Books
Research Methods in Constitutional Law: A Handbook (Edward Elgar, 2024) (Co-edited with David Law).
Disability Social Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2024) (Edited with Michael Stein) Sample Chapter
International Lawfare and Sexual and Reproductive Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2024) – Edited with Siri Gloppen, Chapter 1 Chapter 6
Oxford Handbook on Economic and Social Rights (Oxford University Press, 2022) (Co-edited with K. Young). PDF
The Legitimacy of Investment Treaty Arbitration: Empirical Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 2022) (Co-edited with D. Behn and O.K. Fauchald). Website
Limits of the Legal Complex: Nordic Lawyers and Political Liberalism (Oxford University Press, 2021) - Edited with Malcolm Feeley Website
Adjudicating Trade and Investment Disputes: Convergence or Divergence? Cambridge University Press (2020) - Co-edited with S. Gáspár Szilágyi and D. Behn. Website
Children's Rights in Norway: An Implementation Paradox? (Universitetsforlaget, 2019) (Edited with M. Skivenes, K. Søvig) Open Access
The Human Right to Water: Theory, Practice and Prospects (Cambridge University Press, 2017) (Edited with A. Russell) Contents
Social Rights Judgments and the Politics of Compliance: Making it Stick (Cambridge University Press, 2017) (Edited with C. Rodriguez and J. Rossi) Website Book Review Book Review - Spanish
The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Commentary (Pretoria: Pretoria University Law Press, 2016) PDF
Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa: Symbols or Substance? (Cambridge University Press, 2014) (Edited with B. Cousins, J. Dugard and T. Madlingozi): Website Ch. 7
Millennium Development Goals and Human Rights: Past, Present and Future (Cambridge University Press, 2013) (Edited with A. Sumner and A. Yamin): Website
Teoría y jurisprudencia de los derechos sociales: Tendencias incipientes en el derecho internacional y comparado (Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes and Siglo del Hombre Editores, 2013). (Spanish translation of Social Rights Jurisprudence with some updates).
Global Justice, State Duties: The Extra-Territorial Scope of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2013) (Edited with M. Scheinin, W. Vandenhole and W. Van Genugten) Website Introduction
Social Rights Jurisprudence: Emerging Trends in International and Comparative Law (Cambridge University Press, 2008). pp. 704 (Editor), Author of Introduction - Excerpt, Introduction, Hungary and CESCR Chapters: Book Website, Reviews - EHRLR HHRJ
Litigating Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Legal Practitioners' Dossier (Geneva: COHRE, 2006), pp. 301 (with Aoife Nolan) PDF
Road to a Remedy: Current Issues in Litigation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (AHRC and University of NSW Press, 2005) (Co-editor with B. Thiele and J. Squires), Wrote Introduction and Chapter 7: Judging Resource Availability PDF
Guest Editor - Special Journal Issues
The investor-state dispute settlement reform process, in Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Vol 14, No. 2 (2023), Overview (with Julian Arato and Kathleen Claussen)
UNCITRAL and Investment Arbitration Reform: Matching Concerns and Solutions, in Journal of World Investment and Trade, Vol. 21 (2020) (with Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Daniel Behn and Michele Potesta). Website
Reforming International Investment Arbitration, in Law and Practice of International Courts, Vol 18 (2019) (with Chiara Giorgetti, Laura Létourneau-Tremblay and Daniel Behn). Website
Quantifying Human Rights, in Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 30, No. 3 (2012), pp. 222-400 (with S. Fukuda-Parr). PDF
The Optional Protocol to the ICESCR: Perspectives on a New International Complaint and Inquiry Procedure, in Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 27, No. 1 (2009) PDF
Journal Articles
'The Computational Turn in International Law', Nordic Journal of International Law 93 (2024): 38-67 – with R. Lie. PDF
'An Unlikely Rights Revolution: Legal Mobilization in Scandinavia since the 1970s', Nordic Journal of Human Rights 42(1) (2024): 11-31 – with Johan Karlsson K. Schaffer and Mikael Madsen. PDF
‘The Quadrilemma: Appointing Adjudicators in Future Investor-State Dispute Settlement’, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Vol 14, No. 2 (2023), PDF - with Daniel Behn, and Maria Chiara Malaguti.
The investor-state dispute settlement reform process: design, dilemmas and discontents, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Vol 14, No. 2 (2023), PDF - with Julian Arato and Kathleen Claussen.
'Democracy and public goods revisited: Local institutions, development, and access to water', The British Journal of Politics and International Relations January 2022 - with R. Schiel, B. Wilson & C. Faulkner PDF.
