The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights will organize the 20th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists on ‘Human Rights, Criminal Justice and International Law’ (exclusively online) from July 5 until July 9, 2021. The course will be sponsored by the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP – France),
The Siracusa International Institute mourns the loss of Professor Alfonso Maria Stile, former dean of the Institute and currently honorary vice president. Professor Stile was a personal friend of Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni and has worked at his side since the early years of the Institute’s existence, contributing to the achievement of its most important
The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights is organizing two ancillary meetings to the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Kyoto, Japan, 7-12 March 2021), namely: Towards international guidelines and a mechanism to combat illicit trade – Session 26 Time: Wednesday 10 March, 16.30-18.00 (Kyoto
The Siracusa International Institute strongly condemns the attack that took place this morning near the city of Kanyamahoro (Democratic Republic of Congo) and expresses its deep condolences for the killing of the Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio and the Carabinieri officer Vittorio Iavocacci who was travelling in the same convoy of MONUSCO, the United Nations
The Siracusa Institute is one of the contributors for the development of the Guidelines Within the framework of a UNESCO-IAP partnership, the new “Guidelines for Prosecutors on Cases of Crimes Against Journalists”, were recently published. Developed by Mr. Sabin Ouellet, former Chief Prosecutor of the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions of Québec City,the publication has
On 9th and 10th December, 2020, Mr. Jean-François Thony, President of The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights and former Prosecutor General of the Court of Appeal of Rennes (France), is joining the Forum of Legal Actors, entitled this year “Strengthening the Role of Legal Actors in the Defence of the Right to Freedom of
