Defence and the UK Constitution
(2025)
Book
White, N. D. Defence and the UK Constitution. Haus Publishing
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Operational Lawmaking within the UN: The Origins of the Legal Framework for Peacekeeping (2025)
Book Chapter
Marqeshi, G., & White, N. D. (2025). Operational Lawmaking within the UN: The Origins of the Legal Framework for Peacekeeping. In R. Lawson, & R. A. Wessel (Eds.), Unity in Diversity: Perspectives on the Law of International Organizations (57-73). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004699939_006
Military justice and the punishment of atrocity crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq (2024)
Book Chapter
White, N. D. (2024). Military justice and the punishment of atrocity crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq. In R. Mulgrew, & M. J. Christensen (Eds.), Research Handbook on the Punishment of Atrocity Crimes (387-406). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035312917.00028The adjective ‘atrocity' reflects the uniqueness of atrocity crimes and their separateness from normal criminal conduct. This chapter examines the distinction between ‘ordinary' crimes and ‘atrocity crimes' to provide a critical framework for the eva... Read More about Military justice and the punishment of atrocity crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Countermeasures and sanctions (2024)
Book Chapter
White, N. D. (2024). Countermeasures and sanctions. In M. Evans (Ed.), International Law (521-547). Oxford University Press (OUP)The issue of enforcement by means of non-forcible measures is one of the least developed areas of international law. Two legal regimes are relatively clear—non- forcible countermeasures taken by States (countermeasures) and non-forcible measures take... Read More about Countermeasures and sanctions.
Strengthening democratic control of UK war powers in an age of remote and hybrid warfare: Policy brief (2024)
Report
White, N. D. (2024). Strengthening democratic control of UK war powers in an age of remote and hybrid warfare: Policy brief. Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights
The Security Council and Impartiality in the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes (2023)
Book Chapter
White, N. D. (2023). The Security Council and Impartiality in the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes. In R. Buchan, D. Francini, & N. Tsagourias (Eds.), The Changing Character of International Dispute Settlement: Challenges and Prospects (317-343). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009076296.018In this chapter, Nigel White assesses the contribution of the UN’s collective security system to the settlement of international disputes. This chapter tests the assumption that impartial law-based dispute settlement by the Security Council is neithe... Read More about The Security Council and Impartiality in the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes.
Advanced Introduction to International Conflict and Security Law (2023)
Book
White, N. (2023). Advanced Introduction to International Conflict and Security Law. (2nd edition). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781007426This updated and revised second edition of Advanced Introduction to International Conflict and Security Law provides a concise and insightful guide to the key principles of international law governing peacetime security, arms control, the use of forc... Read More about Advanced Introduction to International Conflict and Security Law.
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
The position of the European security architecture within the international legal order (2023)
Journal Article
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.
Military Justice: The Rights and Duties of Soldiers and Government (2022)
Book
White, N. D. (2022). Military Justice: The Rights and Duties of Soldiers and Government. Edward Elgar Publishing
Shades of Grey: Autonomous Sanctions in the International Legal Order (2021)
Book Chapter
White, N. D. (2021). Shades of Grey: Autonomous Sanctions in the International Legal Order. In S. P. Subedi (Ed.), Unilateral sanctions in international law. Hart Publishing
The Security Council, Peace-making and Peace Settlement: Between Executive and Pragmatic (2021)
Book Chapter
White, N. D. (2021). The Security Council, Peace-making and Peace Settlement: Between Executive and Pragmatic. In M. Weller, M. Retter, & A. Varga (Eds.), International Law and Peace Settlements (237-263). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108627856While third states and international organisations often co-sign peace agreements in the capacity of witnesses or guarantors, little is understood of the legal consequences flowing from these roles. The chapter aims to fill this gap. First, it highli... Read More about The Security Council, Peace-making and Peace Settlement: Between Executive and Pragmatic.
In Search of Due Diligence Obligations in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Identifying Standards for Accountability (2020)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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
Understanding nuclear deterrence within the international constitutional architecture (2019)
Book Chapter
White, N. D. (2019). Understanding nuclear deterrence within the international constitutional architecture. In J. Black-Branch, & D. Fleck (Eds.), Nuclear Non-Proliferation in International Law - Volume V - Legal Challenges for Nuclear Security and Deterrence. T.M.C. Asser PressOnce they were created, and scientific knowledge spread, it has proved very difficult to remove nuclear weapons from the international security landscape. However, if the broader international constitutional architecture, which includes the UN Charte... Read More about Understanding nuclear deterrence within the international constitutional architecture.
Peacekeeping Doctrine: An Autonomous Legal Order? (2019)
Journal Article
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?.
Autonomous and collective sanctions in the international legal order (2018)
Book Chapter
White, N. D. (2018). Autonomous and collective sanctions in the international legal order. In Italian yearbook of international law 27 (2017). BrillThe UK government is currently proposing the enactment of a “Sanctions Act” upon the UK’s withdrawal from the EU in 2019, embodying a right to impose “autonomous sanctions” against other states and non-state actors, on the basis that the UK will no l... Read More about Autonomous and collective sanctions in the international legal order.
Treaties as 'living instruments' (2018)
Book Chapter
Moeckli, D., & White, N. D. (2018). Treaties as 'living instruments'. In M. J. Bowman (Ed.), Conceptual and Contextual Perspectives on the Modern Law of Treaties (136-171). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316179031.008