Leila Nadya Sadat
Guest Author
Leila Nadya Sadat is the James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law and longtime Director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at Washington University School of Law. She currently serves as the Special Adviser on Crimes Against Humanity to the International Court Prosecutor (since 2012), and was a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom from 2001 to 2003. She is also a Fellow at the Schell Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School. She spent Fall 2021 as a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School.
Sadat is one of the world’s foremost authorities in the fields of public international law, international criminal law, human rights, and foreign affairs, and has published more than 160 books and articles in leading journals, academic presses, and media outlets throughout the world. She was the first woman selected to hold the Alexis de Tocqueville Distinguished Fulbright Chair in Paris, France (2011) and received an Honorary Doctorate from Northwestern University as well as the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award from Washington University in 2017.
Sadat directs the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, a ground-breaking project launched in 2008 to write the world’s first global treaty on crimes against humanity. Sadat is the current President of the International Law Association (American Branch), Chair of the American Association of Law Schools Section on International Law, and a member of the American Law Institute and the US Council on Foreign Relations.
Sadat holds law degrees from Columbia Law School, Tulane Law School, and the University of Paris I – Sorbonne. She is also on LinkedIn.
Articles by this author:
Key UN Committee Clears Path for Crimes Against Humanity Treaty Negotiations
by Akila Radhakrishnan and Leila Nadya Sadat
Dec 2nd, 2024
The Just Security Podcast: A Major Breakthrough Towards a Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity
by Akila Radhakrishnan, Leila Nadya Sadat, Paras Shah and Clara Apt
Nov 27th, 2024
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Moving Forward with a New Crimes Against Humanity Treaty
by Leila Nadya Sadat and Akila Radhakrishnan
Oct 23rd, 2024
Continued Positive Momentum on Crimes Against Humanity Treaty
by Leila Nadya Sadat and Akila Radhakrishnan
Nov 9th, 2023
Differences ‘Getting Narrower’ on Proposed Crimes Against Humanity Treaty
by Leila Nadya Sadat and Akila Radhakrishnan
May 15th, 2023
Coming Debates to Advance New Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity Will Require Skillful Leadership
by Leila Nadya Sadat and Akila Radhakrishnan
Dec 20th, 2022
On Crimes Against Humanity, Protect the UN Sixth Committee’s Integrity With Action
by Leila Nadya Sadat and Akila Radhakrishnan
Sep 22nd, 2022
Як міжнародне правосуддя може досягти успіху в Україні та за її межами
by Christopher "Kip" Hale and Leila Nadya Sadat
Apr 14th, 2022
How International Justice Can Succeed in Ukraine and Beyond
by Christopher "Kip" Hale and Leila Nadya Sadat
Apr 14th, 2022
Crimes Against Humanity: Little Progress on Treaty as UN Legal Committee Concludes its Work
by Leila Nadya Sadat and Akila Radhakrishnan
Dec 7th, 2021