by Harris Institute | Jul 17, 2018 | Human Rights, International Criminal Law, The International Criminal Court
By: Professor Leila Nadya Sadat Twenty years ago today the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted by a vote of 120-7 after five weeks of grueling negotiations. I went to Rome to attend the conference on the advice of my late mentor, Professor M....
by Harris Institute | Jun 12, 2018 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations Law, Global Public Interest Law Internships, Human Rights, Rule of Law
By Leila Nadya Sadat (originally posted on EJIL: Talk!) On March 21, 2016, after a 4-1/2 year-long trial that heard the testimony of 77 witnesses, the introduction of 773 items of evidence, and gave rise to a transcript that was thousands of pages long, a unanimous...
by Harris Institute | Apr 5, 2018 | Gun Violence, Human Rights, Rule of Law
By: Leila Nadya Sadat and Fellow Madaline George (Cross-posted on Human Rights at Home Blog by Law Professor Blogs, LLC) Gun Violence in the United States The United States is in crisis. Gun violence has reached epidemic proportions, with 96...
by Harris Institute | Apr 2, 2018 | Comparative Law, Gun Violence, Human Rights
By: Jiyeon Kim and Nicole Smith As part of the Harris Institute’s new Gun Violence and Human Rights Project, the Institute was invited to submit testimony to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights during their hearing on “Regulation of Gun Sales and Social...
by Harris Institute | Mar 1, 2018 | Human Rights, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, Rule of Law, The International Criminal Court
By: Fizza Batool The Harris Institute is proud to announce the forthcoming publication of Seeking Accountability for the Unlawful Use of Force, edited by Professor Leila Nadya Sadat (Cambridge University Press, May 2018). The book evaluates historic and modern-day...
by Harris Institute | Dec 15, 2017 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, Human Rights, International Criminal Law, Rule of Law, The International Criminal Court, United Nations
By: Fizza Batool This year I had the privilege of attending the 16th Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties (ICC-ASP) at the UN Headquarters in New York. This annual meeting took place from December 4-14, 2017 and covered a broad...
