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leila sadat

@leilasadat1

3 years

Honored to be in such distinguished company, and to support this important work.

ICC Prosecutor Mr Karim A.A. Khan QC appoints Seventeen Special Advisers

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or the "Court"), Mr Karim A.A. Khan QC is pleased to announce the appointment of 17 eminent experts to serve as his Special Advisers pursuant...

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@leilasadat1

3 years

Just Security series about ILC’s Articles on Crimes Against Humanity . . . We have treaties on cutting submarine cables, terror attacks, and corruption, but not mass murder of civilians for political reasons in peacetime . . . Come on States, lets do this!

Towards a New Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity: Next Steps

Such a convention could dispel the notion that only genocide deserves international sanction and attention.

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@leilasadat1

6 months

Honored to be special advisor on CAH for 11 years & stand with OTP even in the face of punishing sanctions, & help achieve important convictions & develop the law of the Court. Looking forward, Justice without fear or favor is more important than ever. #justicematters

Johann Soufi

@jsoufi

6 months

Did @leilasadat1 resign after 11 years of service for the OTP of the @IntlCrimCourt ? Why?

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@leilasadat1

3 years

Lovely event today honoring Dr. Fatou Bensouda's tenure as Chief Prosecutor of the ICC. Brilliant, tenacious, principled, dedicated, and fair. We were lucky to have her. An honor to serve her. #withoutfearorfavour #Internationalcriminalcourt

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@leilasadat1

1 year

After 15 years of work, a real breakthrough! Thank you @akilaGJC @christinegjc @DickerRichard Mexico and The Gambia and the 86 cosponsoring States! Onward!

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@leilasadat1

2 years

@starboard_light @JacobCharlesNC Gun laws work. And responsible gun owner should not be afraid of them.

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@leilasadat1

1 year

Badged and ready to go! CAH resumed session day 2! The victims are waiting. #CAHtreatynow ⁦

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@leilasadat1

4 years

This just published. So honored to join this terrific book, excited to see it in print! @atlas_women

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@leilasadat1

2 years

300 participants, 50 countries. @ILA_official 80th biennial in Lisbon. Great lectures, committee sessions and panels. We need international law now more than ever. @ABILA_official so great to be with good friends again! @niluferoral @PatrciaGalvoTe1 @olympiabekou

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@leilasadat1

1 year

Kate Gibson gives a powerful defense of the need to strengthen the defense at the ICC. Great program ⁦ @ShannonRSingh ⁩ ⁦ @SaretaAshraph ⁩ #IBAWCC

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Standing in solidarity with Ukraine. @ABILA_official

ABILA

@ABILA_official

2 years

Yesterday, the President of the American Branch of the International Law Association, Leila Nadya Sadat, issued the following Presidential Statement on the Situation in Ukraine. @ILA_official @leilasadat1

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@leilasadat1

3 years

Honored to be supporting the International Criminal Court and the constitutional rights of myself and all those similarly situated in this lawsuit brought by the ACLU

ACLU Clients Challenge Trump’s Sanctions Order Against International Criminal Court | American...

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@leilasadat1

1 year

@IssuesOfMyTime @AlannaVagianos Nobody is pro abortion. That is a distortion. People are pro-choice because it is an intensely personal decision.

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@leilasadat1

2 years

U.S. flag at the ICC during visit of @StateDept_GCJ . Emotional moment and significant demonstration of US recognition of the ICC's value to the US. Photo adjacent is the tiny US delegation at the 2016 premises dedication. Honored to stand (literally) between giants.

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@leilasadat1

2 years

So proud to work with the amazing Akila Radhakrishnan and colleagues around the world to urge UN members to take concrete action on the ILC articles for a new convention on crimes against humanity. The time is now. #cahtreaty #unga

Global Justice Center

@GlobalJusticeC

2 years

NEW: We're joining the world's leading voices on international law and justice to urge action on the new Crimes Against Humanity treaty at the UN General Assembly. The new treaty is a critical opportunity to close key gaps in accountability. Full letter:

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Thank you @ShannonRSingh … 74 States and counting have cosponsored a resolution to send it to an ad hoc committee. Time to get this done. #UNGA77 #CAHtreatynow

