The modern human rights system emerged from the flames of the Holocaust. Professor Philippe Sands QC has done as much as anyone to tell that story through the prism of his own tragic family history. In this discussion, recorded live at an even organised by Tzedek, we discuss how Philippe's wonderful book East West Street came to be written, why the lessons of the 1940s are still fundamentally important today and what we can do to honour them as living memory of the Holocaust disappears.
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60 - The illiberal and misconceived Bill of Rights Bill
59 - Violence against women and how to end it
58 - Could Putin be prosecuted?
58 - Tolerance, decency, kindliness
57 - The government's plans for judicial review
56 - Inheriting the Holocaust
55 - Joint enterprise
54 - Why the Human Rights Act matters
53 - Windrush lives
52 - Christine Burns on trans rights
51 - Belonging and making trouble: a conversation with Felicity Gerry QC
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48 - Albie Sachs on fighting for freedom and human rights
47 - Are algorithms making us less creative?
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45 - The difficult case of vaccine passports
44 - Are we truly free to express our opinions?
43 - Political propaganda, social media and human rights
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