische Aspekte der Bestrafung von schweren Menschenrechtsverletzungen" as part of the research colloquium "Internationales Strafrecht".
29 November 2007: Lecture by Dr. h.c. Joachim Gauck on the topic "Aufarbeitung von Systemunrecht".
22 – 23 June 2007: Assembly of the working group International Criminal Law.
09 July 2007: Lecture by Hans-Peter Kaul, Juge at the ICC, on the topic "Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof nach 5 Jahren - Ein Erfahrungsbericht aus richterlicher Sicht" as part of the post graduate programme "Verfassung jenseits des Staates".
19 June 2007: Lecutre by Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer (University of Witten/Herdecke) about "Täter. Wie aus ganz normalen Menschen Massenmörder werden." as part of the seminar "Aufarbeitung von NS-Unrecht durch alliierte und deutsche Gerichte"
11 June 2007: Lecture by Matthias Schuster, LLM, Associate Legal Officer at the ICTY, about the crime of aggression as part of the course "International Criminal Justice".
21 May 2007: Lecture by Prof. Ryszard Piotrowicz (University of Wales) on the topic "People Trafficking as War Crime and a Crime Against Humanity" as part of the course "International Criminal Justice".
7 May 2007: Lecture bay Wolfgang Schomburg, Juge at the Appeals Chambers of the ICTY and the ICTR, on the topic "Fortentwicklung der Menschenrechte durch die Rechtsprechung der internationalen Strafgerichtshöfe und Tribunale".
23 April 2007: Lecture by Dr. Volker Nerlich (ICC), about the International Criminal Court as part of the course "International Criminal Justice".
24 November 2006: Lecture by René Blattmann, Second Vice President of the ICC, about "Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof - eine historische Herausforderung".
4 July 2006: Lecture by Prof. Dr. Najma Moosa (Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of the Western Cape) about „The Practice of Veiling (Hijab) Amongst Muslim Women“.
13 June 2006: Lecture by Prof. Francisco Muñoz Conde (University Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla) on the topic "Edmund Mezger und das Strafrecht seiner Zeit".
22 May 2006: Lecture by Wolfgang Schomburg, Juge at the Appeals Chambers of the ICTY and the ICTR, on the topic "Menschenrechte vor den Schranken internationaler Strafgerichtshöfe" as part of the seminar "Praxis des Völkerstrafrechts".
23 May 2006: Lecture by Prof. Ryszard Piotrowicz (University of Wales) about "People Trafficking as War Crime and a Crime Against Humanity" as part of the course "International Criminal Justice".
31 January 2006: Lecture by Ministerial Director Peter Wilkitzki, former head of the criminal law department in the Federal Ministry of Justice, on the topic "Internationale Zusammenarbeit in Strafsachen - Grundlagen und aktuelle Entwicklung" as part of the course "Internationales Strafrecht".
17 June 2005: Seminar on International Criminal Law orgnised jointly by the Institute for Criminology of Humboldt University Berlin and the Law Faculty of the University of Helsinki.
24 May 2005: Lecture by Prof. Dr. Lovell Fernandez (University of the Western Cape, Cape Town) about "Criminal Justice in South Africa" as part of the course "International Criminal Justice".
17 May 2005: Lecture by Prof. Dr. Stefano Manacorda (University of Naples 2) on "European Criminal Law" as part of the course "International Criminal Justice".
10 May 2005: Lecture by Prof. Ryszard Piotrowicz (University of Wales) on the topic "People Trafficking as War Crime and a Crime Against Humanity" as part of the course "International Criminal Justice".
9 May 2005: Lecture by Dr. David Donat-Cattin (Legal Advisor, Parliamentarians for Global Action) on the topic "The International Criminal Court and the Protection of Human Rights - What Civil Society Can Do".
7 – 9 April 2005: International symposium "Justice in Transition - Prosecution and Amnesty in Germany and South Africa" at Humboldt University Berlin as final conference of the project "Strafjustiz und DDR-Vergangenheit".
18 January 2005: Lecture by Ministerial Director Peter Wilkitzki, head of the criminal law department of the Federal Minsitry of Justice, on the topic "Aktuelle Tendenzen und Probleme der internationalen Zusammenarbeit in Strafsachen aus praktischer Sicht" as part of the course "Internationales Strafrecht".
