2026年法兰克福书展于周日闭幕，法英双国籍律师兼作家菲利普·桑兹被授予德国书业和平奖。
The 2026 Frankfurt Book Fair concluded on Sunday with the awarding of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade to the Franco-British lawyer and author Philippe Sands.
在德国总统弗兰克-瓦尔特·施泰因迈尔的出席见证下，桑兹因作为一名坚定的“坚定人道主义者”而受到表彰，他“顶住日益增长的阻力，为人权、正义和相互理解进行了不懈的斗争”。
Sands was honored in the presence of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier as a committed humanist "who, despite growing resistance, fights tirelessly for human rights, justice and mutual understanding."
评审团表示，他的作品建立在对“每个人普遍权利的承诺”的基础之上，这在他为战争罪、种族主义、酷刑和殖民不公受害者进行的辩护中得到了证明。桑兹批评德国对以色列保持“沉默”。作为伦敦大学学院法学教授兼海牙国际法院人权律师，桑兹在获奖感言中批评德国对所谓以色列及其在加沙地带和约旦河西岸行动的“不当沉默”。
The jury said that his work was based on a "commitment to the universal rights of every human being, evidenced in his advocacy for victims of war crimes, racism, torture and colonial injustice." Sands criticizes Germany's 'silence' on Israel Sands, a professor of law at University College London and human rights lawyer at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, used his acceptance speech to criticize Germany for what he called its "inappropriate silence" regarding Israel and its actions in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
桑兹表示，应该清晰指出侵犯人权的行为，特别是在盟友之间，并称：“这不是反犹太主义。这不是反以色列。这是事实。”菲利普·桑兹：通过法律实现和平。桑兹本人是二战期间德国占领乌克兰西部现利沃夫地区时被驱逐犹太人的后代，他因2016年出版的一本书而被更广泛的受众所熟知。
Sands said human rights abuses should be clearly named, especially among allies, stating: "It's not antisemitic. It's not anti-Israel. It's the truth." Philippe Sands: Peace through law Sands, himself a descendent of Jews driven out of what is now Lviv in western Ukraine during the German occupation in the Second World War, became known to a broader audience through his 2016 book .
这部作品详细叙述了两位犹太律师赫什·劳特帕赫特和拉斐尔·莱姆金的生活以及国际刑法起源，被翻译成几十种语言，其中包括2018年出版的德语版《重返利沃夫》。
The work, which details the lives of two Jewish lawyers, Hersch Lauterpacht and Raphael Lemkin, and the origins of international criminal law, was translated into dozens of languages, including German as (Return to Lviv) in 2018.
桑兹在法兰克福表示：“德国对种族清洗了如指掌，”他指的是许多国家就以色列对巴勒斯坦人的对待方式对其提出的批评。
"Germany knows all about ethnic cleansing," Sands said in Frankfurt, referring to criticism leveled at Israel by many states over its treatment of Palestinians. "So why the silence?
“那么为什么还要保持沉默？沉默不是解决之道。对一个家庭来说不是。对一个社区来说不是。对一个国家来说不是。”桑兹还谴责哈马斯在2023年10月7日发动的袭击“骇人听闻”，是“违背国际法规范的滔天罪行”，并承认以色列和任何国家一样有权进行自卫。“［但是］这种权利并非无限的，必须在国际法的界限内行使。”
Silence is not the way. Not for a family. Not for a community. Not for a country." Sands also condemned the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, as "appalling" and "a monstrous crime against the norms of international law" and acknowledged that Israel, like any state, has a right to defend itself. "[But] this right is not unlimited and must be practiced within the boundaries of international law."