'The GDPR and unstructured data: is anonymization possible?', International Data Privacy Law (2022) - with E. Weitzenboeck, P. Lison & M. Cyndecka PDF.
'Damages and ISDS Reform: Between Procedure and Substance', Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Vol 12, No. 4 (2022) - with J. Bonnitcha, Alvarez-Zarate M; D. Behn. PDF
'The Rise of Electoral Management Bodies: Diffusion and Effects', Asian Journal of Comparative Law, 16(S1) (2021), S60-S84 - with R. Schiel & B. Wilson PDF.
'"Gammelt nytt" om militæraktivisme og fredsaktivisme i nye klær', Internasjonal Politikk Vol. 7, No. 2 (2021), pp. 177-181. PDF
'The impact of public interest litigation: the case of socio-economic rights', Australian Journal of Human Rights Vo. 27, No. 2. (2021). PDF
'The determinants of access to sanitation: The role of human rights and the challenges of measurement', Water, Vol. 13., No. 12 (2021), pp. 1-17 - with R. Schiel and B. Wilson. PDF
'Teacher’s Agency and Online Teaching in Times of Crisis', Computers in Human Behavior, Vol 121, August 2021 PDF.
'Militæraktivisme brandet som fredsaktivisme? Norges kampanje for en plass i FNs sikkerhetsråd', Internasjonal Politikk, Vol 78, No. 3, pp. 397-410 (with Sigrun Moss). PDF
'Ground-Breaking? An Empirical Assessment of the Draft Business and Human Rights Treaty', American Journal of International Law (AJIL) - Unbound, Vol. 114 (2020), pp. 179-185. PDF
'UNCITRAL and Investment Arbitration Reform: Matching Concerns and Solutions', Journal of World Investment & Trade, Vol. 21, Nos. 2-3 (2020), pp. 167-187 - with Michele Potestà, G. Kaufmann-Kohler and D. Behn. PDF
'Empirical Perspectives on Investment Arbitration: What Do We Know? Does It Matter?', Journal of World Investment & Trade, Vol. 21, Nos. 2-3 (2020). pp. 188-250 - with D. Behn and L. Letourneau-Tremblay. PDF
'Duration of Investor-State Dispute Settlement Proceedings', Journal of World Investment & Trade, Vol. 21, Nos. 2-3 (2020). pp. 300-335 - with J.M. Álvarez Zárate, C. Baltag, D. Behn, J. Bonnitcha, A. De Luca, H. Hestermeyer, L. Mistelis, C. López Rodríguez, G. Shaffer, and S. Weber. PDF.
'Taming the Digital Leviathan: Automated Decision-Making and International Human Rights', American Journal of International Law (AJIL) - Unbound, Vol. 114 (2020), pp. 141-146. PDF
'Does it Matter? Constitutionalisation, Democratic Governance, and the Right to Water', Water, Vol. 12. pp. 350-** - with R. Schiel and B. Wilson. PDF
'Reforming International Investment Arbitration-An Introduction', Law and Practice of International Courts, Vol 18 (2019), 303-313 (with Chiara Giorgetti, Laura Létourneau-Tremblay and Daniel Behn). PDF
'Norway’s Constitution in a Comparative Perspective', Oslo Law Review (2019), Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 198-228 PDF (with B.K. Berge)
'Fra Internasjonalisering til Mangfold', Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift (2019), pp. 85-93 (with Mariel Aguilar-Støen, Andreas Carlson, Lena Gross and Giuliano D'Amico). PDF
'Critiques of Human Rights', Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 14 (2018), pp. 69-89. PDF
'The Commitment Curve: Global Regulation of Business and Human Rights', Journal of Business and Human Rights, Vol. 3. No. 2 (2018), pp. 157-185 - with T. Kirkebø PDF
‘Managing Backlash: The Evolving Investment Arbitrator?’, European Journal of International Law, Vol 29, No. 2 (2018), pp. 551-580 – with D. Behn. PDF
'Poor States or Poor Governance? Explaining Outcomes in Investment Treaty Arbitration', Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business, Vol. 38, No.3 (2018) - with Daniel Behn and Tarald Berge. PDF
‘The Revolving Door in International Investment Arbitration’, Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 20, No.2 (2017), pp. 301-332 – with Daniel Behn and Runar Lie. PDF
‘Trumping the Environment? An Empirical Perspective on Investment Treaty Arbitration’, World Journal of Investment and Trade, 18(1) (2017), 16-61 - with D. Behn. PDF
'Lost in Transformation? The Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals', Ethics and International Affairs, Vol. 30, No. 2 (2016), 167-176. PDF PDF
‘Rights, Development and Critical Modernity’, Development and Change Vol. 46, No. 4 (2015), 777-802 PDF.
