Leaders in SHAPE: Philippe Sands

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In this event in our Leaders in SHAPE series, award-winning author, academic and barrister Philippe Sands joined Conor Gearty to discuss his life and career.
Philippe Sands is Professor of the Public Understanding of Law at University College London and a practicing barrister at Matrix Chambers. He frequently appears before international courts, including the International Criminal Court and the World Court in The Hague, and has been involved in many of the most important cases of recent years, including Pinochet, Rwanda, Iraq and Guantanamo. Sands is also an author, writes regularly for the press and serves as a commentator for the BBC, CNN and other radio and television producers. His books include 'Torture Team' (2008), 'East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity' (2016) - which was named the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction in 2016, and 'The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive' (2020).
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Speaker: Professor Philippe Sands, Professor of the Public Understanding of Law, UCL; Barrister, Matrix Chambers; Author; President, English PEN; Jury Member, The British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding
Chair: Professor Conor Gearty FBA, Professor of Human Rights Law, London School of Economics
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Image: Philippe Sands. Photographed by Antonio Olmos in April 2020.

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