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16 Sep 2015, 8:12 am by Matrix Legal Information Team
Professor Philippe Sands QC will discuss with Professor James Crawford, Judge of the International Court of Justice, and Professor Lavanya Rajamani, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, the potential role of international judges and courts in addressing the legal issues relating to climate change in Climate Change and the Rule of Law: Adjudicating the Future in International Law at the UK Supreme Court on 17 September. [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 3:51 am by Adam Wagner
For example, Professor Philippe Sands’ mother spent seven years fleeing from the Nazis. [read post]
4 Mar 2017, 12:28 pm by Rob Howse
 At one point the outstanding human rights barrister and now best-selling author Philippe Sands appears to have had his arm twisted to resign from the tribunal. [read post]
31 May 2010, 4:36 am by Kevin Jon Heller
Prof Laurence Boisson de Chazournes University of Geneva, Prof James Crawford University of Cambridge, Prof Pierre-Marie Dupuy and Prof Marcelo Kohen Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Ken Macdonald QC Former DPP, Paul Reichler Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Washington DC, Prof Philippe Sands QC University College London, Prof Gerry Simpson University of Melbourne, Ambassador Alberto Szekely Mexican member, Permanent Court of Arbitration I… [read post]
18 Mar 2019, 7:52 am by Elvira Dominguez Redondo
Several commentators have explained the flaws inherent to the application of a provision requiring a fundamental change of circumstances that cannot be foreseen (see the excellent blog by Marko Milanovik here, including comments by Alessandra Asteriti & Aoife O’Donogue),  and for which an extraordinarily high threshold was established by the International Court of Justice in the Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project case (commentary by Philippe Sands who… [read post]
21 Nov 2011, 11:05 am by Pádraig McAuliffe
Philippe Sands in today’s Guardian argues that the new Libyan government is “bound by a legal framework: it cannot lawfully ignore the ICC judges and decide that Saif will be tried under local law. [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 2:16 am by Ben
 The first claimant is celebrity photographer, David LaChapelle, while German photographer Philipp Paulus first made his allegations in June 2011. [read post]
25 May 2022, 5:01 am by Rayhan Asat
As Philippe Sands has argued, the man who coined the term “genocide” would not have envisioned the term to be derogated as a mere political tool and rhetoric but rather hoped that it would raise public consciousness about destruction of a group. [read post]
24 Jan 2010, 11:50 am by charonqc
Dear Reader, “Philippe Sands QC, a professor of international law, who gave evidence to the Dutch inquiry, said: “There has been no other independent assessment on the legality of the war in Iraq and the findings of this inquiry are unambiguous. [read post]
7 Oct 2008, 3:07 pm
One of the panelists at the conference was the rather eminent British law professor, lawyer and author Philippe Sands, of University College, London. [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 12:22 pm by bo5
  See, for example:Chernobyl, the Forbidden Truth by Alla Yaroshinskay (1995)Chernobyl: Law and Communication: Transboundary Nuclear Air Pollution - The Legal Materials edited by Philippe Sands (1988)Relevant subject headings include:nuclear power plants - ukraine - accidentsliability for nuclear damagesradioactive pollution - law and legislationchernobyl nuclear accident, chornoby'l, ukraine, 1986nuclear crisis… [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 7:46 am by Adam Wagner
Philippe Sands QC - A well known expert on international law, he is Professor of Law and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London. [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 10:15 am by charonqc
  Things ain’t going too well so far and Philippe Sands QC, who said right at the outset that he could not understand why there are no lawyers on the panel, is absolutely right. [read post]
3 Jun 2016, 2:22 pm by Alex R. McQuade
“For the first time in the two years since the leader of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, proclaimed the existence of an ‘Islamic caliphate’ straddling Syria and Iraq, the jihadi group is at real risk of losing much of the territory it holds. [read post]
3 Jun 2021, 12:22 pm by Patrick Parsons
Books, movies, podcasts, music, and game suggestions from your favorite law faculty. [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 3:15 am by Adam Wagner
Professor Philippe Sands QC disagreed with this assessment: If you put this debate in its historical context, look at who actually drafted the European Convention, where the ideas came from, where the norms and values came from, you find that there is a great deal of cross-fertilisation from what one might call English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish values and those incorporated in the European Convention. [read post]
12 Dec 2021, 2:44 pm by Donald Clarke
Please read Philippe Sands’s excellent piece on this issue and don’t fall into this trap. [read post]
5 Dec 2022, 6:13 am by Kate Mackintosh
The panel was convened by the Stop Ecocide Foundation and composed of a diverse group of international lawyers headed by Philippe Sands and Dior Fall Sow and included one author of this piece. [read post]
1 May 2012, 10:13 pm by Kevin Jon Heller
  The motion, written by Philippe Sands, Payam Akhavan, and Michelle Butler, is a brilliant piece of work and stands a good chance of success. [read post]