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An Evening with Philippe Sands KC : 38 Londres Street

Event details
Date Time
26 May 2025 7:00 pm
End Time
26 May 2025 8:30 pm
Type
Panel Discussion
Cost
$20 General Admission | $10 concession
Format
In-Person
Venue
Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Elsternwick - address provided on registration
Starts in: days hrs mins
About this event

Join us for An Evening with Philippe Sands KC: 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia, a powerful exploration of justice, memory, and identity. Internationally acclaimed author and human rights lawyer Philippe Sands KC shares riveting insights from his latest work. In this distinctive mix of memoir, courtroom drama, and travel narrative, Philippe Sands offers an insider’s view of the Pinochet trial—where he served as a barrister representing Human Rights Watch—and unravels the surprising link between the Chilean dictator and a prominent Nazi who found himself running a king crab cannery in Patagonia.

This one-night-only event promising a thought-provoking conversation and unique storytelling experience. Don’t miss the chance to engage with one of the world’s leading legal minds

Please note this event may be recorded for our institutional archive.

Speaker
Philippe Sands KC

Philippe Sands is Professor of Public Understanding of
Law at UCL, visiting professor at Harvard Law School
and a practising barrister at 11 KBW. He has been
involved in many significant international cases in recent
years, including Pinochet, Congo, Yugoslavia, Rwanda,
Iraq, Guantanamo, Chagos and the Rohingya. He has
served as President of English PEN and as a member of
the board of the Hay Festival.

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