We envision a global society where the universal principles of equality, fairness, and justice prevail.
For twenty years, we have honored and promoted the legacy of Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Solicitor General, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and Chief U.S. Prosecutor of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg.
The Jackson Center advances the legacy of Justice Robert H. Jackson through education, using a variety of methods including in-person and virtual programs and presentations, exhibits, available media, and scholarship. We demonstrate the contemporary relevance and applicability of Justice Jackson’s ideas and work to current and future generations.
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Our 2022 programming theme is Democracy on Trial. We are exploring the pressures on, challenges to, and opportunities for democracy and democratic institutions.
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The Robert H. Jackson Center is making available and organizing as resources both audio and video recordings of the Nuremberg trial proceedings. This guide, featuring links to those recordings, is organized in chronological order.
Join us online as Staffan I. Lindberg, founding Principal Investigator and Director of V-Dem, Varieties of Democracy Institute joins The Robert H. Jackson Center's President Kristan McMahon to talk about […]
The Robert H. Jackson Center is pleased to welcome the remarkable talent of Living Voices (part of TheatreWorks USA) on Monday, January 31, 2022 to perform "Hear My Voice" in […]
The Robert H. Jackson Center is pleased to welcome the remarkable talent of Living Voices (part of TheatreWorks USA) on Monday, January 31, 2022 to perform "Hear My Voice" in […]
The Robert H. Jackson Center invites the public to its annual Jackson Day in Warren event in honor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson's birth on February 13, […]
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REGISTRATION FOR BATTLE OF THE BOOKS IS FULL!! The Robert H. Jackson Center is inviting grade school educators to bring your team to our Battle of the Books event on […]
The Robert H. Jackson Center is thrilled to welcome Lesa Cline-Ransome as the featured speaker for its 17th Annual Young Readers Program. The Young Readers Program uses literature to engage […]
The Robert H. Jackson Center is thrilled to welcome Lesa Cline-Ransome as the featured speaker for its 17th Annual Young Readers Program. The Young Readers Program uses literature to engage […]
Raymond D’Addario was one of a few photographers assigned by the Army Pictorial Service to document the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. On November 21, 1945, senior Nazi officials took their seats in Courtroom 600 in the Palace of Justice. Ray’s photograph of the main defendants sitting in the docket surrounded by U.S. military guards has become the iconic symbol of the trial.
