Cockayne, James
Director
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- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-CPR
- E-MAIL:
- cockayne@unu.edu
- NATIONALITY:
- Australian
Research Interests
- Drug Policy
- Global governance
- Human trafficking
- International Criminal Justice
- Modern Slavery
- Organized Crime
- Private security
- Strategy of non-state armed groups
- United Nations system
Education
- (2015): PhD, War Studies, King's College London, UK
- (2005): LLM, New York University, New York City, USA (2005). Hauser Scholar.
- (2000): BA (Hons I), University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. University Medallist in government and public administration
Appointments
- (2019) Advisory Board of the Journal of Modern Slavery
- (2014-2016) Director, then Vice-Chair International Legal Foundation
- (2013-present) Member, Global Initiative on Transnational Organized Crime
- (2013) Civil society member, Multi-stakeholder Group establishing the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers
- (2013) Adjunct Lecturer, Columbia University, New York City, USA
- (2006-2007) Chair, Editorial Committee, Journal of International Criminal Justice, New York City, USA
- (2005-2008) Member, Editorial Committee, Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, Boston, USA
Biographical Statement
Dr James Cockayne is Director of United Nations University Centre for Policy Research. Serving with UNU since 2013, he has overseen the revitalization of the University’s presence in New York from a single-person office to a thinktank of over 20 people.
James directs UNU’s Modern Slavery Programme, which includes Delta 8.7, a global knowledge platform; Code 8.7, focused on using artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle modern slavery; and the secretariat of the Liechtenstein Initiative for Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking.
Other notable policy research initiatives he has lead at CPR include the formulation of the Code of Ethics that now binds the President of the UN General Assembly; advice to senior UN leaders on digital privacy, internet governance and cybserecurity; rethinking global drugs policy; and work with the UN Security Council on due process in targeted sanctions. He is a noted authority on organized crime and global governance.
Dr Cockayne previously served as Senior Fellow at the International Peace Institute; Co-Director of the Centre for Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation; Principal Legal Officer in the Australian Attorney-General’s Department; and worked in war crimes trials and counter-terrorism capacity-building in Africa.James is a member of the Advisory Board of the Journal of Modern Slavery, and was previously Chair of the Editorial Committee of the Journal of International Criminal Justice.He is the author of Hidden Power: The Strategic Logic of Organized Crime (Oxford University Press, 2016). James was awarded a PhD in War Studies from King’s College London, an LLM at New York University and the University Medal in Government and Public Administration during LLB and BA degrees at the University of Sydney. -
Articles
- Cockayne, James and Oppermann, Julie (2017). Can we sustain peace by fighting human trafficking in conflict? Lessons from Libya. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, n/a-n/a
- Cockayne, James (2016). Women are Being Traded as Slaves on WhatsApp – Here’s How the UN Can Act. The Conversation, n/a-n/a
- Cockayne, James (2016). Is Unbridled Globalization Creating Mafia States?. The Global Observatory, n/a-n/a
- Cockayne, James (2016). There are 45.8 million people in slavery today. Where is the ICC?. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, n/a-n/a
- Cockayne, James (2016). The Hardest Job Interview in the World?. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, n/a-n/a
- Cockayne, James (2015). How the UN Made FIFA Look Well Governed – and What the UN Can Do About It. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, n/a-n/a
Books
- UN DDR in an Era of Violent Extremism: Is It Fit for Purpose?, ed. Cockayne, James and O',Neil, Siobhan (Online: United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, 2015).
- UN DDR in an Era of Violent Extremism: Is It Fit for Purpose?, ed. Cockayne, James and O',Neil, Siobhan (Online: United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, 2015).
Conference Publications
- Cockayne, James, Preventing Tomorrow's Conflicts: Final Report from a Speaker Series within the context of United Nations discussions on Sustaining Peace Preventing Tomorrow’s Conflicts, New York, 2018/04/18.
- Cockayne, James and Walker, Summer, Fighting Human Trafficking in Conflict: 10 Ideas for Action by the United Nations Security Council Fighting Human Trafficking in Conflict, New Canaan, 2016/06/30-07/01.
Conference Proceedings
- Landman, Todd, Trodd, Zoe, Darnton, Hannah, Durgana, Davina, Moote, Kilian, Jones, Paul, Setter, Chloe, Bliss, Nadya, Powell, Sharlena and Cockayne, James ed. Code 8.7: Conference Report 2019/02/19-20 New York. New York: United Nations University, 2019.
