On Friday, Feb. 21, The Transnational Law Institute at Washington and Lee University School of Law hosted its first spring lecture, featuring international law expert Leila Nadya Sadat of the Washington University (St. Louis) School of Law.
At WashU, Prof. Sadat teaches in the areas of criminal law, foreign affairs, terrorism, and international criminal law. She has an extensive record of impactful scholarship and policy-making. In December 2012, she was appointed Special Adviser on Crimes Against Humanity by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, and earlier that year was elected to membership in the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations. Sadat has published more than 75 books and articles in leading journals and academic presses throughout the world.
During her talk at W&L, Prof. Sadat discussed her work on the Convention on Crimes Against Humanity, focusing on the legal definition of crimes against humanity, the persistent nature of these crimes world-wide, how international law might best respond, and the role of domestic courts in this regard. Her remarks offered insights regarding how international treaties are actually made, and the role that activists and non-state actors can play in this process.
The next TLI lecture is scheduled for Friday, Mark 7 at 2 p.m. in the Millhiser Moot Court Room. W&L will host Prof. Diane Marie Amann, Emily and Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law at the University of Georgia School of Law. Prof. Amann will give a lecture titled “Children and International Criminal Law.”
