Philippe Sands
United Kingdom
International lawyer and award-winning author
Philippe Sands is Professor of Law at University College London and a practicing barrister at Matrix Chambers. He frequently appears before international courts, including the International Criminal Court and the World Court in The Hague, and has been involved in many of the most important cases of recent years, including Pinochet, Congo, Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Iraq and Guantanamo.
His previous books include LAW LESS WORLD (Penguin, 2005, on the illegality of the Iraq war), and TORTURE TEAM (Penguin, 2008, on the embrace of torture by the Bush Administration). He is a frequent contributor to the FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS and VANITY FAIR, makes regular appearances on radio and television, and serves on the boards of English PEN and the Hay Festival. He lives in Hampstead, London.
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Talks, conversations and panels
East West Street: On the origins of genocide and crimes against humanity
Video | Philippe Sands, Madonna King
30 Aug 2016