Background Readings: International Law of Global Security, Peace and Development 

The readings listed below contain legal and policy sources, as well as academic commentary on different aspects of the International Law of Global Security, Peace and Development programme. This a limited selection of suggested readings for prospective applicants and incoming students to familiarise themselves with the programme’s vision and content. 

Materials

• The Charter of the United Nations
• Report of the High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change: A More Secure World, UN Doc A/59/565 (2004)
• 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ UNGA Res 70/1, UN Doc A/RES/70/1 (21 October 2015)
• Our Common Agenda – Report of the Secretary-General (2021)

 

Publications

• Gleider Hernández. International Law(Oxford University Press 2022)
• Jan Klabbers. International Law(Cambridge University Press 2020)
• Robin Geiss & Nils Melzer (eds). The Oxford Handbook of the International Law of Global Security(Oxford University Press 2021)
• Gerd Oberleitner (ed). Research Handbook on International Law and Human Security(Edward Elgar 2022)
• Jonas Ebbession and Ellen Hey (eds). The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law (Cambridge University Press 2022)
• Cecilia Bailliet (ed) Research Handbook on International Law and Peace (Edward Elgar 2019)
• Christine Chinkin. Women, Peace and Security and International Law(Cambridge University Press 2022)
• Basak Cali. International Law for International Relations(Oxford University Press 2009)
• David Armstrong, Theo Farrell, Hélène Lambert (eds). International Law and International Relations (Cambridge University Press 2012)
• Eliav Lieblich. ‘How to do Research in International Law? A Basic Guide for Beginners’ (2021) 62 Harvard International Law Journal Online 42.
• Rossana Deplano and Nicholas Tsagourias (eds). Research Methods in International Law: A Handbook (Edward Elgar 2021).