The Memory of Justice: The Unexpected Place of Lviv, Ukraine in International Law
Date of Event
1-12-2011
Description
January 12, 2011 Klatsky Seminar in Human Rights presented by the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center Case Western Reserve University School of Law Speaker: Philippe Sands Professor of Law University College of London Philippe Sands discusses the unprecedented contributions of Hersch Lauterpacht, Rafael Lemkin, and Louis Sohn in helping to forge modern international law. Studying and working in eastern Europe in the early 1900s, these three great legal minds together drafted Nuremberg Statute Article 6, the Genocide Convention, and the International Court of Justice Statute.
Lecture Series
Klatsky Seminar in Human Rights
Subject Headings
international criminal law, international criminal justice, Hersch Lauterpacht, Rafael Lemkin, Louis Sohn, international law, Nuremberg Statute Article 6, the Genocide Convention, International Court of Justice Statute, European influences on modern international law, Lviv, Ukraine
Location
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Document Type
Video
Recommended Citation
Sands, Philippe, "The Memory of Justice: The Unexpected Place of Lviv, Ukraine in International Law" (2011). Conferences and Symposia. 222.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/law_videos_general/222