Jacques Vergès

Biography

Jacques Vergès was a French-Algerian lawyer of Vietnamese origin and anti-colonial activist who began as a fighter in the French Resistance during World War II. He gained notoriety for defending FLN militants during the Algerian War of Independence and later took on high-profile cases involving Nazi officers, terrorists, and former Khmer Rouge leaders. His unapologetic approach to defending controversial clients earned him widespread criticism from intellectuals and Nazi hunters alike.