Professor Philippe Sands was the keynote speaker at the law school's annual Klatsky Seminar in Human Rights. Presented by the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, the lecture was titled, "The Memory of Justice: The Unexpected Place of Lviv, Ukraine in International Law - A Personal History" and was held on January 12.

Interim Dean Robert Rawson, Jr. introduced Professor Sands, one of the world's foremost scholars and practitioners in the area of international human rights law.

Professor Sands is a Professor of Law at University College of London and a barrister at Matrix Chambers. He was named Queen's Counsel in 2003. He has published fourteen books, including the acclaimed and provocative "Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values." He has appeared numerous times before the British High Court, the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, the International Law of the Sea Tribunal, the World Trade Organization Appellate Body, and has been counsel in eleven cases before the International Court of Justice.

Professor Sands discussed the unprecedented contributions of three individuals (Hersch Lauterpacht, Rafael Lemkin, and Louis Sohn) who happened to have lived in the small city of Lviv, Ukraine in the early 1900s. Years later, Lauterpacht drafted the Crimes Against Humanity provision of the Nuremberg Tribunal Statute, Lemkin drafted the Genocide Convention, and Sohn drafted the Statute for the International Court of Justice.

The Klatsky Seminar in Human Rights lecture series was launched in 2001, with a generous endowment from Bruce J. Klatsky, Chairman and CEO of Philipps-Van Heusen Corporation and a member of the University Board of Trustees.

Professor Philippe Sands was the keynote speaker at the law school's annual Klatsky Seminar in Human Rights. Presented by the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, the lecture was titled, "The Memory of Justice: The Unexpected Place of Lviv, Ukraine in International Law - A Personal History" and was held on January 12.

Interim Dean Robert Rawson, Jr. introduced Professor Sands, one of the world's foremost scholars and practitioners in the area of international human rights law.

Professor Sands is a Professor of Law at University College of London and a barrister at Matrix Chambers. He was named Queen's Counsel in 2003. He has published fourteen books, including the acclaimed and provocative "Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values." He has appeared numerous times before the British High Court, the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, the International Law of the Sea Tribunal, the World Trade Organization Appellate Body, and has been counsel in eleven cases before the International Court of Justice.

Professor Sands discussed the unprecedented contributions of three individuals (Hersch Lauterpacht, Rafael Lemkin, and Louis Sohn) who happened to have lived in the small city of Lviv, Ukraine in the early 1900s. Years later, Lauterpacht drafted the Crimes Against Humanity provision of the Nuremberg Tribunal Statute, Lemkin drafted the Genocide Convention, and Sohn drafted the Statute for the International Court of Justice.

The Klatsky Seminar in Human Rights lecture series was launched in 2001, with a generous endowment from Bruce J. Klatsky, Chairman and CEO of Philipps-Van Heusen Corporation and a member of the University Board of Trustees.