'Why Judicial Review?', Oslo Law Review, Vol. 2, No.1, 36-84 PDF
'The New Apologists: the International Court of Justice and Human Rights', Retfærd, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 49-78.
'Muddying the Water? Assessing Target-Based Approaches in Development Cooperation for Water and Sanitation', Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Vol. 15, Nos. 2-3 (2014), pp. 247-260. PDF
'The Turn to Metrics', Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 30, No. 3 (2012), pp. 222-238 (with S. Fukuda-Parr). PDF
`Art or Science? Synthesising Lessons from Public Interest Litigation and the Dangers of Legal Determinism`, South African Journal on Human Rights Vol. 27, (2011), pp. 39-64 (with Jackie Dugard) PDF
'Between Demos and Ethnos: The Nepal Constitution and Indigenous Rights', International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, Vol. 18, No. 2 (2011) (with Peris Jones). PDF
'Constitutional Rights and Social Exclusion in Nepal', International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, Vol. 18, No. 2 (2011) (with Ananda Bhatterai). PDF
‘Å leve er også å bo: Norske boutgifter – i overensstemmelse med retten til bolig?”, Kritisk Juss, No. 2 (2011) (with Johannes Nilsen). PDF
'The New Kid on the Block: A Complaints Procedure for the Convention on the Rights of the Child', Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Volume 28, No. 3 (2010). PDF
'A Poverty of Rights: Six Ways to Fix the MDGs', IDS Bulletin, Vol. 41, No. 1 (2010), pp. 83-91 PDF
- Reprinted in M. Grodin, D. Tarantola, G. Annas, and S. Gruskin (eds.), Health and human rights in a changing world, Routledge, London, 2013, 179-190.
'Right, Remedy or Rhetoric? Land Restitution in International Law', Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2010). PDF
'Domestic Adjudication of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Socio-Legal Survey', SUR -International Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 11 (2009) PDF
- Reprinted in O. De Schutter (ed.), Economic, Social And Cultural Rights as Human Rights, Edward Elgar Publishing 2013, chapter 4.
‘Poverty in Developed States: International Human Rights Law and the Right to a Remedy’, German Yearbook of International Law (2009), pp. 251-289.
'Closing the Gap? An Introduction to the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights', Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 27, No. 1 (2009), pp. 1-28. PDF
'Evolution or Revolution? Extrapolating from the Experience of the Human Rights Committee', Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Volume 27, No. 1 (2009), pp. 97-113. (with Martin Scheinin) PDF
Crossfire: There is no Human Right to Water for Livelihoods: A Debate with Melvin Woodhouse', Waterlines, Vol. 28, No. 1 (2009), pp. 5-12. PDF
‘The Path of Least Resistance: Expropriation and Eviction’, Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives, No. 1 (2008), pp. 32-45. PDF
'Global Precedent or 'Reasonable no More'? The Mazibuko Case', Journal of Water Law, October (2008), p. 73-78. PDF
'Beyond formalisation: The role of civil society in reclaiming the legal empowerment agenda', Legal Empowerment - A Way Out of Poverty, No. 4 (2007)
‘Ambition that overleaps itself? A Response to Stephen Tully’s ‘Critique’ of the General Comment on the Right to Water’, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, Vol. 26, No. 3 (2006), pp. 433-459. PDF
'Expectation of Plenty: Response to Stephen Tully', Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, Vol. 26, No. 3 (2006), pp. 473-479. PDF
'The UN Concept of the Right to Water: New Paradigm for Old Problems?', International Journal of Water Resources Development, Vol. 21, No. 2 (2005), pp. 273-282. PDF
‘Nonsense upon Stilts: East Timor and the International Court of Justice’, Australian Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 3 (1996), pp. 141-151 (with J Delaney).
‘The Gender Wage Gap in the 1990's’, Australian Economic Papers, Vol. 34 (1995), pp. 62-85. PDF
Review Essays and Book Reviews
Review of Human Rights, Corporate Complicity and Disinvestment, edited by G. Nystuen, A. Føllesdal and O. Mestad (Cambridge University Press, 2011), Modern Law Review , Vol. 75, No. 6 (2012), pp. 1178-1182. PDF
Keeping Up with the Fashion: Human Rights and Global Public Goods, International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, Vol. 16, No. 1 (2009), pp. 165-178. PDF
Book Chapters
‘Mixed Methods in Human Rights' in B.A. Andreassen, H.O. Sano and C. Methven O'Brien (eds.), Research Methods in Human Rights, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2024, ch. 19 PDF.
