Philippe Sands
Professor of Law, University College London
I’m Professor of Law at University College London, Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals in the Faculty, and a key member of staff in the Centre for Law and the Environment. I am a Barrister at Matrix Chambers and a writer. Everything that I do – teaching, research, writing, litigating cases – revolves around my great passion, which is international law, the settlement of international disputes (including arbitration), and environmental and natural resources law.
EXPs by Philippe Sands
The Nuremberg moment happened in 1945: a group of countries came together to create the first-ever international criminal tribunal with jurisdiction over crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Decolonisation, as a process, has more or less run its course, but not entirely. There is a small number of colonies that exist.
Today, many people are recognising that the protection of the environment might be assisted by using, harnessing, the criminal law, not just at the national level but at the international level.