The British Empire Cannot Be Seen As Evil On The Same Level As The Nazis

What follows in The Last Colony is the account of Mauritius’s slow but ultimately successful effort, first at the UN and then at the International Court of Justice, to have Britain’s conduct declared illegal. They finally succeeded, against British resistance at every turn, in 2019, when a court ruled that the initial detachment of Chagos and the continued British administration of the islands were illegal. The May and Johnson governments have since ignored the court ruling, on the basis that it was merely an advisory opinion, as well as a subsequent UN resolution. To this day, the Chagossians have not been freely allowed to return to their homeland. Sands, who represented Mauritius at the International Court of Justice, elegantly blends a broader history of the development of international law, of which he knows as much as anyone, with the specific subject of the book. In that sense we are in good hands. But some readers may find that there is a tone problem. He misses no opportunity to emphasize British and American authority. He sees nothing strange in citing Lenin as an enemy of colonization or rejoicing that among his client’s allies at the UN were Putin’s Russia (wishing to distinguish the seizure of Crimea) and China (similarly with the South China Sea). . Australia sandbagged for siding with Britain in court: Sands says it ‘gave a fair impression of abused child syndrome’. This rather odd insult justly conveys the book’s immutable high-spiritedness. Lawyers are often swayed by a strong case. (Robin Cook was not “removed” because of the Iraq invasion, as Sands claims; he resigned.) And Sands is certainly on to it as he lists the successive causes of Britain’s loss of prestige at the UN: the invasion of Iraq (which was bombed by Diego Garcia); suspected British knowledge of US torture of suspected terrorists (including Diego Garcia); appearance of Lord Goldsmith with legal advice; Brexit? and to bring things up to date, Boris Johnson’s dishonesty with the UN as Foreign Secretary.

title: “The British Empire Cannot Be Seen As Evil On The Same Level As The Nazis Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-14” author: “Makeda Weatherly”

What follows in The Last Colony is the account of Mauritius’s slow but ultimately successful effort, first at the UN and then at the International Court of Justice, to have Britain’s conduct declared illegal. They finally succeeded, against British resistance at every turn, in 2019, when a court ruled that the initial detachment of Chagos and the continued British administration of the islands were illegal. The May and Johnson governments have since ignored the court ruling, on the basis that it was merely an advisory opinion, as well as a subsequent UN resolution. To this day, the Chagossians have not been freely allowed to return to their homeland. Sands, who represented Mauritius at the International Court of Justice, elegantly blends a broader history of the development of international law, of which he knows as much as anyone, with the specific subject of the book. In that sense we are in good hands. But some readers may find that there is a tone problem. He misses no opportunity to emphasize British and American authority. He sees nothing strange in citing Lenin as an enemy of colonization or rejoicing that among his client’s allies at the UN were Putin’s Russia (wishing to distinguish the seizure of Crimea) and China (similarly with the South China Sea). . Australia sandbagged for siding with Britain in court: Sands says it ‘gave a fair impression of abused child syndrome’. This rather odd insult justly conveys the book’s immutable high-spiritedness. Lawyers are often swayed by a strong case. (Robin Cook was not “removed” because of the Iraq invasion, as Sands claims; he resigned.) And Sands is certainly on to it as he lists the successive causes of Britain’s loss of prestige at the UN: the invasion of Iraq (which was bombed by Diego Garcia); suspected British knowledge of US torture of suspected terrorists (including Diego Garcia); appearance of Lord Goldsmith with legal advice; Brexit? and to bring things up to date, Boris Johnson’s dishonesty with the UN as Foreign Secretary.

title: “The British Empire Cannot Be Seen As Evil On The Same Level As The Nazis Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-13” author: “Richard Gamble”

What follows in The Last Colony is the account of Mauritius’s slow but ultimately successful effort, first at the UN and then at the International Court of Justice, to have Britain’s conduct declared illegal. They finally succeeded, against British resistance at every turn, in 2019, when a court ruled that the initial detachment of Chagos and the continued British administration of the islands were illegal. The May and Johnson governments have since ignored the court ruling, on the basis that it was merely an advisory opinion, as well as a subsequent UN resolution. To this day, the Chagossians have not been freely allowed to return to their homeland. Sands, who represented Mauritius at the International Court of Justice, elegantly blends a broader history of the development of international law, of which he knows as much as anyone, with the specific subject of the book. In that sense we are in good hands. But some readers may find that there is a tone problem. He misses no opportunity to emphasize British and American authority. He sees nothing strange in citing Lenin as an enemy of colonization or rejoicing that among his client’s allies at the UN were Putin’s Russia (wishing to distinguish the seizure of Crimea) and China (similarly with the South China Sea). . Australia sandbagged for siding with Britain in court: Sands says it ‘gave a fair impression of abused child syndrome’. This rather odd insult justly conveys the book’s immutable high-spiritedness. Lawyers are often swayed by a strong case. (Robin Cook was not “removed” because of the Iraq invasion, as Sands claims; he resigned.) And Sands is certainly on to it as he lists the successive causes of Britain’s loss of prestige at the UN: the invasion of Iraq (which was bombed by Diego Garcia); suspected British knowledge of US torture of suspected terrorists (including Diego Garcia); appearance of Lord Goldsmith with legal advice; Brexit? and to bring things up to date, Boris Johnson’s dishonesty with the UN as Foreign Secretary.

title: “The British Empire Cannot Be Seen As Evil On The Same Level As The Nazis Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-17” author: “Mary Sexton”

What follows in The Last Colony is the account of Mauritius’s slow but ultimately successful effort, first at the UN and then at the International Court of Justice, to have Britain’s conduct declared illegal. They finally succeeded, against British resistance at every turn, in 2019, when a court ruled that the initial detachment of Chagos and the continued British administration of the islands were illegal. The May and Johnson governments have since ignored the court ruling, on the basis that it was merely an advisory opinion, as well as a subsequent UN resolution. To this day, the Chagossians have not been freely allowed to return to their homeland. Sands, who represented Mauritius at the International Court of Justice, elegantly blends a broader history of the development of international law, of which he knows as much as anyone, with the specific subject of the book. In that sense we are in good hands. But some readers may find that there is a tone problem. He misses no opportunity to emphasize British and American authority. He sees nothing strange in citing Lenin as an enemy of colonization or rejoicing that among his client’s allies at the UN were Putin’s Russia (wishing to distinguish the seizure of Crimea) and China (similarly with the South China Sea). . Australia sandbagged for siding with Britain in court: Sands says it ‘gave a fair impression of abused child syndrome’. This rather odd insult justly conveys the book’s immutable high-spiritedness. Lawyers are often swayed by a strong case. (Robin Cook was not “removed” because of the Iraq invasion, as Sands claims; he resigned.) And Sands is certainly on to it as he lists the successive causes of Britain’s loss of prestige at the UN: the invasion of Iraq (which was bombed by Diego Garcia); suspected British knowledge of US torture of suspected terrorists (including Diego Garcia); appearance of Lord Goldsmith with legal advice; Brexit? and to bring things up to date, Boris Johnson’s dishonesty with the UN as Foreign Secretary.