'The Changing Sociology of the Investment Arbitration Market: The Case of Double Hatting', in C. Bull, C. Partasides, & L. Malintoppi, Arbitration's Age of Enlightenment? (Bill, 2023), 591-622. PDF.
'Branding the Nordic model of prostitution policy' in H. Byrkjeflot, L. Mjøset, M. Mordhorst, K. Petersen (eds.), The Making and Circulation of Nordic Models, Ideas and Images (Routledge, 2022), pp. 165-191 - with May-Len Skilbrei. PDF
'The West and the Rest: Geographic Diversity and the Role of Arbitrator Nationality in Investment Arbitration', in D. Behn, OK. Fauchald and M. Langford (eds.), The Legitimacy of Investment Arbitration: Empirical Perspectives (Cambridge University Press; 2022), 283-314 – with D. Behn and M. Usynin. PDF
'Alston and Artificial Intelligence', in N. Bhuta, F. Hoffmann, S. Knuckey, F. Mégret, and M. Satterthwaite (eds.) The Struggle for Human Rights: Essays in honour of Philip Alston (Oxford University Press, 2021), ch. 14.
'Evidence-Guided Reform: Surveying the Empirical Research on Arbitrator Bias and Diversity in Investor-State Arbitration', in M. Elsig, R. Polanco, P. van der Bossche (eds.), International Economic Dispute Settlement: Demise or Transformation? (Cambridge University Press 2021), pp. 264-294 - with Daniel Behn, Laura Létourneau-Tremblay and Runar Lie. PDF
'Creating gender exceptionalism: The role of global indexes', in E. Larsen, I. Skelsbæk and S. Moss (eds.) Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region (Routledge, 2021) - with T. Kirkebø and H. Byrkjeflot PDF.
'Computational stylometry: predicting the authorship of investment arbitration awards', in R. Whalen, 'Computational Legal Studies: The Promise and Challenge of Data-Driven Research', (Edward Elgar, 2020), 53-76. - with D. Behn and R. Lie. PDF
'Economic and Social Rights', in D.S. Law, H. Lau, & A. Schwartz (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Constitutional Law in Asia (Oxford University Press, forthcoming), ch. 48 - with Evan Rosevar. PDF
'Regime Responsiveness', in S. Gáspár Szilágyi, D.Behn and M. Langford, Adjudicating Trade and Investment Disputes: Convergence or Divergence? (Cambridge University Press, 2020) - with C. Creamer and D. Behn. PDF.
'Judicial Politics and Social Rights', in Katherine Young, The Future of Economic and Social Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2019), 66-109. PDF Website
'The Worlds in Human Rights: Images or Mirages?', in Helge Jordheim and Erling Sandmo, Conceptualizing the World: An Exploration across Disciplines. (Berghahn Books 2019).
‘Backlash and State Strategies in International Investment Law’, in T. Gammeltoft-Hansen and T. Aalberts (eds.), The Changing Practices of International Law: Sovereignty, Law and Politics in a Globalising World, 2018 – with D. Behn and Ole K. Fauchald.
'The Human Right to Sanitation', in M. Langford and A. Russell (eds.), The Human Right to Water: Theory, Practice and Prospects (Cambridge University Press, 2017), 345-395 PDF.
‘A Global Public Good? An Empirical Perspective on International Investment Law and Arbitration’, in ESIL Annual Conference Volume 2017, (Under review), med Daniel Behn and Ole Kristian Fauchald. PDF
‘Same-Sex Marriage in Polarised Times: Revisiting Joslin v New Zealand’, in E. Brems and E. Desmet (eds.), Rewriting Integrated Human Rights, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2017.
‘Interdisciplinarity and Multimethodism’, in B.A. Andreassen, H.O. Sano and S. McIerney-Lankford (eds.), Human Rights Research Methods, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2017, 161-191. PDF
’Socio-Economic Rights: Between Essentialism and Egalitarianism’, in R. Maliks & J. K. Schaffer (eds.), Moral and political conceptions of human rights: Implications for theory and practice, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017. PDF
‘The Norwegian Welfare State and Social Rights’, in T. Kotkas and K. Veitch, Social Rights and the Welfare State: Origins and Transformations, Routledge, London, 2017 Ch. 3.
