HKU CCPL BOOK TALK
Nuremberg’s Citizen Prosecutor: Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice
27 April 2026 (Monday), 5:00 – 6:00 PM
Room 824, 8/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, The University of Hong Kong
Nuremberg’s Citizen Prosecutor: Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice, explores the remarkable life of one of the twentieth century’s great warriors for justice, from Nuremberg to the first trial of the International Criminal Court. At 27 years of age, Ferenz was a lead attorney for the Nuremberg Military Tribunal. He dedicated his career to Holocaust survivors, pioneering key restitution efforts and helping negotiate landmark reparations. As the field of international criminal justice was being born in the aftermath of World War II, only Ferencz led in all its phases: investigation, prosecution, and restitution.
Speaker
Gregory S. Gordon is a Professor of Law at Peking University School of Transnational Law. He is a leading expert in international criminal law, especially regarding the prosecution of war crimes. He has published dozens of article in leading journals and his 2017 monograph Atrocity Speech Law: Foundation, Fragmentation, Fruition was published by Oxford University Press. In 2025, he was chosen to receive the “World of Upstanders Award” by the NGO World Without Genocide, in recognition of his life’s work on behalf of protecting victims of gross human rights violations.
Chair: Professor Jedidiah Kroncke, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
Please register at https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=106351