Shannon Raj Singh

@ShannonRSingh

2 years

🚨 The IBA War Crimes Committee is urging States to co-sponsor the resolution in the UN #SixthCommittee establishing an Ad Hoc Committee to examine the Draft Articles on the Prevention & Punishment of #CrimesAgainstHumanity . The Draft Articles deserve urgent attention. 🧵👇

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@leilasadat1

2 years

The14th International Humanitarian Law Roundtable just concluded. Superb event, so glad to be with so many brilliant friends and colleagues including @MilenaSterio @VOosterveld and @nazhatskhan ICC Deputy Prosecutor. #JusticeMatters

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@leilasadat1

1 year

The Conferred Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court @SSRN … we know the ICC works in practice, read my take on why it works in theory! Comments, welcome.

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@leilasadat1

1 year

Myanmar: Exploring Options for Justice..,amazing panel at #ASP21 with @KarimKhanQC “you don’t need to be a state party to be a party to humanity”. Thanks @akilaGJC @CJA_News and @AsiaJusticeCoalition for an amazing panel

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@leilasadat1

1 year

Thank you @KarimKhanQC for your indefatigable quest for Justice and Accountability even in the midst of war.

Int'l Criminal Court

@IntlCrimCourt

1 year

Beginning official visit to #Ukraine , #ICC Prosecutor #KarimAAKhanKC met w/ Andriy Kostin, Prosecutor-General of Ukraine. Complementarity. Cooperation. Common efforts to ensure accountability for int. crimes.

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@leilasadat1

1 year

Thrilled by this..after 15 years of hard work by so many, including civil society, governments, academics, and the ILC ..thank you.⁦ @EmbamexEUA ⁩ ⁦ @OfficialMofa ⁩ ⁦ @akilaGJC ⁩ ⁦ @hrw ⁩ ⁦ @amnesty ⁩

Coming Debates to Advance New Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity Will Require Skillful Leadership

Old issues may resurface, and the working methods of the UN General Assembly's legal committee could again stymie progress in the end.

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@leilasadat1

1 year

Great beginning to an amazing week in The Hague examining CIL in ICL… thank @olympiabekou and @carstenstahn and Caroline fournet for a great panel and TRICI Law for an amazing conference! And yes, for now, back on twitter.. guess I’m not ready for the Pleistocene…,

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@leilasadat1

2 years

“Putin’s short game is force. Our long game is law. Let’s play our long game and win it,” brilliant remarks by the brilliant Harold Koh. #ASILAM #lawnotwar

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@leilasadat1

3 years

USA: we need an ad hoc committee with a robust mandate to elaborate a convention on CAH, a critical gap in the international legal framework #CaHTreaty #UNGA #SixthCommittee

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Holy See bemoans the (completely appropriate) removal of (offensive) provision on gender by the ILC in its text on CAH flanked by women delegates…caption please?

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@leilasadat1

8 months

If you are in Geneva, next week, this meeting is going to be fabulous. Thank you to the speakers and organizers, wish I could be there! @akilaGJC @PillaiPriy

akila radhakrishnan

@akila_rad

8 months

Looking forward to speaking at this #HRC54 event on the Crimes against Humanity Treaty & the need to move it forward in a gender-competent manner. For background see @GlobalJusticeC 's factsheet: . #CAHTreatyNow @asiajcoalition @ICJ_org @hrw @amnesty

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@leilasadat1

1 year

A new treaty on crimes against humanity advances to the next phase… #UNGA77 #CAHtreatynow #JusticeMatters

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@leilasadat1

3 years

31 interventions in the CAH debate today, representing 60 States.All but 9 favored moving forward in a clear, structured process for continued inclusive, transparent discussions. 36 more to speak on Friday. #CaHTreaty #UNGA #SixthCommittee @akilaGJC @MukwegeFound @DickerRichard

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@leilasadat1

3 years

67 States and Entities on the list to speak this afternoon, hoping for concrete results on the ILC Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity. #UNGA #SixthCommitte #CaHTreaty . @akilaGJC @CharlesJalloh @kristinjpsmith @MukwegeFound

Mukwege Foundation

@MukwegeFound

3 years

#UNGA #6thCommittee is meeting today to consider the #ILC 's #Crimes Against Humanity draft treaty. #CAH convention represents an extraordinary step forward in #endingimpunity for these devastating crimes, including #SGBV and #CRSV crimes. @leilasadat1 @akilaGJC @DickerRichard

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leila sadat

@leilasadat1

10 months

Proud to have known this extraordinary human being and continuing to grieve his loss. 🥲his light will never go out so long as we never give up.

