Nandor Knust
Head of Section
Deputy Coordinator IMPRS-CC
Main Research:
Nandor Knust conducted the research project Criminal Law and Gacaca – Coming to Terms with the Rwandan Genocide by means of a Pluralistic Legal Model within the framework of his dissertation (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Ulrich Sieber).
Academic Background:
Nandor Knust was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He studied law at the universities of Frankfurt (state exam) and Paris (Maîtrise en droit international public). In 2004, he worked as a legal intern at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania. From 2004-2006, he carried out several field research visits to the Great Lakes Region of Africa, with a special focus on Rwanda. In 2004, he took up work as a research assistant in the Sub-Saharan Africa Section of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. In 2006, he joined the Institute's International Criminal Law Section as a researcher and also served as its interim head for six months. He was admitted to the International Max Planck Research School for Comparative Criminal Law in Freiburg as a PhD candidate in 2007 and completed his dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Ulrich Sieber in 2011. He became head of the International Criminal Law Section in the same year.
Publications (selection):
- Knust, Nandor / Adjovi, Roland: Rwanda. In: Wolfrum, R. (ed.): Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010 [online edition; printed edition: to be published 2012].
- Knust, Nandor / Pampalk, Madalena: Transitional Justice und Positive Komplementarität. In: Zeitschrift für Internationale Strafrechtsdogmatik, 2010, Issue⁄Volume 11/5, p. 669 - 675.
- Knust, Nandor: Ahndung des Völkermordes in Ruanda: Ein pluralistisches System zur Herstellung von Übergangsgerechtigkeit. In: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (ed.): Forschungsbericht 2008-2009 [Research Report 2008-2009], p. 75 - 78.
- Knust, Nandor / Martin Hess / Christine Schuon: Implementation of the Rome Statute in Germany. In: Jan Klabbers (ed(s).): Finnish Yearbook of International Law, Volume 16. 2005 (published 2007), p. 133 - 161.
- Knust, Nandor / Paul Rabbat: Beyond the Charter: Peace Security and the Role of Justice: Bericht über die dritte Jahreskonferenz der Hague Academic Coalition. In: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft, 2007, Issue⁄Volume 1, p. 186 - 193.
Lectures:
29.09.2011
PMTJ - A Pluralistic Model of Transitional Justice
2nd Symposium of the Young Penalist of the AIDP
co-organized with the CEJEP "TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE", La Rochelle, 29. September - 1. October 2011
Place ⁄ Time:
La Rochelle, France, 29.09.2011
27.09.2011
Legal Pluralism in International Criminal Law (Rechtspluralismus im System des Völkerstrafrechts)
International Symposium on "Internationale Strafbarkeit und internationaler Strafgerichtshof" at the Okan Universität, 26.-28. September 2011
Place ⁄ Time:
Istanbul, Turkey, 27.09.2011
22.01.2011
The fight against impunity: A Pluralistic Model of Transitional Justice (PMTJ)
International Conference "The Protection of Human Rights through the International Criminal Court as a Contribution to Constitutionalization and Nation-Building" by the The German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG)
Place ⁄ Time:
Bangkok, Thailand, 22.01.2011
02.10.2010
Transitional Justice and positive complementarity (Transitional Justice und Positive Komplementarität)
Together with Madalena Pampalk at the Arbeitskreis Völkerstrafrecht
Place ⁄ Time:
Universität Wien, Österreich, 02.10.2010
29.06.2010
Comment on: Detention under international law: International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights Law: Israel by Yuval Shany
Freiburg Proceedings on Contemporary Security Agendas Against Terrorism - IDI-MPI-WWC Study Group
Place ⁄ Time:
Freiburg, 29.06.2010
28.06.2010
Comment on: Detention under international law: International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights Law: USA by Trevor Morrison/Matthew Waxman
Freiburg Proceedings on Contemporary Security Agendas Against Terrorism - IDI-MPI-WWC Study Group
Place ⁄ Time:
Freiburg, 28.06.2010
07.12.2009
Restorative Justice in the Context of Transitional Justice
Chinese-German Seminar on Victim-Offender Mediation and Non-Prosecution Policies
Place ⁄ Time:
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht, Freiburg, Deutschland, 07.12.2009
12.11.2009
Criminal Law and Gacaca: Coming to Terms with the Rwandan Genocide by means of a Pluralistic Legal Model
Visit of a High Ranking Vietnamese Delegation at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg i. Br./Germany
Place ⁄ Time:
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht, Freiburg, Deutschland, 12.11.2009
28.05.2009
La justice transitionnelle: Politique, loi ou tous les deux?
Place ⁄ Time:
National University of Bénin, Cotonou, Bénin, 28.05.2009
27.05.2009
Discourse or clash of legal cultures? Africa and International Criminal Law
Place ⁄ Time:
National University of Bénin, Cotonou, Bénin, 27.05.2009
17.12.2007
MPICC and its role of providing an African perspective in the institutionalization of International Criminal Law
Workshop: The Role of Africa in the institutionalization of International Criminal Law
Place ⁄ Time:
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 17.12.2007
15.10.2007
Reforming criminal procedure in Rwanda: Neo-traditional procedures to cope with human rights violations and procedural human rights guarantees
Place ⁄ Time:
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht, Freiburg, Germany, 15.10.2007
18.08.2007
Justice in Afghanistan: When is a transitional system able to provide justice?
Place ⁄ Time:
Kabul, Afghanistan, 18.08.2007
04.12.2005
The Role of Africa in the institutionalization of International Criminal Law
Workshop "The nexus of natural resources, violent conflicts and coping strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa"
Place ⁄ Time:
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha, Tanzania, 04.12.2005
22.08.2005
The Aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide: Criminal Law and Gacaca
ARCA-Net International Alumni Summer School 2005
Place ⁄ Time:
Berlin, 22.08.2005
06.12.2006
Transitional Justice in the Middle East: Lessons learned from Sierra Leone, East Timor and Cambodia
Conference on Conflicts, Conflicts Resolution and Natural Resources in the Middle East, Universität von Tehran/Campus Qom
Place ⁄ Time:
Universität Qom, Qom, Iran, 06.12.2006
Courses:
Winter 2011/2012
International Criminal Law
Course within the Master of Comparative Law - MCL.
Place ⁄ Time:
University of Mannheim, Room EW 95