Paul Williams (professor)
| Paul R. Williams President and Co-Founder, PILPG Professor of International Law |
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| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | International law Peace Negotiation |
| Institutions | Public International Law & Policy Group |
| Alma mater | University of California, Davis Stanford Law School University of Cambridge |
Dr. Paul R. Williams holds the Rebecca Grazier Professorship in Law and International Relations at American University, where he teaches in the School of International Service and the Washington College of Law.[1] He is the President and Co-Founder of the Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) which provides pro bono legal assistance to countries and governments involved in peace negotiations, drafting post-conflict constitutions, and prosecuting war criminals.
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[edit] Career
As a leading authority in the field, Dr. Williams has assisted nearly two dozen states and sub-state entities in major international peace negotiations, legislation drafting and policy planning, and post-conflict constitution building through his work as President and Co-Founder of the Public International Law & Policy Group. Dr. Williams has served as a delegation in the Dayton Agreement negotiations (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Rambouillet Agreement and Paris negotiations (Kosovo), Ohrid Agreement negotiations (Macedonia), and Podgorica/Belgrade negotiations for Serbia and Montenegro. He has also advised parties to the Key West negotiations for Nagorono-Karabakh, the Oslo and Geneva negotiations for the Sri Lankan Civil War, the Georgia-Abkhaz conflict negotiations, and the Somalia peace talks. In February 2005, Dr. Williams and the PILPG were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize[2] by six governments and the Prosecutor of an International Criminal Tribunal.
Dr. Williams has advised over two dozen governments and parties in Africa, Asia, and Europe including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iraq, Kosovo, Montenegro and Nagorono-Karabakh as well as the President of Macedonia, President of Estonia, Foreign Minister of Montenegro, and the Foreign Minister of East Timor. Advised topics include drafting and implementation of post-conflict constitutions, issues of state recognition, self-determination, and state succession, and border sea demarcations and negotiations.
Prior to his work with PILPG, Dr. Williams served in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State as Attorney Adviser for the Office of European and Canadian Affairs and the Office of Oceans, Environment, and Scientific Affairs. While in this position, Dr. Williams was counsel for the Serbian Sanctions Task Force and Counsel for the International Boundary Commission as well as representative for the Office of the Legal Adviser at the 45th meeting of the International Whaling Commission. Dr. Williams was also a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Cambridge.
Williams received his A.B. from the University of California, Davis in 1987, his J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1990, and his PhD from the University of Cambridge, where he was a Fulbright Research Scholar.
Paul Williams has given over 150 public lectures and presentations covering topics such as the Yugoslav peace process, the Dayton peace negotiations, the Rambouillet/Paris negotiations, the dissolution of the former Soviet Union, European integration, the Nagorno-Karabagh crisis, the legal status of Taiwan, responsibility to protect, self-determination, earned sovereignty, humanitarian intervention, peacekeeping, self-defense, human rights, the U.N. Human Rights Committee, war crimes, impunity, the International Criminal Court, state succession, international environmental dispute resolution, Central and East European geopolitics, the politics of economic transformation, the regulation of transboundary watercourses, the legal regime of nuclear power management, and California water law.
Venues have included: New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, Palo Alto, San Antonio, Denver, Chicago, Cleveland, Dayton, Prague, Warsaw, The Hague, St. Martin, Curacao, London, Cambridge, Paris, Juba, Kampala, Hargeisa, Nairobi, Colombo, Katmandu, Podgorica, Skopje, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Messina, Siracusa, Stockholm, Geneva, Budapest, Rome, Ankara, and Tallinn.
Dr. Williams has been interviewed over 500 times on matters of international law and policy by major print and broadcast media, including: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Newsweek Magazine, US News and World Report, Time Magazine, Associated Press, Fox News, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, MSNBC, BBC, CNN, Voice of America, National Public Radio, and BBC The World.
[edit] Selected Accomplishments in International Law
- Advised the Libyan Transitional National Council on matters of international recognition, compliance with the laws of war and constitutional development.
- Advised the government of Nepal on drafting a new constitution.
- Advised the Government of Kenya on the preparation of legislation relating to the implementation of the new constitution on matters relating to land, devolution and justice.
- Advised civil society and rebel movements on the Darfur peace process, including serving as a member of the Darfuri delegation to the Doha peace talks.
- Advised the President and Vice President of Southern Sudan on the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Accord, preparations for a referendum on independence in 2011, and state succession.
- Served as Co-Counsel to the Government of Southern Sudan on the Abyei Arbitration before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.
- Advised the President and Prime Minister of Kosovo on the Vienna Final Status Talks.
- Advised the President and Prime Minister of Montenegro on questions of international recognition and state succession.
- Served as a legal advisor and member of the Kosovo delegation during the Rambouillet Peace Conference.
- Served as one of the Department of State’s primary counsel on legal matters relating to the dissolution of the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia and accompanying matters of state succession.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Books
- Shaping Foreign Ploicy in Times of Crisis: The Role of International Law and the State Departmet Legal Adviser (Cambridge University Press, 2010). Co-authored with Michael P. Scharf.
- Peace with Justice? War Crimes and Accountability in the Former Yugoslavia (Rowman and Littlefield, 2002). Co-authored with Michael P. Scharf.
- Indictment at the Hague: The Milosevic Regime and Crimes of the Balkan Wars (New York University Press, 2002). Co-authored with Norman Cigar.
- International Law and the Resolution of Central and East European Transboundary Environmental Disputes (Macmillian/St. Martins Press, 2000). Awarded the Elizabeth Payne Cubberly Research Prize.
[edit] Selected Chapters, Book Reviews, and Law Articles
- "Drafting in Doha: An Assessment of the Darfur Peace Process and Ceasefire Agreements", in Monopoly of Force, The Nexus of DDR and SSR (2011). Co-authored with Matthew T. Simpson.
- "Is it true that there is no right of self-determination for Kosova?", in The Case for Kosova: Passage to Independence (2006). Co-authored with Jennifer Ober.
- "Was the former 1999 NATO intervention an illegal war against the Former Republic of Yugoslavia?", in The Case for Kosova: Passage to Independence (2006). Co-authored with Catherine Croft.
- "Earned Sovereignty: Bridging the Gap between Sovereignty and Self-Determination", Stanford Journal of International Law (2004). Co-authored with Francesca Jannotti Pecci.
- "Preemption in the 21st Century: What are the Legal Parameters?", ISLA Journal of International and Comparative Law (2004). Co-authored with Scott Lyons & Tali Neuwirth.
- "Earned Sovereignty: An Emerging Conflict Resolution Approach", ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law (2004). Co-authored with Karen Heymann.
- "The Role of Justice in the Former Yugoslavia: Antidote or Placebo for Coercive Appeasement", Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law (2003).
- "Resolving Sovereignty-Based Conflicts: The Emerging Approach of Earned Sovereignty", Denver Journal of International Law & Policy (2003) Co-authored with Michael P. Scharf & James R. Hooper.
- "Coercive Appeasement: The Flawed International Response to the Serbian Rogue Regime", New England Law Review (2002). Co-authored with Karina M. Waller.
- "Report of the Committee of Experts on Nation Rebuilding in Afghanistan", New England Law Review (2002). Co-authored with Michael P. Scharf.
- "State Succession to Debts and Assets: The Modern Law and Policy", Harvard International Law Journal (2001). Co-authored with Jennifer Harris.
[edit] References
- ^ "Paul Williams," Faculty, Washington College of Law, American University
- ^ "PILPG Nominated for 2005 Nobel Peace Prize," PILPG Update, Public International Law & Policy Group, February 3, 2005, accessed February 8,2010.
