PHILIPPE SANDS: BIOGRAPHY OF HIS FAMILY
EAST WEST STREET: orIGINS OF GENOCIDE AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
Winner of the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize.
When he receives an invitation to deliver a lecture in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, international lawyer Philippe Sands begins a journey on the trail of his family's secret history. In doing so, he uncovers an astonishing series of coincidences that lead him halfway across the world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Philippe Sands (born 1960) is a leading international human rights lawyer who has acted before numerous international courts and tribunals, inlcuding the Euopean Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Court. He is Professor Law and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London and has written seventeen books on internatonal law. He was educated at the University of Cambridge and Harvard University.
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