Hersch Lauterpacht lived from 1897 to 1960, a Polish-born jurist who studied under Hans Kelsen in Vienna before settling in Britain, where he became Whewell Professor of International Law at Cambridge and, from 1955 until his death, a judge of the International Court of Justice. Regarded as one of the twentieth century's most influential international lawyers, he argued that individuals, not only states, are proper subjects of international law and that a genuine international legal order requires enforceable human rights, ideas that shaped the post-war development of international human rights law.
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RoleJudge, International Court of Justice; international law scholar 1 Nationality / JurisdictionUnited Kingdom (born in Galicia, Austria-Hungary) 1 Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountŻółkiew, Austria-Hungary (present-day Zhovkva, Ukraine) 2 Death DateSourced to the subject's own account Place of DeathSourced to the subject's own account Classification
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What part did Hersch Lauterpacht play in the Nuremberg trials?
He helped draft the British prosecutor's speech.
Hersch Lauterpacht assisted in the prosecution of the defendants at the Nuremberg trials. He helped to draft the speech of the British prosecutor, Hartley Shawcross.
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Sir Hersch Lauterpacht (16 August 1897 – 8 May 1960) was a British international lawyer, human rights activist, and judge at the International Court of Justice.
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Regarded as one of the twentieth century's most influential international lawyers, he argued that individuals, not only states, are proper subjects of international law and that a genuine international legal order requires enforceable human rights, ideas that shaped the post-war development of international human rights law.
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Sir Hersch Lauterpacht (16 August 1897 - 8 May 1960) was a British international lawyer, human rights activist, and judge at the International Court of Justice.
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Hersch Lauterpacht was born on 16 August 1897 to a Jewish family in the small town of Żółkiew, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, near Lemberg (now Lviv), the capital of East Galicia.
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was a British international lawyer
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