Cockayne, James
Senior Fellow (Non-Resident)
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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
- Doctorate in War Studies - King's College London
- Master of Laws - New York University
- Bachelor of Arts - University of Sydney
- Bachelor of Laws - University of Sydney
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
Professor James Cockayne is a consulting non-resident Senior Fellow to United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (CPR)’s Modern Slavery Programme and serves as Head of Secretariat for the Liechtenstein Initiative for Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST).
Professor Cockayne holds a concurrent appointment as Professor of Global Politics and Anti-Slavery at the University of Nottingham. He was Director of UNU-CPR from July 2018 to June 2020, and head of UNU’s Office in New York for five years prior to that. During that time his work with UNU-CPR included 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.
Professor 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.
Professor Cockayne 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.
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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
- Cockayne, James and Brubaker, Rebecca ed. Due Process in UN Targeted Sanctions 2019/11/21-22 Greentree Estate, Manhasset, New York. New York: United Nations University, 2020.
- 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.
- Gardner, Alison, Tackney, Megan, Erb, Nathaniel, Miller, Annie and Finger, Amanda (2019). Local Approaches to Modern Slavery. Delta 8.7 Symposia. United Nations University.
- Cockayne, James (2019). Unlocking Potential. United Nations University.
- Cockayne, James (2019). Innovation for Inclusion. Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Briefing Paper. 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 Oppermann, Julie (2018). Financial Sector Compliance to Address Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking. Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Secretariat Briefing Paper. United Nations University.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 and Roth, Amanda (2017). Preventing the Rise of Crooked States: How can development and stabilization policies prevent the criminalization of governance?. United Nations University.
- 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.
- (2015). UN DDR in an Era of Violent Extremism: Is It Fit for Purpose?. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.
- Cockayne, James and Dowds, Talitha (2015). Safeguarding the World’s Trust. 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.
- Walker, Summer and Cockayne, James (2015). Concept Note: Identifying Common Ground on Criminal Justice for UNGASS 2016. United Nations University.
- Cockayne, James and Panaccione, Kari (2015). Background Paper: Eradicating Modern Slavery: What Role for International Criminal Justice. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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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
- Delta 8.7 (Phase 2)