A court built on Sands

Can judges in a Dutch seaside resort bring peace to the Middle East?

Last week, I interviewed Philippe Sands QC, professor of the public understanding of law at UCL, following a lecture he gave in 2019 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

The main topic we discussed was the decision by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to open a formal investigation into what she calls the situation in the state of Pal…