Webinar: Towards an Effective and Universal Convention on Crimes Against Humanity
Monday, March 23, 2026
12:00 PM CST
Location: Zoom
This panel will briefly discuss the outcomes of the Preparatory Committee for the Crimes Against Humanity Convention, held from January 19-30, and the work of the ABILA Study Group on Crimes Against Humanity, which published a series of 14 proposals and position papers submitted to the Preparatory Committee during its first session. Panelists will discuss specific proposals on environmental harm, gender crimes, and starvation, as well as proposals to help make the treaty more effective, including inter-state dispute resolution, the possibility of a treaty monitoring body, and shoring up the prevention and capacity-building dimensions of the draft convention.
Moderator:
Professor Leila Nadya Sadat, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Speakers:
Professor Olympia Bekou, University of Nottingham School of Law & Human Rights Law Centre
Professor Tom Dannenbaum, Stanford Law School & Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation
Mr. Youssef Hitti, Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations (TBC)
Professor Christopher Lentz, University of Chicago Law School; Register of Damage for Ukraine
Ms. Akila Radhakrishnan, International Human Rights Lawyer
