Philippe Sands
Author · 9 books
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.
Books
From Nuremberg to The Hague
The Future of International Criminal Justice
2003
The Ratline
The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive
2020
Refugee Tales Volume IV
2021
Principles of International Environmental Law 2nd Edition
2003
The Last Colony
A Tale of Exile, Justice, and Courage
2022
Torture Team
Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values
2008
East West Street
On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"
2016
38 Londres Street
On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia
2025
Lawless World
Making and Breaking Global Rules
2005
