The lawyer and author Philippe Sands was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. #PhilippeSands #Friedenspreis #Buchhandel (translated)
Why the silence then? Germany knows about ethnic cleansing, says Philippe Sands in the Paulskirche. #Friedenspreis #PhilippeSands #Menschenrechte (translated)
Philippe Sands receives the Peace Prize of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2026 and criticizes in his speech Germany's silent stance on Israel's actions in Gaza and the West Bank, while advocating for a stronger public engagement with these issues. #Friedenspreis #PhilippeSands #Menschenrechte (translated)
The time has come to defend international law, to not remain silent. The time has come to resist, to not despair because the rule of law is built over time. In this text, Philippe Sands issues a vibrant and urgent call to the world for action in the name of the rule of law: "The time has come to defend international law, to not remain silent. The time has come to resist, to not despair because the rule of law is built over time. #DroitInternational #PhilippeSands #Friedenpreis (translated)
Philippe Sands received the prestigious Peace Prize from the German book traders in Frankfurt and during his speech made a powerful and urgent appeal for the defense of international law. #DroitInternational #PhilippeSands #Friedenpreis (translated)
"Killing as a war crime or as a crime against humanity is no less serious than genocide." Germany, according to Sands' internally coherent demand, must decide whether it understands its state raison d'état in a particular way, as unconditional loyalty to Israeli policy, or as a "genuine, non-racialized raison d'état" that breaks the silence wherever international crimes occur "and by whomever they are committed." #Völkerrecht #Friedenspreis #PhilippeSands (translated)
Philippe Sands criticizes the German government's silence on Israeli war crimes in his acceptance speech for the German Book Trade Peace Prize and calls for an honest engagement with international law and state reason. #Völkerrecht #Friedenspreis #PhilippeSands (translated)
Germany is well-versed in ethnic cleansing. So why the silence? In his acceptance speech, award winner Sands accused the German government on Sunday in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt of indecent silence regarding Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip and against Palestinians. #Friedenspreis #PhilippeSands #Völkerrecht (translated)
Philippe Sands, the Peace Prize winner of the German Book Trade, criticized in his acceptance speech the loud silence of Germany regarding the Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip and called for an open debate about possible violations of international law, emphasizing that criticism is also necessary among friends. #Friedenspreis #PhilippeSands #Völkerrecht (translated)
It is not antisemitic. It is not anti-Israel. It is the truth. Peace Prize winner Philippe Sands accused Germany of "indecent silence" in its dealings with Israel. #Friedenspreis #PhilippeSands #Völkerrecht (translated)
Peace Prize winner Philippe Sands criticized Germany for its indecent silence on Israel in his acceptance speech at the Frankfurt Book Fair and emphasized that violations of international law must be clearly named. #Friedenspreis #PhilippeSands #Völkerrecht (translated)
No axis of good or evil divides the world of jurist and author Philippe Sands in two. Previously, the Austrian historian Mirjam Zadoff, director of the NS Documentation Center in Munich, praised the clear stance of the award winner in her speech: "No axis of good or evil divides the world of jurist and author Philippe Sands in two." #PhilippeSands #Friedenspreis #Völkerrecht (translated)
Peace needs justice. Justice needs rules. Rules need law. His own work as a human rights lawyer at the International Criminal Court in The Hague and as a writer is directed against silence, Sands stated. #PhilippeSands #Friedenspreis #Völkerrecht (translated)
Philippe Sands, the Peace Prize winner of the German Book Trade, criticized in his acceptance speech the German silence regarding Israel's actions in Gaza and demanded that war crimes be named regardless of their perpetrators in order to uphold law and justice. #PhilippeSands #Friedenspreis #Völkerrecht (translated)
"It is not antisemitic. It is not anti-Israel. It is the truth." In his acceptance speech, Sands accused Germany of "indecent silence" in its dealings with Israel. #Friedenspreis #Völkerrecht #PhilippeSands (translated)
Philippe Sands, a French-British jurist and professor, was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade at the conclusion of the Frankfurt Book Fair and criticized in his acceptance speech Germany's indecent silence regarding violations of international law in the context of Israel. #Friedenspreis #Völkerrecht #PhilippeSands (translated)
What a day for international law and international justice," says the British-French international lawyer Philippe Sands (65) on Friday evening. #InternationaalRecht #PhilippeSands #Vrede (translated)
In a recent interview, international lawyer Philippe Sands emphasized that international law is currently facing great challenges, but he remains optimistic and advocates for justice while also criticizing the new American sanctions against the International Criminal Court. #InternationaalRecht #PhilippeSands #Vrede (translated)
Philippe Sands talks about Niklas Frank and the significance of his story for today's Germany in the context of his award of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. #Völkerrecht #Friedenspreis #PhilippeSands (translated)
Britsko-francouzský právník a spisovatel Philippe Sands, potomek obětí holokaustu, obdrží Mírovou cenu německých knihkupců za svůj neúnavný boj za lidská práva a spravedlnost, přičemž jeho literární díla zkoumají historii genocidy a právního rámce v kontextu zločinů proti lidskosti. #MírováCena #PhilippeSands #LidskáPráva
