Discussion Group
The program of the Humboldt International Criminal Law Discussion Group for winter 2024/2025 is out now.
The Franz von Liszt Institute for International Criminal Justice
Humboldt International Criminal Law Discussion Group | Programme for the Winter Term 2024/2025
News
African-German Research Network for Transnational Criminal Jusitce
On 23 February 2024, Dr Windell Nortje (University of the Western Cape, Cape Town), Dr Charity Wibabara (National Public Prosecution Authority, Kigali) and Professor Dr Hannah Woolaver (University of Cape Town, Cape Town) will speak on the topic of "Prosecuting Apartheid" as part of the African-German Research Network for Transnational Criminal Justice.
Publication
Florian Jeßberger & Julia Geneuss (eds.), Twenty Years of the German Code of Crimes against International Law, Symposium in the Journal of International Criminal Justice, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2023, Issue 21/3.
Publication
Florian Jeßberger, „A Short History of Prosecutions of Crimes under International Law in Germany“, Journal of International Criminal Justice 2023
Publication
Florian Jeßberger & Aziz Epik (Hrsg.), 20 Jahre Völkerstrafgesetzbuch, Nomos, 2023.
About
The Institute
The Franz von Liszt Institute serves as a hub for the activities carried out at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in the field of international criminal law and justice. Thematic focus areas include international criminal law, European criminal law, foreign and comparative criminal law as well as the international aspects of German criminal law.
The Institute is named after criminal law and international law scholar Franz von Liszt, who taught from 1898 until his death in 1919 at what was then called Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, today’s Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
The Institute has an extensive collection of criminal law literature and offers visiting scholars the opportunity to conduct research stays.
The Institute hosts the Humboldt International Criminal Law Discussion Group, which on a regular basis invites academics and practitioners from Germany and abroad to present their research or to discuss current issues relating to their work.
The Institute was established at the Faculty of Law of the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin in the early 2000s. It is primarily funded by the Chair in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, International Criminal Law and Modern Legal History.
People
Prof. Dr. Florian Jeßberger serves as the Institute’s Director.
Members of the Institute are Prof. Dr. Martin Heger, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle and several Post-docs from Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. An international advisory board supports the work of the Institute. The Institute welcomes guest researchers and visiting scholars from around the world who would like to take advantage of its extensive library and networking resources and enhance their independent research projects.
People
The Arbeitskreis forms the platform for the exchange between international criminal law scholars and practitioners from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Prof. Jeßberger serves as the chair of the steering committee.
Further activities
The project aims to come to terms with the German colonial past and its continuing legacies within the framework of criminal justice. Prof. Jeßberger is the leader of the programme funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.
Further activities
Prof. Jeßberger serves as a member of the Board of Editors of the Journal published by Oxford University Press. The Editorial Committee includes Prof. Geneuss (Co-Chair) and Prof. Nerlich.
Further activities
Minerva Center
The Minerva Center at the University of Haifa (Israel) initiates and hosts research on the “Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions”. Prof. Jeßberger is one of the principal investigators.
Further activities
International and European Criminal Law Series (Nomos)
Co-editors of the series published by Nomos Verlag are Profs. Heger, Jeßberger and Werle.
Further activities
International Criminal Justice Series (Asser)
The series published by Springer / Asser Press is co-edited by Prof. Werle.
Further activities
The research network offers LL.M. and PhD alumni of the South African-German Center for Transnational Criminal Justice the opportunity for sustainable academic networking. Prof. Werle is director of the network, Dr. Epik is a member of the advisory board.
Further activities
Prof. Heger is co-editor of the bilingual open access publication.
Further activities
Prof. Werle and Prof. Jeßberger are members of the editorial board of the journal published by Juta.