AJIL and AJIL Unbound

@AJIL_andUnbound

10 months

Read @leilasadat1 's thoughtful piece on the late Benjamin B. Ferencz -

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@leilasadat1

8 months

Thank you @GlobalJusticeC and especially @akilaGJC for your amazing leadership!

Global Justice Center

@GlobalJusticeC

8 months

A new treaty on crimes against humanity presents an incredible opportunity to make historic advances in the fight against gender-based crimes. Check out our new toolkit for information on how you can join this fight!

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@leilasadat1

2 years

It was a great week to be a professor, and be with ⁦ @WashULaw ⁩ and ⁦ @Yale ⁩ students at the UNGA and in Nuremberg. These are the faces of the next generation of global justice advocates! Can’t wait to see what they do!

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@leilasadat1

2 years

@crisveijk Saw this recently in the essay of a junior IL scholar, tons of refs, 3 women. It’s everywhere. The SSRN pages of female scholars show we are read, but not cited. people read us “on background”, mine our footnotes, “borrow”our ideas, and don’t cite our work. 😡

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@leilasadat1

3 years

Thrilled to have been part of the team that helped with this and to my fellow plaintiffs Naomi Roht-Arriaza, @KAlexaKoenig and Steven Watts who stood together to help get these sanctions rescinded. Thanks to the ACLU who put together the litigation.

Jamil Dakwar

@jdakwar

3 years

“We are pleased President Biden has finally rescinded President Trump’s unconstitutional sanctions order. This is a victory for our clients and all those who support the ICC’s pursuit of justice,” said Scarlet Kim, staff attorney with the ACLU.

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Really honored to be part of this illustrious event…

Nuremberg Academy

@NurembergAcadem

2 years

Looking forward to fruitful discussions based on insightful questions at our #conference “The International Criminal Court 2002-2022: A Court in Practice” from 13-15 October 2022. Discover the impressive #NueForum 2022 speaker roster: #ICL #ICC

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@leilasadat1

2 years

This was an extraordinary moment for me..if somewhat awkward!

WashULawDean

@Dean_WashULaw

2 years

. @Washulaw 's @leilasadat1 Honored For 13 Years of Transformative Leadership and Vision

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@leilasadat1

3 years

This is very important. Civil society organizations need to be able to do their work free of repression. Accepting the right of dissent is what distinguishes democracies from dictatorships.

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leila sadat

@leilasadat1

2 years

Happy New Year! May 2022 bring peace, health, and justice to you and all beings, and healing to our planet: “if we’re to live up to our own time, then victory won’t lie in the blade, but in all the bridges we’ve made.” #AmandaGormanPoetLaureate

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leila sadat

@leilasadat1

6 months

signed this letter to support students and foster a positive learning environment. It’s a beautifully crafted letter with a modest ask. Colleagues, please consider signing and sharing.

Arjun Sethi

@arjunsethi81

6 months

More than 250 law professors have signed this statement to support a really basic idea: Law schools must protect the speech & association rights of all students, including those who criticize Israel & speak out for Palestine. I’m proud to join them.

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@leilasadat1

11 months

And that’s a wrap! ⁦ @150ADIILA2023 ⁩ celebrating 150 years of the ILA…proud to lead the US branch and participate this wonderful panel on the future of intl law faced with the unforeseen ⁦ @ABILA_official ⁩ next stop NYC for ILW2023!

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leila sadat

@leilasadat1

4 years

Important meeting tomorrow. Will states take up the challenge to move the ILC's work forward? #crimesagainsthumanity #neveragain

The Harris Institute

@HarrisWorldLaw

4 years

The Permanent Missions of Sierra Leone, Austria, Czech Republic, Mexico & New Zealand to the United Nations will host an informal dialogue on Crimes Against Humanity on Friday, July 24 at 10 am EDT. RSVP for the Zoom Login Details: info @un .slembassy.gov.sl @WashULaw @leilasadat1

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@leilasadat1

3 years

Wonderful Keynote address by the always brilliant @oonahathaway . We will post on our website in due course.

