Philippe Sands KC – 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia
Join us in the bookshop for an event with Philippe Sands KC to discuss his book 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia. Philippe will be in conversation with Professor Colin Harvey.
About the book:
The house at 38 Londres Street in Santiago, Chile, is home to the legacies of two men whose personal stories span continents, nationalities and decades of atrocity: Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile, and Walther Rauff, a Nazi SS officer responsible for the use of gas vans. In 38 Londres Street, Philippe Sands blends personal memoir, historical detective work and gripping courtroom drama to probe a secret double story of mass murder, one that reveals a shocking link between the horrors of the 1940s with those of our own times. In so doing, he reveals an untold and astonishing tale of the legacy of unchecked criminality and the road to impunity.
About the author:
Philippe Sands is a British-French lawyer, academic, and award-winning author specializing in international law.
His book East West Street was the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non Fiction 2016, the British Book Awards Non-fiction Book of the Year 2017 and 2018 Prix Montaigne
He is also the author of Lawless World: America and the Making and Breaking of Global Rules, which inspired a stage play (Called to Account, Tricycle Theatre) and a television film (The Trial of Tony Blair, Channel 4).
The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive, was published in 2020 and The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain’s Colonial Legacy in 2022.
Sands lectures around the world and has taught at New York University and been a visiting professor at the University of Toronto, the University of Melbourne, and the Université de Paris I (Sorbonne). He is currently Professor of Law at University College London and a barrister and arbitrator at 11 King’s Bench Walk. He served as president of English PEN and is on the board of the Hay Festival of Arts and Literature.
Professor Colin Harvey has an extensive and distinguished record of leadership, scholarship, public service and civic engagement over a 30-year career in higher education. He is a Professor of Human Rights Law in the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast and was appointed to the Council of State by the President of Ireland in March 2026. He is a Commissioner on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and a member of the Scientific Committee of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency.