Event details
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 4JJ
United Kingdom
On Monday, 14 October at 7pm, we held our 2024 Annual Lecture at St Martin-in-the-Fields as part of their Autumn lecture series, ‘Inspiration: The Influences That Have Shaped My Life.’
The lecture was delivered by Philippe Sands KC FRSL FBA, Professor of the Public Understanding of Law at University College London and a visiting professor at Harvard Law School.
Philippe Sands spoke on Genocide and Other International Crimes: Protecting the Individual and the Group Now and Tomorrow, offering insights as a leading voice in international law and human rights.
About Philippe Sands
Philippe Sands KC FRSL FBA is Professor of the Public Understanding of Law at University College London Faculty of Laws and Samuel and Judith Pisar Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He is a practising barrister at 11 King’s Bench Walk (11KBW) and appears as counsel before the International Court of Justice and other international courts and tribunals. He sits as an arbitrator in international investment disputes and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
He is the author of Lawless World (2005) and Torture Team (2008) and numerous academic books on international law, and has contributed to the New York Review of Books, Vanity Fair, the Financial Times, The Guardian and the New York Times.
His most recent books are East West Street: On the Origins of Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide (2016) (awarded the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize, the 2017 British Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year, and the 2018 Prix Montaigne) and The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive (2020), also available as BBC and France Culture podcasts. His latest book is The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain’s Colonial Legacy (2022).
Philippe was President of English PEN for five years until April 2023 and is a member of the Board of the Hay Festival of Arts and Literature.
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