SYMPOSIUM: Genocide And Crimes Against Humanity: The Challenge Of
Prevention And Enforcement
Friday, December 5/ 9-12:30 PM/FREE
McCune Conference Room, 6020 Humanities and Social Science Building

Co-convened by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and the Simons Centre for Peace and Disarmament Studies, University of British Columbia, the second annual symposium on international law initiates a two-day conference devoted to considering current efforts and proposals to prevent genocide and crimes against humanity. The meeting seeks to find agreement on a process for establishing an international coalition for the creation of United Nations Forces for Prevention and Enforcement.

The Honorable Lloyd Axworthy, a former Foreign Minister of Canada and a leader in the effort to achieve a global treaty banning landmines will give the keynote address. Other speakers include Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law and Practice at Princeton Univeristy and Chair of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation; Professor Saul Mendlovitz of Rutgers University, a co-funder of Global Action to Prevent War; Dr. Peter Langille of the Center for Global Studies at the Un8iversity of Victoria; and William Pace, executive director of the World Federalist Association.

Co-sponsored by Global Action to Prevent War, the Law & Society Program (UCSB); Global & International Studies Program (UCSB), Sociology (UCSB); the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (UCSB), the Institute for Social, Behavioral and Economic Research Center for Global Studies ( UCSB); the Dept of Political Science (SBCC); the International Studies Assn (SDCC), the Santa Barbara Chapter of the United Nations Assn and PAX 2100.

For more information contact the Nuclear Age PeaceFoundation at (805) 965-3443 or on the web at
http://www.wagingpeace.org/menu/programs/international-law/annual-symposium/2003_symposium.htm

Top of Page

<<Back