Författare: Philippe Sands

Portrait of a City in Two Acts: Lviv, Then and Now Lviv, Lwów, Lvov, Lemberg. Known by a variety of names, the City of Lions is now in western Ukraine. Situated in different countries during its hist …

The classic pacifist novel by a major Polish writer, who was nominated for the Nobel Prize At the beginning of the twentieth century the villagers of the Carpathian mountains lead a simple life, much …

»Kein Roman kann sich mit einem solch wichtigen Werk der Wahrheit messen.« Antony Beevor Als der bekannte Anwalt für Menschenrechte Philippe Sands eine Einladung nach Lemberg erhält, ahnt er noch nic …

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Environmental problems do not respect international boundaries; they affect the entire globe, and dealing with them is a matter for international political negotiation, law and institutions. Greening …

Environmental problems do not respect international boundaries; they affect the entire globe, and dealing with them is a matter for international political negotiation, law and institutions. Greening …

THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE and THE JQ-WINGATE LITERARY PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER’A monumental achievement: profoundly p …

International lawyer Philippe Sands has a unique insider’s view of the elites who govern our lives. His sensational revelations in Lawless World changed the political agenda overnight, forcing Tony B …

After 9/11. George W. Bush’s administration declared that they were going to have to work through ’the dark side’. And they did: they turned their backs on international law and on America’s history …

The high civilian death toll in modern, protracted conflicts such as those in Syria or Iraq indicate the limits of international law in offering protections to civilians at risk. A recent conference …

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* FROM THE AUTHOR OF EAST WEST STREETAs Governor of Galicia, SS Brigadef hrer Otto Freiherr von W chter presided over an authority on whose territory hundreds of thousands …

Eine unfassbare Geschichte über die legendäre Fluchtroute der Nazis vom Vatikan nach Argentinien: Meisterhaft entspinnt der bekannte Menschenrechtsanwalt Philippe Sands eine unfassbare Geschichte übe …

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The Antarctic is symbolic of the wider challenge facing the progressive development of the international legal order. How can the law ensure a balance between economic growth (and the attendant explo …

It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary Rediscover Kafka’s classic work of psychological horror. The Trial is the terrifying tale of Joseph K, a respect …

FROM THE WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE and author of EAST WEST STREETTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ’Should be read by anyone who cares about justice, humanity and human rights’ Elif Shafa …

WITH A FOREWORD BY PHILIPPE SANDS AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOV’If you read only one book about the war, this is the one to read.’ -Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm’Unforgettable. An immediat …

Der bekannte Menschenrechtsanwalt und Bestseller-Autor Philippe Sands erzählt die skandalöse Geschichte eines Verstoßes gegen die Menschenrechte. Er zeigt, dass der Kolonialismus noch nicht überwunde …

Seventy years after the adoption of the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UK is guilty of undermining the very principles of asylum, inhumanely detaining those seeking protection and ushering in sweeping …

This book is the story of one death among many in the war in eastern Ukraine. Its author is a historian of war whose brother was killed at the frontline in 2017 while serving in the Ukrainian Armed F …

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The shocking revelations of the men and women who adopted and enforced Rumsfeld’s 2002 memo that paved the way for the inhuman interrogation practices at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib.On December 2, 2002 …

Der bekannte Menschenrechtsanwalt und Bestseller-Autor Philippe Sands erzählt die atemberaubende Geschichte des einstigen SS-Offiziers Walter Rauff, der 1949 nach Chile flüchtete. Dort steht er von 1 …