ABILA

@ABILA_official

3 years

Thank you to Prof. @oonahathaway ( @YaleLawSch ) for discussing how the fall of #Afghanistan raises concerns about the use of force and that "we must recognize that force is not the only, and is rarely the best, counterterrorism tool." #ILW2021

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@leilasadat1

3 years

A welcome announcement by the State Department today. Yet the continued assertion that the ICC has no jurisdiction over the nationals of non-states parties is wearisome. The U.S. needs to be leading this institution, not constantly nipping at its heels.

Ending Sanctions and Visa Restrictions against Personnel of the International Criminal Court -...

President Biden removed sanctions previously imposed against ICC personnel. The U.S. maintains our opposition to the ICC's attempts to exercise jurisdiction over personnel of non-States Parties, such...

www.state.gov

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@leilasadat1

1 year

Thank you @olympiabekou and @PillaiPriy for your terrific comments and thank you @GermanyUN and @franceonu for hosting

Belgium UN New York

@BelgiumUN

1 year

🙏🏻 @GermanyUN & @franceonu for organising this interesting workshop on a Convention on the Prevention & Punishment of #CrimesAgainstHumanity for legal advisors from 🇺🇳 member states & civil society. A 👌🏼 substantial discussion in light of the upcoming #UNGA 6C session in April.

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@leilasadat1

1 year

Great to be with Yale and WashU students chairing this important intersessional meeting on crimes against humanity. ⁦ @GermanyNY ⁩ ⁦ @GermanyUN ⁩ ⁦ @franceonu ⁩

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@leilasadat1

2 years

@commondefense And they want to leave it up to the states except where it comes to guns. When it comes to guns, the states apparently have no power to protect the right to life and health of their residence.

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Looking forward to joining @akilaGJC and others to discuss the 6th Cttee’s progress on this critical new treaty

Global Justice Center

@GlobalJusticeC

2 years

And later this month, @akilaGJC will join @A_L_Kather , @leilasadat1 , and more to discuss the treaty at @ABILA_official and @FordhamLawNYC 's International Law Weekend. Join us for #ILW22 ! (5/5)

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@leilasadat1

3 months

Explainer: The Israel-Hamas War and the International Criminal Court

The current conflict engulfing Israel and Palestine raises significant issues of international law and policy. This is part one in an anticipated two-part series that will discuss some of the...

www.jurist.org

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@leilasadat1

1 year

This is a very powerfully argued case for an international tribunal. An excellent read @EstoniaUN

Just Security

@just_security

1 year

Amb. Rein Tammsaar ( @EstoniaUN ) writes that those who commit the worst crime against international peace must be brought to justice. #UNGA can act now to establish an international court to try #Russian leaders for aggression against #Ukraine . #STCoA

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@leilasadat1

1 year

So honored to stand with these amazing women against the commission of crimes against humanity #CRSV #endimpunity @MukwegeFound @GlobalJusticeC @akilaGJC @an_gace thanks @FCDOGovUK for sponsoring

Mukwege Foundation

@MukwegeFound

1 year

1/2. The retreat, hosted by @FCDOGovUK and @end_svc , gathered survivors and international law experts to discuss a treaty draft that specifically targets conflict-related sexual violence. #CRSV #endimpunity #endrapeinwar @GlobalJusticeC @leilasadat1 @Grace_Agenda @an_gace

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@leilasadat1

2 years

So pleased to have contributed to this wonderful volume and to finally see it in print! Thank you Alexander Heinze & Viviane Dittrich for terrific editing, and @MortenBergsmo for your shepherding of this terrific series and the ICC LegalTools database

Morten Bergsmo

@MortenBergsmo

2 years

‘The Past, Present and Future of the International Criminal Court’ ( @NurembergAcadem Series No. 5, Heinze and Dittrich, eds.): . Enjoy 804 pp. of universally accessible, insightful analysis of the ICC’s achievements and challenges. #TOAEP #DigitalPublicGood

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@leilasadat1

3 years

This is thrilling news!!!! Congratulations @BethVanSchaack !

Wes Rist

@WesRist

3 years

Ended the evening with the excellent news that @POTUS has nominated @BethVanSchaack to be the new Ambassador of Global Criminal Justice @StateDept . She'd be the first woman in the role & I can't think of a better candidate to focus on #internationaljustice & #atrocityprevention

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Developing a new crime is an innovation.Bravo.But ICC crimes have to be part of customary international law or the ICC referral system and jurisdiction don’t work. @kevinjonheller raises some really trenchant additional concerns. #ecocide are you listening?

