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Legal Legacies of Genocide: From Nuremberg to the International Criminal Courts

Theatre Adyar | 4 Square Rapp | 75007 Paris
Friday, October 21, 2016 - 09:45 to 18:00

The George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention at the American University of Paris invites you to an international conference bringing together prominent scholars, lawyers and jurists to discuss the evolving relationship between the law and genocide since the International Military Tribunals at Nuremberg and Tokyo, and to analyze the search for justice that has unfolded both inside and outside the courtroom since that time. 

Morning Session: Inside the Courtroom
Roundtables: 

“Constructing Law in the International Criminal Courts” “Constructing  Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity”

Afternoon Session: Outside the Courtroom
Roundtables: 

“Memory and the Law” “Seventy Years Since Nuremberg:  A Critical Assessment”

> Download the conference program here