’Poverty and Law: A Comparative Perspective’, in A. Durbach, B. Edgeworth, V. Sentas, eds., (2016), Law and Poverty in Australia: 40 Years after the Sackville Report, Federation Press, Sydney, ch. 4.
‘The View from Elsewhere: Scandinavian Penal Practices and International Critique’, in P.S. Smith, T. Ugelvik (eds.), Scandinavian Penal History, Culture and Prison Practice, Palgrave MacMillan, 2017 - with JK Schaffer, A.D. Fisher and F. Pareus.
'Muddying the Water? Assessing Target-based Approaches in Development Cooperation for Water and Sanitation', in Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Alicia Yamin (eds.), The MDGs, Capabilities and Human Rights: The power of numbers to shape agendas (London: Routledge, 2015) - with Inga Winkler.
'The Justiciability of Social and Economic Rights' in Challenges in International Human Rights Law (Ashgate, 2014).
'Judicial Review in National Courts: Recognition and Responsiveness', in E. Riedel, G. Giacca and C. Golay (eds.), Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in International Law: Contemporary Issues and Challenges (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), Ch. 15.
'Moral theory, international law and global justice', in M. Langford, M. Scheinin, W. Vandenhole and W. Van Genugten (eds.) Global Justice, State Duties: The Extra-Territorial Scope of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 419-444 (edited with M. Darrow) PDF
'South Africa: From Struggle to Idealism and Back Again', in B. Andreassen and G. Crawford (ed.), Human Rights, Power and Non-Governmental Action: Comparative analyses of rights-based approaches and civic struggles in development contexts (London: Routledge, 2013), Ch. 4 (with B. Derman, T. Madligonzi, K. Moyo, J. Dugard, A.Hellum and S. Shirinda).
'De justiciabilité des droits sociaux: une analyse socio-juridique', in D. Roman (eds.), La justiciabilité des droits sociaux: Vecteurs et résistances
(Editions A. Pedone, 2012).
“The Right to Water”, in S. Woolman, M. Bishop and J. Brickhall, Constitutional Law of South Africa (Juta/UCT Press, 2011) (Coauthored with R. Stacey and D. Chirwa).
'Cosmopolitan Competition: The Case of International Investment', in Katja Aas and Cecilia Bailliet, Cosmopolitan and its Discontents (London: Routledge, 2011). PDF
'Social Security and Children: Testing the Boundaires of Human Rights and Economics', in Stephen Marks, Bård Anders Andrassen and Arjun Sengupta, Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right: Economic Perspectives (Paris: UNESCO Publishing, 2009), pp. 193-217. PDF
'A Sort of Homecoming: Extra-Territorial Obligationss and the Right to Housing' in Mark Gibney and Sigrun Skogly, Universal Human RIghts Obligations (Pennsylvania University Press, 2010) Website
Expropriation and Eviction: Grassroots and Human Rights Perspectives on compulsory Acquisition', in Compulsory Purchase and Compensation in Land Acquisition and Takings (Espoo: Publication B123 in Real Estate Studies and Economic Law, Helsinki University of Technology, 2008), pp. 174-194
‘Los derochos humanos y la crisis mundiales del agua: de la ley a la práctica', in M. Mancisidor (ed.), El derecho humano al agua: situación y retos de futuro (Barcelona: Icaria, 2008), pp. 55-81.
‘The Right to Social Security and Implications for Law, Policy and Practice’ in Eibe Riedel (ed.) Social Security as a Human Right: Drafting a General comment on Article 9 ICESCR – Some challenges (Berlin: SpringerVerlag, 2007), pp. 29-53. PDF
'Tragedy or Triumph of the Commons: Human Rights and the World Water Crises', Human Rights 2006: The Year in Review (Melbourne: Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, University of Monash, 2007), pp. 9-39.
The Justiciability of Social and Economic Rights: An Updated Appraisal (Belfast: Committee on the Administration of Justice, 2007) and Working Paper No. 14, Centre for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University (with Bruce Porter and Aoife Nolan) PDF.
'The Right to Water in National Law: A Review', in Eibe Riedel (ed.), The Human Rights to Water (Berlin: Berliner WissenschaftsVerlag, 2006), pp. 115-126.
'El derecho humano al agua', in El derocho humano al agua en Mexico, Centroamerica y en al Caribe - Visiones versus Realidades (Berlin: Heinrich Bell Foundation, 2006) (with Ashfaq Khalfan).
'Right to Water', in Matthew Chaskalson, Janet Kentridge, