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The position of the European security architecture within the international legal order (2023)
Journal Article
With 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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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?.
The League of Nations, autonomy and collective security (2020)
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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.
Peacekeeping Doctrine: An Autonomous Legal Order? (2019)
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This 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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The 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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While 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.
The Joint Committee, drone strikes and self-defence: caught in no-man's land? (2016)
Journal Article
Peacekeeping, private security and international human rights law: a review of UN policies (2014)
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The un is used to ‘outsourcing’ or ‘contracting out’ its peacekeeping functions but, traditionally, this has been to states willing to contribute troops to an operation under overall un command and control. This model itself has created tensions betw... Read More about Peacekeeping, private security and international human rights law: a review of UN policies.
Due diligence obligations of conduct: developing a responsibility regime for PMSCs (2012)
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As non-state actors, PMSCs are not embraced by traditional state-dominated doctrines of international law. However, international law has itself failed to keep pace with the evolution of states and state-based actors, to which strong Westphalian noti... Read More about Due diligence obligations of conduct: developing a responsibility regime for PMSCs.
Libya and lessons from Iraq: international law and the use of force by the United Kingdom (2011)
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Those countries, including the United Kingdom, using force in Libya in 2011 have taken much greater care to ensure that their actions are underpinned by legality. This suggests a return to respect for the jus ad bellum, but as the operation against L... Read More about Libya and lessons from Iraq: international law and the use of force by the United Kingdom.
International law, the United Kingdom and decisions to deploy troops abroad (2010)
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Examines the role that international law plays in UK institutions of government when considering the deployment of armed forces to conflict and post-conflict zones. This is put into the context of the debate in the UK about the introduction of a War... Read More about International law, the United Kingdom and decisions to deploy troops abroad.
"Defending humanity: when force is justified and why", by George P Fletcher and Jens Ohlin (2009)
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A critical review of the work of Fletcher and Ohlin in which they argue for a reconceptualization of self-defence in international law.
The ties that bind: the EU, the UN and international law (2006)
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The will and authority of the Security Council after Iraq (2004)
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