In the same light, the institute engages in the specialised education of young academics and lawyers from around the world in the areas of International and European Criminal Law.

These initiatives include a number of activities related to the elaboration of the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, and its Rules of Procedure and Evidence.

Those the United Nations adopted include: The institute also hosts expert meetings in cooperation with the Council of Europe and under the auspices of its Secretary-General.

The workshop focuses on the exchange of experience, information and ideas between the numerous government officials from Central Asia and Eastern Europe that attend.

The institute organises conferences and seminars for students, academics and practitioners in the legal field coming from the Arab World, with the goal of fostering international co-operation in matters of criminal and humanitarian law.

In more recent years, the Siracusa International Institute has been engaged in a technical assistance program in support of the Bahrain Justice and Law Enforcement Sectors on the International Protection of Human Rights and the Enhancement of Investigatory and Prosecutorial Capabilities of the Office of the Attorney General and a parallel technical assistance program in Support of the Bahrain Ministry of Interior for Law Enforcement and Police Officers.

In 2006, the Institute provided technical support to a program co-ordinated by the Italian Ministry of Justice, the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Macedonia and the European Agency for Reconstruction.

This project served to further develop and enhance the capacity of the Public Prosecutor's Office in helping with the establishment of a legal framework in line with EU standards, fostering the implementation of the rule of law, improving court procedures, tackling corruption and strengthening the independence, effectiveness and efficiency of the judiciary.

The project established a database of government, media and NGO reports and other public sources regarding events related to the conflict in Libya that began in March 2011.

It also conducted a study compiling the history and context of the conflict, as well as providing a chronology and assessment of events which occurred, with a particular focus on allegations of human rights abuses by all involved parties.

Many of the publications are the result of meetings or conferences that have been hosted at the Institute's headquarters and feature contributions from some of the world's leading experts in criminal law and human rights issues.