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In Search of Due Diligence Obligations in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Identifying Standards for Accountability (2020)
Journal Article

It 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)
Journal Article

The “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?.

Jam Tomorrow?: Implications for United Nations Human Rights Liability of the United States Supreme Court's Judgment on Immunity (2020)
Journal Article

The League of Nations, autonomy and collective security (2020)
Journal Article

This 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.