Philippe Sands on East West Street @ 5x15

Philippe Sands QC is Professor of Law at UCL and a barrister at Matrix Chambers. He was co-founder of FIELD (Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development), and established the programmes on Climate Change and Sustainable Development. He is a member of the Advisory Boards of the European Journal of International Law and Review of European Community and International Environmental Law (Blackwell Press).As a practicing barrister he has extensive experience litigating cases before the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, and the European Court of Justice. He is author of Lawless World on the illegality of the Iraq war, and Torture Team on liability for torture. His most recent book is East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity.