30th June 2027: Nuffield Humanitarian Forum Event

(by invitation only)

3rd November 2026: Nuffield Humanitarian Forum Event

The Nuffield Humanitarian Forum: Programme for 2026-27 "The Crisis of Human Protection" (by invitation only)

13th October 2026: International Development Project Workshop

Linking Past and Present in International Development - the Impact and Legacies of Neo-liberal Globalisation in the 'Long 1990s' (by invitation only)

23.-24th July 2026: The Politics of Forced Displacement during (De)Colonisation: Spaces, Actors and Processes

Fourth Benjamin Ferencz Workshop by Konrad Adenauer Junior Fellow Dr. Ana Guardião (by invitation only)

1st July 2026: Wenn Krieg zur Gewohnheit wird

Ein Gespräch über Völkerrecht, Multilateralismus und die Wirkmacht internationaler Normen

17th June 2026: Buchvorstellung und Diskussion

„Henry Kissinger. Ordnungsmacht und Deutungshoheit“

3rd June 2026: Third Konrad Adenauer Lecture in International History and Law

Prof. Dr. Leora Bilsky (Tel Aviv): "Crisis and Change in International Law – The Case for Reparations after"

17.-19th April 2026: Kick-off Meeting Advisory Board for the Adenauer Synergy Research Project

16th March 2026: Dr. Michel Erpelding (Frankfurt a.M.)

"Reflections on a non-lieu de mémoire of international law. The rise and fall of mixed courts for the adjudication of private rights"

9th December 2025: Book presentation and lecture Gregory S. Gordon (Peking)

Nuremberg’s Citizen Prosecutor. Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice

2nd December 2025: Kölner Vorträge zur Neueren und Neuesten Geschichte, “Internationale Geschichte und Völkerrecht”

Votrag von Alexander Korb (Nürnberg): Der Weg des Genozid ins Völkerrecht. Wie die Nürnberger Straftverteidiger 1945/46 den Begriff “Völkermord” verwendeten

20th November 2025: Beyond Lex Mercatoria

Third Benjamin Ferencz Workshop by Konrad Adenauer Junior Fellow Dr. Hunter Harris (by invitation only)

12th November 2025: Lecture by Frans Viljoen (Pretoria)

The African Regional System for Promoting and Protecting Human Rights at (almost) 45: „African Solutions for African Problems“?

4th November 2025: Kölner Vorträge zur Neueren und Neuesten Geschichte, “Internationale Geschichte und Völkerrecht”

Vortrag von Miloš Vec (Wien): "Nationalsozialistisches Völkerrecht im Kontext, 1920-1950"

30th October 2025: CHL-Exkursion zum Adenauerhaus Rhöndorf, Oktober 2025

21th October 2025: Kölner Vorträge zur Neueren und Neuesten Geschichte, “Internationale Geschichte und Völkerrecht”

Vortrag von Verena Steller (Frankfurt a. M.): "Empire of Water. Wasser, Kolonialismus und das Internationale Recht, 1919-2024"

22-23th July 2025: The Reconfiguration of State-Centred Human Rights Law: Legal Pluralism and Inter-Legality Perspectives

Second Benjamin Ferencz Workshop by Konrad Adenauer Junior Fellow Prof. Rieko Kitamura (by invitation only)

4th June 2025: Second Konrad Adenauer Lecture in International History and Law

Prof. Dr. Susan Carruthers (Warwick): Redress: The Fabric of Justice in Occupied Postwar Germany

13th May 2025: Filmvorführung „Der Dritte Bruder“

Mit anschließendem Gespräch der Regisseurin Kathrin Jahrreiß mit Prof. Claus Kreß

29th April 2025: Salongespräch „Syria in Transition“

In Kooperation mit dem Cologne International Forum, Dr. Anan Alsheikh Haidar, Moderation: Isabel Schayani

24th April 2025: First Konrad Adenauer Lecture in International History and Law Movements

Prof. Dr. Andrew Thompson (Oxford): "A Delicate Dance: International Organizations, National Liberation Movements, and the End of Empire"

9th April 2025: Erstes Treffen der informellen CHL-Arbeitsgruppe

CHL-Mitglieder trafen sich zum Kennenlernen und Ideenaustausch für zusätzliche soziale und inhaltliche Aktivitäten. Initiiert von Celina S. Lubahn Greppler und Alexander Elfgen.

12th March 2025: Book Talk: End of Immunity

A Conversation between the Former President of the International Criminal Court Chile Eboe-Osuji and Prof. Claus Kreß about Judge Eboe-Osuji’s New Book. Moderation: Isabel Schayani, Journalist

14th February 2025: Guest Lecture by Prof. Adam Shinar (Herzliyah)

Prof. Shinhar über: „Censorship of German and Germany in Israel (1948-1967)"

7th February 2025: East European Histories at International Legal Arenas: Mnemonic Cooperation or Contestation?

First Benjamin Ferencz Workshop by Konrad Adenauer Junior Fellow Dr. Andrii Nekoliak (by invitation only)

6th January 2025: Diskussion zu „Völkerrecht und Geschichte“

CHL-Gründungsdirektoren Angelika Nußberger, Claus Kreß und Fabian Klose „Zu Gast bei L.I.S.A.“

28th November 2024: Hans Kelsen Memorial Lecture on International Peace and Security Law

Prof. Gregory S. Gordon (Hongkong) einen Vortrag mit dem Thema: „Conditioning-Speech, Aggression and the Evolution of Atrocity Speech Law“

21.-22th November 2024: AKHF Tagung

Strategietagung des Arbeitskreis Historische Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (AKHF). Die Tagung zum 40-jährigen Jubiläum des AKHF stand unter der Überschrift "Wer hat Angst vor Normativität?". Prof. Dr. Petra Goedde (Temple University, Philadelphia) hielt die Keynote Lecture.

16th September 2024: Symposium to mark the opening of the CHL

The CHL was opened with a festive international symposium. Under the guiding question “Double Standards in International Law?”, academics discussed in two panels. The keynote lecture “A Letter to Hans Kelsen on the Use of Force” was given by Samuel Moyn.