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Philippe Sands' Diary: In Nuremberg, I’m reminded of how far we have come – and how much further some have to go
When the first international criminal trial began on 20 November 1945, it set the precedent for holding war criminals to account, and an end to impunity for mass crimes.

By Philippe Sands
25 November
Politics
Philippe Sands’s Diary: A death in Istanbul, tears in Leeds, and a New York hymn to human rights
The similarities with the poisoning of the Skripals in Salisbury seem striking, as is the silence of Theresa May and Jeremy Hunt.

By Philippe Sands
17 October
Politics
This is no Lib Dem betrayal
Philippe Sands, QC, Liberal Democrat advisor, argues that there was no prospect of a post-election r
By Philippe Sands
21 May
World
Squandering a precious heritage
By Philippe Sands
27 February
Culture
Painfully honest
An Honourable Deception?: new Labour, Iraq and the misuse of power Clare Short Free Press, 294
By Philippe Sands
15 November

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