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Philippe Sands


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Philippe Sands is Professor of Law at University College London and a practicing barrister at Matrix Chambers. He has been involved in many important cases, including Pinochet, Congo, Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Iraq, Guantanamo and the Yazadis. His books include Lawless World and Torture Team. 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.

Average rating: 4.34 · 20,727 ratings · 2,181 reviews · 42 distinct worksSimilar authors
East West Street: On the Or...

4.46 avg rating — 12,042 ratings — published 2016 — 53 editions
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The Ratline: Love, Lies, an...

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The Last Colony: A Tale of ...

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38 Londres Street: On Impun...

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Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Me...

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Lawless World: The Whistle-...

3.94 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2005 — 18 editions
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Philippe Sands 2 Books Coll...

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Principles of International...

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From Nuremberg to The Hague...

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Retour à Lemberg, d'après l...

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“Does the difference matter? someone else asked. Does it matter whether the law seeks to protect you because you are an individual or because of the group of which you happen to be a member? That question floated around the room, and it has remained with me ever since.”
Philippe Sands, East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"

“These two distinct crimes, with their different emphases on the individual and the group, grew side by side, yet over time genocide emerged in the eyes of many as the crime of crimes, a hierarchy that left a suggestion that the killing of large numbers of people as individuals was somehow less terrible.”
Philippe Sands, East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"

“The three things in life he’d wanted to avoid had all come to pass: “to wear eyeglasses, to lose my hair, and to become a refugee.”
Philippe Sands, East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"

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