In this book, going through his personal memories, Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni provides an impressive and fascinating account of crucially relevant historical events. Professor Bassiouni was a towering figure in international law. He was a renowned jurist driven by an inexhaustible passion for upholding the rule of law and protecting human rights. This book is

Between February 3 and 4, 2020, The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, is joining the UNCTAD Illicit Trade Forum in Geneva. The initiative is organized by UNCTAD in collaboration with the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT). UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), is a permanent intergovernmental body

20th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law  Human Rights, Criminal Justice and International Law Siracusa, December 6 – 14, 2020   UPDATE OF MARCH 11, 2020 In light of the recent measures taken by the Italian Government to fight against the COVID-19 outbreak, the Institute is postponing all specialization courses that were scheduled to take place between April and

Between December 9th  and 10th, Mr. Filippo Musca, Acting Director General of the Siracusa International Institute, is attending the High-Level Advanced Research Workshop on “Confronting Criminal/Terrorist Threats, The Reshaping of Non-State Actors” in Rome. The workshop is organised by the NATO Defense College Foundation in cooperation with the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme, the Policy

On November 12, 2019, Mr. Ezechia Paolo Reale, Secretary General of The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights and Ms. Stefania Lentinello, Program Officer, attended the 5th Steering Committe of the project “Transfer Radicalisation Approaches in Training” (TRAin TRAINING) in Rome. The Steering Committe was held at the “Scuola Superiore dell’Esecuzione Penale“,

Between November 13 and 16, 2019, the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP) holds in Rome the XX International Congress of Penal Law “Criminal Justice and Corporate Business”, organised by the Italian National Group in collaboration with LUISS Guido Carli University. A delegation of The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights –

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has decided to discuss, by the end of 2020, a draft resolution on the universal right to know, entitled “Media Freedom, public trust and the people’s right to know”  “For many years, the Siracusa International Institute has been progressing this theme; without the right to know – which

  Between September 30 and October 12, 2019, The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights is holding a Pilot Program for Officers of the Prison Directorate of Saudi Arabia. The initiative is organized in operational collaboration with  the Italian Prison Administration Department withing the Minister of Justice, as well as with the Naïf Arab

  On 17th September, 2019, Judge Jean-François Thony, President of The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights and Prosecutor General of the Court of Appeal of Rennes (France), gave a lecture on the new European Public Prosecutor’s office (EPPO) at the John F. Kennedy Argentine University in Buenos Aires.     The

Today, the Institute remembers its founder and longstanding former President, the late Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni. Two years after his passing, Professor Bassiouni continues to show the way to each of us and remains an invaluable source of inspiration for the Institute. His legacy as ‘The Father of International Criminal Law’ continues to leave an