Wolfgang Form

Wolfgang Form, 1959, (Dr. phil., Dipl. Pol.) studied Political Science, Sociology, Social- and Economic History and Public Law in Marburg. He received his doctoral degree on political criminal justice during National Socialism in Germany at the University of Marburg. 2003 he co-founded the International Research and Documentations Center for War Crimes Trials, Marburg and is his project co-ordinator since them, from 1992 lecturer for political science and peace and conflict studies at the University of Marburg, and Member of the Austrian Research Center for Post-War Trials Advisory Board. His main fields of research are: political criminal and military justice, history of international criminal law, peace and conflict studies and on local and regional history of National Socialism. Alongside several articles in the field Germany and Austrian contemporary history, international relations, history of criminal law, international law and human rights law he has published “Politische NS-Justiz in Hessen.” (2 vol.), Marburg 2005; „Resistance and Prosecution in Hesse 1933 to 1945“ (Micro-Fiche Edition), Saur 2008. Justice 30 Years Later? The Cambodian Special Tribunal for the Punishment of Crimes against Humanity by the Khmer Rouge. Nationalities Papers vol. 37, Issue 6, Dec. 2009, S. 889 – 923. He is co-editor of National Socialism, Holocaust, Resistance and Exile 1933-145 Online, Saur 2006. Newest publication: Wolfgang Form (with Thorsten Bonacker & Dominik Pfeiffer): Transitional Justice and Victim Participation in Cambodia – A World Polity Perspective, in: Global Society 25 vol. 1 (2011), 113-134. Justice 30 Years Later? The Cambodian Special Tribunal for the Punishment of Crimes against Humanity by the Khmer Rouge. In: David M. Crowe (ed.): Crimes of State Past and Present. New York 2011, S. 134 – 168. Wolfgang Form et al.: Bringing Online World War II War Crimes Trials Documents. In: Morten Bergsmo (Hrsg.): Active Complementaity: Legal Information Transfer. Oslo 2011, S. 297 – 309. Wolfgang Form/ Michael Bryant: Victim Nationality in US and British Military Trials: Hadamar, Dachau, Belsen. In: Justice, Politics and Memory in Europe after Second World War. Landscapes after Battle Vol. 2. Middlesex & Portland 2011, S. 19 – 42.