Kevin Jon Heller

@kevinjonheller

2 years

My post about #ecocide responding to @rpezzot and Jan-Phillip Graf is up @Voe_Blog . It’s entitled “Fiddling (with Ecocide) While Rome (and Everywhere Else) Burns.” My thanks to the blog for the invite!

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@leilasadat1

3 years

SCSL Symposium: The Important Contributions of the Special Court for Sierra Leone on Amnesties and Immunities--Reinforcing Foundational Principles of International Criminal Law, Part II via @opiniojuris

SCSL Symposium: The Important Contributions of the Special Court for Sierra Leone on Amnesties and...

[Leila Nadya Sadat is the James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law and the Director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at the Washington University School of Law. [email protected]....

opiniojuris.org

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@leilasadat1

2 years

10 days. 20 phone calls.Hours on hold. No communication. learned late yesterday case was in Lisbon on the 20th. Took matters into our own hands and went and got it! @AmericanAir you are the worst. 😡but shout out to Albert j Ellis staff who answered the phone and helped us!😍

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Please join us at 11:30 AM EST for a celebration of 100 years of international law leadership featuring distinguished and renowned international jurists from across the globe!

ABILA

@ABILA_official

2 years

The American Branch celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Join us to kick off our centennial celebration on January 27 at 11.30 AM ET. Please note the time change.

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@leilasadat1

7 months

Thank you @GlobalJusticeC and especially @akilaGJC for your tireless and courageous advocacy on this treaty, and so many other important projects. #CAHtreatynow

Global Justice Center

@GlobalJusticeC

8 months

To prepare for next month's UN #SixthCommittee debate on the draft treaty on crimes against humanity, check our explainer video with @leilasadat1 from earlier this year.

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@leilasadat1

3 years

Liechtenstein & Portugal "we strongly believe that the 6th Committee must make concrete progress" on the draft articles on crimes against humanity. Portugal: the 6th Committee cannot remain paralyzed. #CaHTreaty #UNGA #SixthCommittee

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Great symposium by @HarvLRev Treaties are the supreme law of the land under the US Constitution, including human rights treaties that enshrine the inalienable rights that the Declaration of Independence references. Guns don’t have rights. People do.

WashULaw

@WashULaw

2 years

Professor @leilasadat1 's symposium essay for @HarvLRev : "the suffering of America’s school children from uncontrolled gun violence may be significant enough in scale and kind to rise to the level of ill-treatment under international law." Read full here:

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Great panel and really terrific conversation …honored to participate and thank you @EmbaMexNL @TMCAsser @leoncastjan

Christophe Paulussen

@chpaulussen

2 years

Very interesting panel discussion @EmbaMexNL on protecting the public interest through civil litigation superbly organised by @TMCAsser ’s @leoncastjan . @NNHRResearch @UvA_Amsterdam #KNVIR #guncontrol @JA_Zabalgoitia @acelorioa @leilasadat1 @cschliemannr @marina_aksenov

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@leilasadat1

1 year

#IBAWCC conference kicking off now! ⁦ @ShannonRSingh ⁩ ⁦ @SaretaAshraph ⁩

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Trying my hardest to convince my compatriots that human rights matter more than gun rights.

WashULaw

@WashULaw

2 years

Researchers from our @HarrisWorldLaw Institute weighed in for this article in @CNN . Full story here: Thanks, @leilasadat1 !

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leila sadat

@leilasadat1

2 years

Thanks @craigxmartin for the opportunity to be interviewed on the new CAH treaty!

JIB-JAB - The Laws of War Podcast

@JIBJABPodcast

2 years

Episode 31 is out, with @leilasadat1 discussing a new convention for the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity, its relationship with genocide, the role of the ICC, the UN 6th Committee, and more! Wherever you get your podcasts...

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leila sadat

@leilasadat1

2 years

A horrific school shooting in my city underscores the fierce urgency of adopting common sense gun safety laws now to protect our human rights..,of life, health, education, culture, and democracy. Glad to be part of this Iowa webinar series…

Brian Farrell

@IowaLawFarrell

2 years

Tomorrow at Noon CT @UIHumanRights explores "Constitutions, Guns & Human Rights" with Prof. Leila Sadat @leilasadat1 from @WashULaw as part of our fall webinar series.

