Philippe Sands

Jul 26, 2024 | ft.com | Philippe Sands

Sir Keir Starmer ran for office on a manifesto that repeatedly invoked respect for international law and undertook to “reconnect with our...

Jun 19, 2024 | newstatesman.com | Philippe Sands

In a changing world, the next government faces tough issues on Britain’s place in it. It is time to be brutally straight with ourselves: the country has fallen off the top table, its engagement with the past is at times delusional, and Brexit has left the country adrift and dangerously isolated in a world where allies are important. I see this daily in my own work in international law, on economic and environmental matters, on issues from security to human rights.

Dec 12, 2023 | theguardian.com | Philippe Sands

During the week when we mark 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1948 convention on the prevention and punishment of genocide, I have been thinking about the genesis of both events and how we should commemorate them now. Adopted within 24 hours of each other in Paris in December 1948, the universal declaration seeks to protect individuals, while the convention seeks to protect groups.

Dec 12, 2023 | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Philippe Sands

During the week when we mark 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1948 convention on the prevention and punishment of genocide, I have been thinking about the genesis of both events and how we should commemorate them now. Adopted within 24 hours of each other in Paris in December 1948, the universal declaration seeks to protect individuals, while the convention seeks to protect groups.

Nov 16, 2023 | newstatesman.com | Philippe Sands

Philippe Sands is a barrister, and professor of laws and director of the Centre for International Courts and Tribunals at University College London. He is the author of East West Street (2016), which investigates the development of international law, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide at the Nuremberg trials after the Second World War.