Leila Nadya Sadat

Leila Nadya Sadat (born 1960 in Newark, New Jersey) is the James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law at Washington University School of Law and the former Director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute.[1] She has served as Special Advisor on Crimes Against Humanity to Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda of the International Criminal Court since December 12, 2012.[2] Sadat is the Director of The Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, a multi-year project to study the problem of crimes against humanity and draft a comprehensive convention addressing their punishment and prevention.[3] She has spearheaded the international effort to establish this new global convention. In 2012 Sadat was elected to membership in the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations,[4] and in 2018 was elected as the President of the American Branch of the International Law Association for a two-year term in October 2018.[5]

  1. ^ "Washington University Law Faculty". Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  2. ^ "ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda Appoints Patricia Sellers, Leila Sadat and Dianne Marie Amann as Special Advisers".
  3. ^ "Home | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative | Washington University in St. Louis". crimesagainsthumanity.wustl.edu.
  4. ^ "Council on Foreign Relations, Membership Roster". Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  5. ^ "ABILA Leadership - American Branch of the International Law Association".