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Excellent point @akilaGJC Let us hope that states finally move this treaty out of committee this year. After four years, they have studied it enough-it is time for action. #CAHTreatyNow

akila radhakrishnan

@akila_rad

2 years

A reminder that the draft crimes against humanity treaty is languishing in the UNGA 6th Committee and this year offers an opportunity to move it forward: . Cc: @leilasadat1

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@leilasadat1

1 year

@KenRoth @Kennedy_School @hrw @CarrCenter So unfortunate, Ken You have been spectacular leader at HRW and Harvard should be thrilled to have you. So sorry.

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@leilasadat1

1 year

So important to understand why we need a treaty on CAH… and as @michaelkanuSL has noted.. we need it with the fierce urgency of now ….thank you @akilaGJC for your amazing work

akila radhakrishnan

@akila_rad

1 year

Exciting to see progress on the ILC’s draft articles on crimes against humanity! Want to know more? Watch our partner, @leilasadat1 explain why a treaty is important 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽.

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@leilasadat1

2 years

So thrilled to be back in courtroom 600 for such wonderful conversations at such a critical time. Thank you @NurembergAcadem #ICC #nueforum

Nuremberg Academy

@NurembergAcadem

2 years

In panel VI, experts Prof. Claus Kreß, Prof. Paola Gaeta, Prof. Carsten Stahn and @leilasadat1 consider the most recent criticisms, workable solutions and the need for the ICC today. #NueForum #ICL #ICC

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@leilasadat1

2 years

With the amazing Fatou Bensouda and @christinegjc … so great to see my Prosecutor in the USA! #lawnotwar

Dr. Christine Ryan

@ChristineRiain

2 years

Really wonderful to get to learn from our @GlobalJusticeC partner @leilasadat1 & the inimitable Fatou Bensouda @asilorg

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leila sadat

@leilasadat1

5 months

Amazing meeting! Really thrilled so many took the time to come! Thanks @emkenney @akilaGJC for the amazing organization and the space to have this conversation

akila radhakrishnan

@akila_rad

5 months

Thank you @emkenney @UN_Women for giving civil society the space to brainstorm and strategize. And most of all thank you for the cookies and coffee! #ASP22

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leila sadat

@leilasadat1

3 years

So proud to co-edit this volume with you @CharlesJalloh #UNGA #SixthCommittee #CaHTreaty

Charles C Jalloh

@CharlesJalloh

3 years

In Oct. 2020, I co-edited a special issue of AJICJ on the 2019 ILC draft articles with thoughtful pieces from, inter alia, Sean Murphy, Claudio Grossman, @BethVanSchaack , @LvdHerik , @mari_glabamboo , @Megdeguzmanprof , @VOosterveld , @michaelkanuSL , Pablo Olabuenaga & @leilasadat1 .

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2 years

Maybe the New Years resolutions have to wait? Home worrying about omicron and fighting back with comfort food!

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@leilasadat1

1 year

It is the guns. And trigger-happy Americans thinking that the Second Amendment means they have an unfettered right to shoot at whatever or whoever they want.

Shannon Watts

@shannonrwatts

1 year

Payton Washington is in the ICU after she was shot for getting in the wrong car in Texas Kaylin Gillis was shot to death for driving into the wrong driveway in New York Ralph Yarl was shot in the head for ringing the doorbell at the wrong house in Missouri It’s the guns

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@leilasadat1

2 years

@luigidaniele10 @MarkKersten The US has finally discovered the utility of jurisdiction exercised over the nationals of nonstates parties

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@leilasadat1

1 year

ICC Prosecutor to States Parties: fulfill your promises. And to victims: every life matters. #JusticeMatters

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@leilasadat1

6 months

So honored to stand with my good friend and partner @akilaGJC and all of those working for a safer and more peaceful world. #CAHTreatyNow

Global Justice Center

@GlobalJusticeC

6 months

Read @akilaGJC and @leilasadat1 , who argue that the recent UN debate on the draft crimes against humanity treaty was a "reminder of how important the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity are in a world increasingly plagued by violence and human rights violations."

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Great to be with you @akilaGJC and @Christinegic ! #CAHtreatynow .

akila radhakrishnan

@akila_rad

2 years

Delighted to be at the @UN this morning with @leilasadat1 & @christinegjc to follow the 6th Committee's debate on crimes against humanity. Hoping to see strong support from states for the treaty and a concrete process moving forward.

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2 years

Thanks for your leadership on this issue @FDalessandra & @ShannonRSingh and to @IBAnews for the great coverage. Still much work to do!

FedericaD'Alessandra 🇺🇦

@FDalessandra

2 years

Wonderful as ever to see @IBAnews covering this important issue. Under my tenure as co-chair of the #WarCrimes Cmtt, @ShannonRSingh served as our SR on the issue marshalling our comments to the @UN Int’l Law Commission. I look forward to this process continuing and to a treaty.

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@leilasadat1

1 year

#ASP21 event on attacks against human rights defenders. Courage and commitment in action. Some are targeted because they are here. Some will be arrested and/or killed when they return home. Yet they persist.They are the heroes of this global meeting. Humbled to be here with them

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leila sadat

@leilasadat1

2 years

Little progress, worthy cause. #UNGA76 #CrimesAgainstHumanity treaty..the world is still waiting.

Just Security

@just_security

2 years

As the #UNGA76 committee debate on a draft #CrimesAgainstHumanity treaty concluded, a majority of States favored moving ahead with discussions. @leilasadat1 and @akilaGJC explain how a few countries essentially exercised a veto:

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@leilasadat1

7 months

Amazing conference at @CWRU_Law on climate change and international law. Debating @ecocide with good friends and brilliant jurists…thx for the invite @MilenaSterio

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@leilasadat1

4 months

@franstaar Thank you. I am a little worried that they did not address some of the legal issues, but they did a great job in writing, a persuasive, public document and describing the facts in all their horror. What did you think of the pleadings?

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@leilasadat1

3 years

Fantastic statement by Sierra Leone in the 6th Committee on crimes against humanity too! #cahtreaty #UNGA #SixthCommittee

Michael Imran Kanu, SJD

@MichaelKanuSL

3 years

#SierraLeone ’s statement in the #UNGA #SixthCommittee on ‘Administration of Justice’ urged for an internal justice system @UN that puts #people at the centre, with a #safe , #just , #impartial , & #non_discriminatory work place built on #integrity , #fairness , & humane work ethics.

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@leilasadat1

1 year

Thank you @FDalessandra and @ShannonRSingh for a great panel and your support over these many years, and loved the thoughtful and inspiring remarks of @akilaGJC and Priya Gopalan.

FedericaD'Alessandra 🇺🇦

@FDalessandra

1 year

Terrific third panel today at #IBAWCC on progress on a @UN convention for crimes against humanity with ⁦brilliant @ShannonRSingh ⁩ ⁦ @akilaGJC ⁩ ⁦ @leilasadat1 ⁩ Priya Gopalan - immensely insightful discussion of where we are, where we need to be, & how to get there

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Students @WashULaw check out this terrific new book that I had the honor to contribute too… might come in handy for our war crimes seminar this spring! Thanks to @NurembergAcadem for publishing!

Nuremberg Academy

@NurembergAcadem

2 years

#NurembergAcademySeries Vol. 5: ‘The Past, Present and Future of the @IntlCrimCourt ’ is out! Forewords by #ICC ’s President and the @TFV_FPV ’s Board Chair. We thank #TOAEP and all 32 contributors for their thoughtful reflections! #OpenAccess #ICL More at

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leila sadat

@leilasadat1

2 years

Thrilled to work with @akilaGJC on how to unstick this treaty from the procedural bog it’s been mired in for the past three years. #CAHtreatynow #UNGA77

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@leilasadat1

1 year

United States at #ASP21 … thanks for making us proud @StateDept_GCJ by pledging US support to and constructive engagement with the ICC

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@leilasadat1

1 year

86 cosponsers! Thrilling to work with civil society partners and governments to get this done! Thanks @akilaGJC @MexOnu @DickerRichard @MOFAGambia !

akila radhakrishnan

@akila_rad

1 year

Passed w/o a vote & with 86 co-sponsors! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 A huge congrats to @MexOnu and @MOFAGambia for their leadership in shepherding progress and breaking the 6th Committee stagnation on the draft crimes against humanity treaty.

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@leilasadat1

6 months

#CeasefireInGazaNOW

Jewish Voice for Peace - Boston

@JVPBoston

6 months

A Palestinian woman who has lost 68 family members in Gaza confronts Senator Warren. She had no answer We mobilized with Harvard students and others in Cambridge to disrupt @SenWarren at dinner We will keep disrupting until our politicians listen to us & call for a CEASEFIRE

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@leilasadat1

2 years

It was an honor to discuss the implementation of this important new crime with @juliebirdfraser @MilenaSterio @Jojo_Mehta and Kate Macintosh

dr julie fraser

@juliebirdfraser

2 years

The recording of our panel at #internationallaw weekend on #ecocide is now up!

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leila sadat

@leilasadat1

2 years

So glad for IBA support! Thank you! #CAHTreatynow #UNGA77 #CAHInitiative @akilaGJC

𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹

@DanyaChaikel

2 years

Thank you Shannon for leading this important initiative for the #IBAWarCrimes committee! @CharlesJalloh raised this yesterday at our UJ session, pointing out this glaring legal gap, & ways a #CrimesAgainstHumanity convention could bolster accountability in domestic jurisdictions.

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@leilasadat1

6 months

Great article @A_L_Kather @jocelyngetgen patti Viseur sellers

alexandra lily kather

@A_L_Kather

6 months

While “the status of the slave trade stands uncontested as a treaty-based and customary-based international crime”, it is currently not enumerated in the Crimes Against Humanity Treaty - this needs to change & here is why. Our latest for @just_security .

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@leilasadat1

3 months

@AkshayaSays This thread is fantastic! Thank you!

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Looking forward to joining my fellow panelists @akilaGJC @DickerRichard @A_L_Kather and others and hoping states are making good progress!

Global Justice Center

@GlobalJusticeC

2 years

FRIDAY: We're at #ILW2022 for a timely conversation on the draft Crimes Against Humanity treaty! @akilaGJC , @DickerRichard , @A_L_Kather , @leilasadat1 , and more will discuss the treaty, which is currently being considered in the UN General Assembly.

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Really thrilled to participate in this terrific program next week. Registration is free and open to all.

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@leilasadat1

1 year

It was an honor to be present and always an honor to support the Court and the OTP. Learned so much from my fellow special advisers.

Int'l Criminal Court

@IntlCrimCourt

1 year

Prosecutor Khan was grateful for the contributions of Special Advisers @Veroaubert , @ktseelinger , Patricia Viseur Sellers, @lisadavisnyc , @leilasadat1 , @intisarrabb , @_TimMcCormack , and @kevinjonheller .

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@leilasadat1

3 years

Really fabulous panel as part of IlW 2021! Not too late to register!

ABILA

@ABILA_official

3 years

The recent crisis not only tested our health and economic sectors, but it also tested the Int'l legal order. To learn how, join Judge María Teresa Infante Caffi ( @uchile ) with Antony Anghie, @PatrciaGalvoTe1 , Mamadou Hébié, & @MPaparinskis . RSVP:

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leila sadat

@leilasadat1

5 months

Thrilled to be part of this wonderful meeting! Thank you @GlobJusticeC for your leadership

Global Justice Center

@GlobalJusticeC

5 months

(4/4) Finally, on Friday 12/8 we are co-hosting another discussion on the draft crimes against humanity treaty. This time, we are gathering States and civil society for an urgent dialogue on opportunities for the treaty to address gaps in justice, peace, and equality.

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@leilasadat1

2 years

Delighted to co-author this piece with @kiphale . Ukraine needs and deserves peace and justice. The world needs and deserves peace and justice. #lawnotwar @ABILA_official

Kip Hale

@kiphale

2 years

. @leilasadat1 & I co-authored this @just_security art. where we argue that the task at hand for the int'l community is to forge principled accountability for #atrocitycrimes in #Ukraine while also improving the entire system of int'l criminal justice. #ICC

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@leilasadat1

3 years

Last day to submit a proposal for ILW 2021. Come be part of one of the largest international law gatherings in the world!

ABILA

@ABILA_official

3 years

Call for Panel Proposals: today is the LAST DAY to submit a panel proposal for #ILW2021 . Deadline: June 30, 2021

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