International peace and justice advocate William Pace to visit UMaine
William Pace, a prominent advocate of international peace and justice, will visit the University of Maine Oct. 28–29 to give two public presentations and meet with UMaine community members at several events.
Pace is the executive director of the World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy (WFM-IGP), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to the realization of global peace and justice through the development of democratic institutions and the application of international law.
At 2:10 p.m Wednesday, Pace will deliver the lecture, “The United Nations and UN Charter at 70 — The Myths and Reality,” in 101 Neville Hall. Refreshments will follow.
At 1:10 p.m. Thursday, Pace will lead a seminar on “International Peace, Justice and the Responsibility to Protect” in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union, which will be followed by an open discussion and reception.
While on campus, Pace, who has been engaged in international justice, rule of law, environmental law, and human rights for the past 30 years, will meet with several groups of UMaine students and faculty.
Pace has served as the Convenor of the Coalition for an International Criminal Court since its founding in 1995 and is a co-founder and steering committee member of the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect.
He previously served as the secretary-general of the Hague Appeal for Peace, director of the Center for the Development of International Law, and director of Section Relations of the Concerts for Human Rights Foundation at Amnesty International. He is the president of the Board of the Center for United Nations Reform Education and an advisory board member of the One Earth Foundation, as well as the co-founder of the NGO steering committee for the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and the NGO Working Group on the United Nations Security Council.
Pace is the recipient of the William J. Butler Human Rights Medal from the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights and serves as an Ashoka Foundation Fellow. He has written several articles and reports on international justice, international affairs and UN issues, multilateral treaty processes, and civil society participation in international decision-making.
Pace’s visit is co-sponsored by UMaine’s Department of Political Science, Peace and Reconciliation Studies Program, undergraduate International Affairs program, graduate School of Policy and International Affairs, and Honors College, as well as the Maine Chapter of Citizens for Global Solutions.
Both talks are free and open to the public. For more information or to request a disability accommodation, contact Ron Davis at 866.4785 or ronald.davis@umit.maine.edu.
Contact: Elyse Kahl, 207.581.3747