East West Street: Genocide in WWII

When human rights lawyer Philippe Sands lectured in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, he began to uncover a series of extraordinary historical coincidences. It set him on a quest that would take him halfway around the world in an exploration of the origins of international law and the pursuit of his own secret family history, beginning and ending with the last day of the Nuremberg Trials.

Philippe Sands QC is Professor of Law at University College London and a practising barrister at Matrix Chambers. He frequently appears before international courts, including the International Criminal Court and the World Court in the Hague, and has been involved in many of the most important cases of recent years, including Pinochet, Congo, Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Iraq and Guantanamo.

Doors 10.30. Start 11.00

Entry £3, £2 concessions.(free to Conway Hall Ethical Society members – no tickets needed).

Brockway Room (Ground floor – accessible by wheel-chair).

Tea, coffee & biscuits will be available.