10 August 2004: Italian-German colloquium on current questions of International Criminal Law with speeches by Prof. Dr. Alberto di Martino (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa) on the topic "Die Regelung von Täterschaft und Teilnahme im Römischen Statut: Modell für die Reform des italienischen Strafrechts?" and Dr. Emanuela Fronza (Universitá di Bologna) about "Die Rolle der Rechtsvergleichung in der Konstruktion eines Allgemeinen Teils des Völkerstrafrechts".
27 January 2004: Lecture by Ministerial Director Peter Wilkitzki, head of the criminal law department of the Federal Minsitry of Justice, on the topic "Recht und Praxis der internationalen Zusammenarbeit in Strafsachen aus der Sicht eines Praktikers".
20 January 2004: Lecture by Dr. Klaus Schlichte, Institute for Sociology at HU Berlin, on the topic "Zur Mikropolitik bewaffneter Gruppen".
13 January 2004: Lecture by Wolfgang Kaleck, defence lawyer in Berlin, about "Völkerstrafrecht in der Praxis des Opferanwalts".
19 June 2003: Lecture by Judge Norbert Ehrenfreund, San Diego (USA), about "The Legacy of the Nürnberg War Crimes Trial".
23 – 24 May 2003: Block lecture by Prof. Dr. Horst Fischer (Director of the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Ruhr University Bochum, and Professor for International Humanitarian Law, University of Leiden) on the topic "Humanitäres Völkerrecht und Moderner Krieg. Eine problemorientierte Einführung in die Anwendung des humanitären Völkerrechts in aktuellen Konflikten".
22 May 2003: Lecture by Dr. Claus Kreß (University of Cologne) on the topic "Das Strafrecht und der Angriffskrieg".
21 January 2003: Lecture by Dr. Michael Bohlander, Judge at the District Court Meiningen, on "Anspruch und Wirklichkeit des Völkerstafrechts - Das Jugoslawientribunal und die nationale Strafverfolgung von Kriegsverbrechen im Kosovo unter UNMIK".
14 January 2003: Lecture by Prof. Dr. Helmut Satzger (University of Augsburg) zum Thema: "Europäisierung des Strafrechts".
7 January 2003: Lecture by Ministerial Director Peter Wilkitzki, Head of the criminal law department, Federal Ministry of Justice, on the topic "Recht und Praxis der internationalen Zusammenarbeit in Strafsachen".
3 December 2002: Lecture by Prof. Dr. Horst Fischer (Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Ruhr University Bochum) on the topic "Grundlinien zum humanitären Völkerrecht".
26 November 2002: Lecture by Ambassador Hans-Peter Kaul, German representative for the ICC, on the topic "Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof - Kernfragen, Probleme und Fortschritte".
28 June 2002: Lecture by Wolfgang Schomburg, Presiding Judge at the ICTY, on the topic "Internationale Strafgerichtsbarkeit in der Praxis".
24 – 25 June 2002: Bilateral seminar - International Criminal Law with the Law Faculty of the University of Helsinke, represented by Prof. Dr. Kimmo Nuotio, Hertta Kallioinen, Prof. Dr. Raimo Lahti und Jarna Petman.
11 June 2002: Lecture by Prof. Dr. Joachim Schulz (University Osnabrück) on the topic "Das Corpus Iuris Criminalis als Modell eines europäischen Strafrechts".
21 January 2002: Lecture by Peggy Kuo, Yukiko Takashiba and Marie Ursula Kind, representatives of the prosecution at the ICTY, Den Haag (Niederlande), on the beginning of the trial against Slobodan Milosevic am 12. Februar 2002.
15 January 2002: Lecture by Dr. Michael Gebauer, Senior Government Official at the Federal Ministry of Justice, on the topic "Die Gesetzgebungsarbeiten zu einem Völkerstrafgesetzbuch".
27 November 2001: Lecture by Prof. Dr. Horst Fischer (Ruhr University Bochum) on the topic "Das Humanitäre Völkerrecht und der Afghanistan-Konflikt" as part of the course "International Criminal Justice".
13 November 2001: Lecture by Hans-Peter Kaul, Director of the Department on International Law of the Federal Foreign Office, about the progress of negotiations for the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as part of the course "International Criminal Justice".
20 November 2001: Lecture by Prof. Jeremy Sarkin (University of the Western Cape, Cape Town) on the topic "Examining Transitional Justice in Africa: The Cases of South Africa and Rwanda".
