FLAC (IRELAND) EVENING IN NEW YORK with Professor Philippe Sands - Monday 6th May @7pm, Fordham University School of Law, Manhattan, New York

FLAC - Free Legal Advice Centres and Fordham University Irish Law Students Association jointly invite you to 

FLAC (IRELAND) EVENING IN NEW YORK

With

Professor Philippe Sands

on Monday 6th of May 2024 at 7pm

 at the Fordham University School of Law,

Lincoln Center Campus, 113 W 60^th St, Manhattan, New York.

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FLAC is delighted to invite you to attend a very special evening in New York City on 6^th May 2024. The event will bring together lawyers, academics and supporters of international human rights for a memorable evening of discussion and debate on the most critical issues facing the international community at this time of crisis and deep concern.

We are particularly honoured to be joined by Professor Philippe Sands who will speak on the topic of international human rights in the context of the current international crises.

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There is no charge to attend the event, however we would ask that you consider making a donation as a contribution towards the work of FLAC

FLAC is in urgent need of funding. As Ireland’s oldest NGO, FLAC has worked to address unmet legal need and to promote access to justice for over 50 years. FLAC’s telephone information and referral line and legal advice clinics play a key role in making accessible early legal assistance available. However these services are completely overwhelmed by demand. In 2023, FLAC could only answer one in five calls to its telephone line for legal assistance. FLAC provided legal information to 11,125 callers last year, however 40,000 calls went unanswered.

The FLAC phoneline is a snapshot of the work we do. FLAC also provides legal advice clinics, legal assistance for social justice organisations through PILA, campaigns for change in areas of policy and law, and operates a number of dedicated legal services for the Roma, Traveller and LGBTQI+ communities.

We really need funding to support the work that we do. Please consider donating today.

You can add a donation to your ticket or alternatively visit https://www.flac.ie/donate/ to donate.

Diary details:

EVENT: FLAC (Ireland) Evening New York 

DATE: Monday 6^th May 

VENUE: Fordham University School of Law, 113 W 60^th St,  New York.

TIME: 7pm

Please let us know if you have any access requirements or need any other assistance by emailing reception@flac.ie   

About FLAC

FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) is Ireland’s leading legal and human rights non-governmental organisation.  FLAC was founded in 1969 to promote equal access to justice in Ireland and has for over 50 years campaigned for a more equal and just society.  FLAC has lobbied for the provision of publicly funded legal services,  operates a telephone information line, legal advice clinics, and pursued evidence-based law reform advocacy and litigated test cases on behalf of the rights of poor and marginalised communities throughout Irish society. Through its public interest law project PILA, it operates a pro bono clearing house.

Throughout its existence FLAC has taken landmark cases in the Irish and European Courts for the advancement of human rights and equality before the law.   FLAC has over the decades expanded its reliance upon, and expertise in, international human rights law – including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations Conventions, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

At a time of crisis in international human rights law, FLAC is committed to widening and deepening its relationships with international human rights organisations and legal communities.  FLAC has enjoyed support from the Irish American legal community and from philanthropic organisations in the United States for many years. 

FLAC is thus delighted to invite you to attend a very special evening in New York City on 6^th May 2024 when FLAC will introduce itself to a wide group of American lawyers and human rights activists.  We are particularly honoured to be joined by Professor Philippe Sands who will speak on the topic of international human rights in the context of the current international crises. 

Professor Sands delivered the FLAC Annual Justice Lecture in 2022 and has been hugely supportive of the work of FLAC for a number of years.

We are extremely grateful to Fordham University School of Law and in particular the Fordham University Irish Law Students Association for co-hosting this event at the Midtown Manhattan Campus of Fordham University. 

We guarantee you an extremely informative and hopefully memorable evening of discussion and debate on the most critical issues facing the international community at this time of crisis and deep concern.

About the Speaker

Philippe Sands KC is an internationally recognised and respected human rights lawyer and writer. He is Professor of Law at University College London and currently the Samuel and Judith Pisar visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.  He practices as a Barrister in London at 11 Kings Bench Walk (11 KBW). He appears as counsel before many international courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Court.  

He is the author of 17 books on international law, and has held visiting positions at the New York University Law School, the Sorbonne in Paris, the University of Melbourne, the University of Toronto, Boston College Law School and Lviv University He is probably best known for East West Street (2016), a worldwide best-seller that is translated into 30 languages. It is a compelling account of the Ukrainian City of Lviv’s contribution to modern international criminal law, based on the lives of Rafael Lemkin, Hersch Lauterpacht and Leon Buchholz, Philippe’s grandfather,  as well as Hans Frank, who served as Hitler’s lawyer. Lemkin and Lauterpacht invented the legal concepts of “crimes against humanity” and “genocide”, and then prosecuted them at the Nuremburg Trials.  Philippe Sands traces his family history from Lviv in parallel with the legal careers of these two brilliant lawyers and academics.  The book centres on the fundamental role played by individuals in developing and applying the law. The personal connections traced through the book provide a riveting insight into Philippe’s own inspiring career in international law. 

Philippe Sands has spent his professional life committed to the role of international law and justice, exposing its breaches at the highest level.  He most recently appeared before the International Court of Justice in February of this year as counsel for the State of Palestine, on the right to self-determination.