Protecting Human Rights in UN Peacekeeping: Operationalising Due Diligence and Accountability
(2023)
Journal Article
White, N. D. (2023). Protecting Human Rights in UN Peacekeeping: Operationalising Due Diligence and Accountability. Kings Law Journal, 34(3), 463-487. https://doi.org/10.1080/09615768.2023.2283231
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The position of the European security architecture within the international legal order (2023)
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White, N. D. (2023). The position of the European security architecture within the international legal order. Italian Yearbook of International Law Online, 32 (2022), 3-24With the universal architecture for peace and security centred upon the UN Charter of 1945 and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) of 1968 being built on great power foundations, there are manifest problems when there is no consensus amongst those gre... Read More about The position of the European security architecture within the international legal order.
In Search of Due Diligence Obligations in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Identifying Standards for Accountability (2020)
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White, N. D. (2020). In Search of Due Diligence Obligations in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Identifying Standards for Accountability. Journal of International Peacekeeping, 23(3-4), 203-225. https://doi.org/10.1163/18754112-02303005It is argued in this article that due diligence, grounded on positive duties under international human rights law, is a standard against which to measure the performance of UN peacekeeping forces. Its adoption by the UN will improve accountability, b... Read More about In Search of Due Diligence Obligations in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Identifying Standards for Accountability.
From Covenant to Charter: A Legacy Squandered? (2020)
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White, N. (2020). From Covenant to Charter: A Legacy Squandered?. International Community Law Review, 22(3-4), 310-330. https://doi.org/10.1163/18719732-12341432The “Covenant” embodied the idea of a contract for peace in 1919. The “Charter” of 1945 appeared more boldly to embody a world constitution for peace. This article analyses the United Nations and its predecessor organisation, the League of Nations, t... Read More about From Covenant to Charter: A Legacy Squandered?.
The League of Nations, autonomy and collective security (2020)
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White, N. (2020). The League of Nations, autonomy and collective security. London Review of International Law, 8(1), 89–120. https://doi.org/10.1093/lril/lraa010This article tests the assumption that in institutional and legal design the League of Nations was incapable of providing collective security. The lens through which this issue is scrutinised is the concept of institutional legal autonomy, in other w... Read More about The League of Nations, autonomy and collective security.
Jam Tomorrow?: Implications for United Nations Human Rights Liability of the United States Supreme Court's Judgment on Immunity (2020)
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White, N. (2020). Jam Tomorrow?: Implications for United Nations Human Rights Liability of the United States Supreme Court's Judgment on Immunity. Human Rights Law Review, 20(1), 189-204. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngaa010
Peacekeeping Doctrine: An Autonomous Legal Order? (2019)
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White, N. D. (2019). Peacekeeping Doctrine: An Autonomous Legal Order?. Nordic Journal of International Law, 88(1), 86-110. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718107-088010005This article explores the legal bases of autonomy in peacekeeping and whether it has developed to such an extent that there are signs of a self-referential legal order governing peacekeeping, separate from other legal orders. Given that it will be sh... Read More about Peacekeeping Doctrine: An Autonomous Legal Order?.
Ending the US embargo of Cuba: international law in dispute (2018)
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White, N. D. (2018). Ending the US embargo of Cuba: international law in dispute. Journal of Latin American Studies, 51(1), 163-186. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X18000718The announcement by Presidents Obama and Castro in December 2014 of a major step towards normalisation of inter-state relations was part of what is primarily a political process, but normalisation implies a return to peaceful inter-state relations ba... Read More about Ending the US embargo of Cuba: international law in dispute.
Blurring public and private security in Indonesia: corporate interests and human rights in a fragile environment (2018)
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White, N. D., Footer, M. E., Senior, K., Dorp, M. V., Kiezebrink, V., Wasi Gede Puraka, Y., & Anzas, A. (2018). Blurring public and private security in Indonesia: corporate interests and human rights in a fragile environment. Netherlands International Law Review, 65(2), 217-252. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40802-018-0107-8While legal and policy frameworks are based on a clear distinction between public and private security actors and functions, the reality on the ground in Indonesia reveals that there is a high level of corporate capture of public security services, i... Read More about Blurring public and private security in Indonesia: corporate interests and human rights in a fragile environment.
Regulation of the private military and security sector: is the UK fulfilling its human rights duties? (2016)
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White, N. D. (2016). Regulation of the private military and security sector: is the UK fulfilling its human rights duties?. Human Rights Law Review, 16(3), 585-599. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngw019