-  Faculty Experts   -  News by Topic   -  News by School Search News & Info WUSTL in the News   - Powered by Google WUSTL Home Public Affairs Home University News Medical News Sports News Radio Service Business, Law & Econ Culture & Living Science & Technology Contact Information TV/Radio Studio Visiting Our Campuses Campus Images Sports photography Commercial Filming    and Photography Commercial Use of    Names and Symbols Domain Name policy Record (newspaper) Campus Calendars WUSTL News Summary Publications Online Facts, Guides & Maps		Tip Sheet: Business, Law & Economics Tip sheets highlight timely news and events at Washington University in St. Louis. For more information on any of the stories below or for assistance in arranging interviews, please see the contact information listed with each story. For comments on the Business, Law & Economics news tips service, please contact the editor, Robert Batterson at (314) 935-5202 or batterson@olin.wustl.edu. Tips Sheets: Business, Law & Econ | Culture & Living | Medical Science & Health | Science & Technology Permanent International Criminal Court is 'historic victory,' says Sadat Media assistance: Jessica Roberts - (314) 935-5251 Source: Leila Nadya Sadat - (314) 935-6411 Related: Record profile: Leila Nadya Sadat [St. Louis, Mo., May 2002] - Beginning July 1, 2002, the International Criminal Court will have jurisdiction over breaches of international humanitarian and human rights law. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court received the 60 ratifications necessary to establish the court on April 11, 2002. By July 2003, the International Criminal Court should be functioning. Leila Nadya Sadat, a professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert on international war crimes tribunals, is available to discuss implications of the establishment of the International Criminal Court. Leila Nadya Sadat Sadat is chair of the American branch of the International Law Association Committee on a Permanent International Criminal Court and is the author of the leading treatise on the international criminal court, "The International Criminal Court and the Transformation of International Law: Justice for the New Millennium." She has studied legal issues surrounding the use of war tribunals against World War II-era criminals and more recent proposals for international tribunals to pursue modern-day war criminals. Sadat stresses that any international criminal court must be impartial and independent of political influence. "While hundreds of treaties attempt to address international crime related to wars, human rights abuses and terrorism, the enforcement of these instruments has been practically nonexistent, and the actual criminal conduct covered in many cases has been unclear, making the case for a permanent international criminal court" Sadat said. "Legal accountability, if consistently enforced on an international scale, could lead to deterrence of crime, restoration for the victims of crime, retribution for criminal acts and upholding of the principles of justice and law." "This is a historic victory for the ICC and will allow the Preparatory Commission to, among other tasks, prepare draft texts concerning the rules of evidence and procedure, financial regulations and the relationship between the court and the United Nations," said Sadat, a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
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