Lecture on International Criminal Justice

Ms. Lada Slojan, Legal Officer in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former-Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, will lecture on the challenges of international criminal justice and share her work experience with the ICTY. The lecture is scheduled for Monday, March 24, 2:00-3:30 in the Pere Marquette. This event is sponsored by Area Studies.

Ms. Soljan is involved in the prosecution of seven individuals who are charged with Genocide, Conspiracy to Commit Genocide, and various violations of the Laws or Customs of War and Crimes against Humanity, in relation to the fall of the enclaves of Srebrenica and @epa in July 1995 (Prosecutor v. Popovi}, Case No. IT-05-88).

Prior to working at the ICTY, Ms. Soljan was an associate in the International Litigation department of the law firm Alston & Bird LLP in New York City. For an eight month period in 1999-2000, she was a research assistant for Professor Bruno Simma, Chair of the Public International Law department at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany. She obtained her JD from New York University School of Law in 1999, and her B.A. in Biological Sciences and European Studies from Smith College in 1996.