in paris during the war, hidden by catholic families in the town of saved her. and so this has always been part of my life, and i suspect . was it subconscious or conscious? did you consciously think to yourself, i m an international lawyer and i want to dig deep into notions of accountability and justice ? no, it didn t happen like that at all. i d made the terrible mistake of doing law at university and i hated it, apart from one teacher, a very lovely yorkshireman called robbiejennings who went on to become the britishjudge at the world court in the hague. and he taught a course on international law and i thought, this is interesting. this is what i want to do. and i just stuck with it, i stayed on, i did a masters, i had some great teachers. and that was what developed my interest in international law. and with your academic hat on, as we look at the nuremberg trials 75 years on from the first set of verdicts, does it strike you that they should be seen as a sort of extraordin
hidden by catholic families in the town of saved her. and so this has always been part of my life, and i suspect . was it subconscious or conscious? did you consciously think to yourself, i m an international lawyer and i want to dig deep into notions of accountability and justice ? no, it didn t happen like that at all. i d made the terrible mistake of doing law at university and i hated it, apart from one teacher, a very lovely yorkshireman called robbiejennings who went on to become the british judge at the world court in the hague. and he taught a course on international law and i thought, this is interesting. this is what i want to do. and i just stuck with it, i stayed on, i did a masters, i had some great teachers. and that was what developed my interest in international law. and with your academic hat on, as we look at the nuremberg trials 75 years on from the first set of verdicts, does it strike you that they should be seen as a sort of extraordinary positive landmark or
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philippe sands, welcome to hardtalk. lovely to be with you. this notion of international justice, it seems to have sort of consumed you both professionally and personally for many years. is it possible to say which comes first, which driver is more important to you? which came first was professional. i got involved in these things in 98, really when the statute of the international criminal court was being negotiated in rome and there after and started getting involved in many cases. but i suppose it s true to say there was a personal connection because my mother had been a refugee child from vienna and had been a hidden child in paris during the war, hidden by catholic families and so, this has always been
and had been a hidden child in paris during the war, hidden by catholic families in the town of saved her. and so this has always been part of my life, and i suspect. was it subconscious or conscious? did you consciously think to yourself, i m an international lawyer and i want to dig deep into notions of accountability and justice? no, it didn t happen like that at all. i d made the terrible mistake of doing law at university and i hated it, apart from one teacher, a very lovely yorkshireman called robbiejennings who went on to become the british judge at the world court in the hague. and he taught a course on international law and i thought, this is interesting. this is what i want to do. and i just stuck with it, i stayed on, i did a masters, i had some great teachers. and that was what developed my interest in international law. and with your academic hat on, as we look at the nuremberg trials 75 years on from the first set