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Philippe Sands
FollowPhilippe Sands is a writer and lawyer known for his work in international law and human rights. His books chart the use of international law to hold to account violations of international law from Chile's Pinochet to Nazis who fled to avoid the Nuremberg trials. He has emerged as a leading defender of the rule of law around the world in an age where populism and conflict threaten to send the world into anarchy.
He is currently a Professor of Laws and the Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London. He has appeared as a counsel and advocate at the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Court. His most recent book, 38 Londres Street, charts the trial of Pinochet, the first national leader to be tried under international law, and the efforts to hold Nazi officers responsible for the holocaust to account.
Philippe Sands is a writer and lawyer known for his work in international law and human rights. His books chart the use of international law to hold to account violations of international law from Chile's Pinochet to Nazis who fled to avoid the Nuremberg trials. He has emerged as a leading defender of the rule of law around the world in an age where populism and conflict threaten to send the world into anarchy.
He is currently a Professor of Laws and the Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London. He has appeared as a counsel and advocate at the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Court. His most recent book, 38 Londres Street, charts the trial of Pinochet, the first national leader to be tried under international law, and the efforts to hold Nazi officers responsible for the holocaust to account.
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