Reports
- Cockayne, James, Gleason, Kelly A., Diego-Rossell, Pablo, Stewart, Shannon, Gauer Bermudez, Laura, Joudo Larsen, Jacqueline and Silverman, Bernard W (2019). Modelling Modern Slavery Risk. Delta 8.7 Symposia. United Nations University.
- Cockayne, James (2019). Unlocking Potential. United Nations University.
- Gardner, Alison, Tackney, Megan, Erb, Nathaniel, Miller, Annie and Finger, Amanda (2019). Local Approaches to Modern Slavery. Delta 8.7 Symposia. United Nations University.
- Gleason, Kelly A. and Cockayne, James (2018). Official Development Assistance and SDG Target 8.7. United Nations University.
- Cockayne, James, Brubaker, Rebecca and Jayakody, Nadeshda (2018). Fairly Clear Risks: Protecting UN sanctions’ legitimacy and effectiveness through fair and clear procedures. United Nations University.
- Cockayne, James and Roth, Amanda (2017). Preventing the Rise of Crooked States: How can development and stabilization policies prevent the criminalization of governance?. United Nations University.
- Cockayne, James, de Boer, John and Bosetti, Louise (2017). Going Straight: Criminal Spoilers, Gang Truces and Negotiated Transitions to Lawful Order. Crime-Conflict Nexus Series. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.
- Cockayne, James and Roth, Amanda (2017). Crooked States: How organized crime and corruption will impact governance in 2050 and what states can – and should – do about it now. United Nations University.
- von Einsiedel, Sebastian, Bosetti, Louise, Cockayne, James, Salih, Cale and Wan, Wilfred (2017). Civil War Trends and the Changing Nature of Armed Conflict. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.
- Cockayne, James, Bosetti, Louise and Hussain, Nazia (2017). Preventing Urban Conflict: A Thematic Paper for the United Nations-World Bank Study on Conflict Prevention. Conflict Prevention Series. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.
- von Einsiedel, Sebastian, Bosetti, Louise, Chandran, Rahul, Cockayne, James, de Boer, John and Wan, Wilfred (2016). Major Recent Trends in Violent Conflict. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.
- Bosetti, Louise, Cockayne, James and de Boer, John (2016). Crime-Proofing Conflict Prevention, Management, and Peacebuilding: A Review of Emerging Good Practice. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.
- Walker, Summer and Cockayne, James (2015). Concept Note: Identifying Common Ground on Criminal Justice for UNGASS 2016. United Nations University.
- (2015). UN DDR in an Era of Violent Extremism: Is It Fit for Purpose?. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.
- Walker, Summer and Cockayne, James (2015). Concept Note: Identifying Common Ground on Development for UNGASS 2016. United Nations University.
- Cockayne, James and Walker, Summer (2015). What Comes after the War on Drugs – Flexibility, Fragmentation or Principled Pluralism?. United Nations University.
- Walker, Summer and Cockayne, James (2015). Concept Note for Identifying Common Ground on Public Health. United Nations University.
- Cockayne, James and Dowds, Talitha (2015). Safeguarding the World’s Trust. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.
- Cockayne, James and Panaccione, Kari (2015). Background Paper: Eradicating Modern Slavery: What Role for International Criminal Justice. United Nations University.
- Cockayne, James (2014). The UN Security Council and Organized Criminal Activity: Experiments in International Law Enforcement. United Nations University Working Paper Series. United Nations University.
- von Einsiedel, Sebastian, Bosetti, Louise, Chandran, Rahul, Cockayne, James, de Boer, John and Wan, Wilfred (2014). Major Recent Trends in Violent Conflict. Occasional Paper. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.
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- Strengthening the Multilateral Response to Modern Slavery
- Demobilizing and Disengaging Violent Extremists
- Crime-Proofing Peace-Making: Identifying Good Practice
- Measuring the Impacts of Security Interventions
- Identifying Common Ground for UNGASS 2016
- Children and Extreme Violence (CEV)
- Fighting Human Trafficking in Conflict
- Disrupting Slavery Finance
- UNU’s Chairmanship of the GMG 2017
- Alliance 8.7 – Conflict & Humanitarian
- Organized Crime – Global Strategic Trends
- Fixing Sanctions
- Alliance 8.7 Knowledge Platform
- Support to the UN-World Bank study on Preventing Violent Conflict
- Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
- Addressing Tomorrow’s Slavery Today
- Develop 8.7
- Due Process in UN Targeted Sanctions – Old Challenges, New Approaches
- Delta 8.7 (Phase 2)