Putting Lviv into the Nuremberg narrative, with Philippe Sands

Today's voicemail is adapted from a debate on page 148 from Philippe Sands's book, East West Street.

This brilliantly written book focuses on the personal narratives responsible for the development of the legal concepts 'genocide' and 'crimes against humanity'. Sands explains how three men moving through this one city in central Europe all affected the Nuremberg Trials of 1946. I discuss how these origins have implications for our understanding of international law and the International Criminal Court in the 21st century.

For further reference on the current definitions of the terms: https://www.icc-cpi.int/resource-library/Documents/RS-Eng.pdf