Philippe Sands

British/French lawyer, legal academic and author (born 1960) Philippe SandsKCBornPhilippe Joseph Sands (1960-10-17) 17 October 1960 (age 65)London, EnglandEducationUniversity College School, Corpus Christi College, CambridgeOccupationsBarrister, authorNotable workLawless World: America and the Making and Breaking of Global Rules (2005) 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) The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy (2022) Philippe Joseph Sands KC FRSL (born 17 October 1960) is a British and French writer and lawyer at 11 King's Bench Walk and Professor of Laws and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at the Faculty of Laws, University College London. A specialist in international law, he appears as counsel and advocate before many international courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Court. Sands has served on the panel of arbitrators at the In