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Philippe Sands

Antonio Olmos

Philippe Sands

Philippe Sands is Professor of Law at University College London, and author of East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity. His new book The Ratline will be published in February 2021. He has served as counsel for Mauritius in the Chagos matter for ten years, but the views here expressed are personal. (June 2020)

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