In this week's broadcast, we interview Philippe Sands, a lawyer, writer and international law expert. Having been involved in the Pinochet case in the '90s, and currently acting as counsel in the landmark genocide case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice, Sands reflects on the definition of genocide, and on Donald Trump's disregard for international law. "The rules of international law will outlive Mr Trump," he assures us.
Sands, whose latest book, 38 Londres Street, recounts Spanish efforts to hold Pinochet accountable for his regime's crimes, also reflects on the open wound of the lack of accountability for human rights violations during the dictatorship in Spain. In his view, "Spain lives with a haunting of its own because it has never really come to terms with what happened after General Franco took power".
On another note, this week we also celebrate International Museum Day, which took place on Monday. To mark the occasion, we visit the National Museum of Romanticism in Madrid -one of the few museums in the world focusing on this historical period- where we speak with curator Inés López and visitors from around the world.
