AIDP | Association Internationale De Droit Pénal

On August 10th, 2014 passed away University Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. George Antoniu, honorary scientific director of the "Acad. Andrei Rădulescu" Legal Research Institute of the Romanian Academy, founding member and president of the Romanian Association of Criminal Sciences and of the Romanian National Group affiliated to the International Association of Penal Law, founder and director of the Criminal Law Review.

Siracusa, Italy, May 29-June 8, 2016

First Specialization Course for Junior Prosecutors (SCJP) on “International Criminal Law, International Cooperation in Penal Matters, Theoretical Tools and Practice”

A historical record of the Association (1926-2014) has just been published in RIDP in the newest issue of the RIDP - RIDP 86 (2015 /3-4) 723 ff.

The Vice-President of the International Association of Penal Law, Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni took oath on February 15th, 2016 as a judge at the Interamerican Court of Human Rights at the official opening  of the Interamerican judicial year in San José, Costa Rica.

In 1958, Benjamin B. Ferencz, prosecutor in the Nuremberg Military Trials, was awarded the Vespasian V. Pella Medal. in 2000, he selected Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni, Honorary President of the AIDP, as his successor. Ten years later, Professor Bassiouni handed over the medal to Professor William Schabas. All three met this February in West Palm Beach, FL, USA.