Public Lecture '100 Years of Turpitude: A Century of War Crimes Trials' by Prof. Gerry Simpson

Illustrated public lecture by Professor Gerry Simpson on 9 September 2019 at the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice.

The International Nuremberg Principles Academy hosted an illustrated public lecture by Professor Gerry Simpson titled “One Hundred Years of Turpitude: A Century of War Crimes Trials”. Professor Gerry Simpson discussed war crimes trials, which took place in the 20th Century at both national and international levels. He traced the origins of international criminal law in five constitutional moments: at Versailles in 1919, in Moscow in the mid-thirties, at “Tokyoberg” (the dual moment of the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials) between 1945 and 1948, in Jerusalem in 1961, and in New York at the United Nations Security Council in the immediate aftermath of the Cold War. The talk was followed by a discussion with the audience moderated by Dr. Viviane Dittrich.

Gerry Simpson is a Professor of International Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.