Watchers of The Sky(7th Human Right Documentary Film Festival)
Raphael Lemkin, a young Jewish lawyer from Poland, was forced to flee to the United States alone during the Holocaust, later learned that 49 members of his family were killed in Nazi concentration camps. Lemkin was a person who believed deeply in the rule of law. He created the term “genocide” and spent most of his life pushing the United Nations to create the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Lemkin also pushed to have some sort of enforcement mechanism in place, although he did not live to see the creation of what we now know of as the International Criminal Court. Lemkin passed away in New York City alone in 1959.

This documentary interweaves the stories of four modern humanitarian advocates, including the last surviving prosecutor from Nürnberg, while exploring the long forgotten story of Raphael Lemkin. For those who want to deepen their knowledge about the violent acts committed during World War II and modern International Criminal Law, you would not want to miss this film!

* Post-screening discussion with guest on 25/9 (Mon)
Edet Belzberg
Release Date
Run Time
121 minutes
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