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Minister weighs in on Keir Starmer’s drink preferences amid Chagos Islands deal

Baroness Chapman of Darlington stated she had never observed the Labour leader consuming sparkling white wine

The Independent UK

Trump and his ilk imagine a world without international law – but they will not achieve it

History shows us that the creation of international rules and institutions is followed by their partial destruction, and a reconstruction that builds on what came before, says professor of law Philippe Sands

The Guardian - UK

Genocide is a fundamentally political crime – here’s why that matters for Gaza

“When a wise man points at the moon, the imbecile examines the finger.”

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Starmer v Starmer: why is the former human rights lawyer so cautious about defending human rights?

The long read: Many of his supporters hoped the prime minister would restore the UK’s commitment to international law. Yet Labour’s record over the past year has been curiously mixed

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: What Trump’s response to the LA protests could mean for US democracy

In today’s newsletter: A lauded human rights lawyer on the anti-immigration protests in Los Angeles – and just what is at stake

The Guardian - UK

Getting away with it … sort of. How a dictator and a fugitive Nazi advanced international human rights law

Pinochet and Rauff? They were alike. Each had two faces. One gentle, the other hard. They were joined.

The Conversation

Professor Philippe Sands says reports of ‘rampant antisemitism’ at Harvard university are ‘complete nonsense’

Trump administration has accused US’s oldest and wealthiest school of not doing enough to tackle antisemitism, and slashed its federal funding

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Author Philippe Sands was told it is ‘unacceptable’ to read Russian writer Tolstoy amid Ukraine war

‘It is complex,’ said the award-winning writer

The Independent UK

‘Trauma porn’: media urged to reflect on role as victims’ families speak at Bondi Junction stabbing inquest

Victim’s partner says media involvement ‘only served to exacerbate my pain’. Plus: Kerry Stokes’ media empire energised by North West Shelf gas approval

The Guardian - AU

‘A moral crisis’: how the Sydney writers’ festival grappled with the Israel-Gaza war

The tragedy in Gaza has loomed over the festival, with chair Robert Watkins promising ‘a plurality of voices’

The Guardian - AU

ICJ Sides With E.Guinea In Spat With Gabon Over Oil-rich Islands

The top United Nations court on Monday sided with Equatorial Guinea in a decades-long dispute with Gabon over three tiny islands in potentially oil-rich waters.

International Business Times

38 Londres Street by Philippe Sands review – Pinochet and the Nazis

A human rights lawyer skilfully gathers the threads that link the former Chilean dictator to a fugitive SS officer

The Guardian - UK

‘The law is another form of storytelling’: Philippe Sands in conversation with Juan Gabriel Vásquez

When Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London in 1998, lawyer Philippe Sands was part of the prosecution. As his book about the case comes out, he talks to the Colombian novelist about literature and justice

The Guardian - UK

38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia by Philippe Sands review – war crimes revisited

In the final part of a bravura trilogy detailing the struggle to bring war criminals to account, Sands tracks a former SS commander to Chile, where he found a friend in Augusto Pinochet

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Revealed: how Wall Street is making millions betting against green laws

Guardian analysis finds fossil-fuel and mining firms have won $92bn of public money from states, with a growing number of cases backed by financial speculators

Evening Standard

The best new books coming in 2025 — from Irvine Welsh to Florence Knapp

Irvine Welsh, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Philippe Sands and Naomi Watts are some of the big-name authors with books out this year. But it’s not just well known writers. There’s a legion of brilliant new titles, from thrilling fiction to deep-thinking psychoanalysis and even a book by the woman who made…

The Guardian - UK

From the Baillie Gifford to the Giller: can literary prizes survive protests against sponsors?

Writers have been coming out against companies that fund awards, with serious implications for the books industry

Evening Standard

Karim Khan: The British ICC chief prosecutor pursuing Israel’s Netanyahu

The British barrister has developed a strong reputation as an international criminal law and human rights lawyer.

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E.Guinea, Gabon Clash At ICJ Over Oil-rich Islands

Gabon and Equatorial Guinea faced off Monday at the International Court of Justice, hoping to resolve a decades-old scrap over the sovereignty of three disputed islands in potentially oil-rich waters.

The Guardian - UK

‘Never distracted by politics’: Richard Hermer’s surprise appointment as attorney general

The human rights lawyer and Israel critic leads with compassion, say supporters

France 24

'The nationalisation of states is killing the European idea': EU book prize winner Menasse

Talking Europe hosts Austrian author Robert Menasse, the winner of the 2023 European Union book prize. The award was set up in 2007 to foster a European spirit and promote understanding of the EU from a cultural perspective. The prize has previously been bestowed on such towering figures as Jonathan…

The Guardian - UK

From Gaza to Ukraine, what would the pioneers of human rights think of our world today?

The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights protects the most vulnerable: we must fight to defend and extend it, says professor of law Philippe Sands

Evening Standard

Touching, licking and biting: Magic Mike dancers have #MeToo moment

Dancers say at least two women a week are thrown out of the show

Evening Standard

Snubbed! Royal Academy leaves top curator off guestlist after 30 years ‘running the place’

Sir Norman says ‘they would rather forget about me’

The Guardian - UK

Pioneering publisher Margaret Busby named new president of PEN

The editor, writer and literary critic who was the UK’s first Black female publisher will replace Philippe Sands

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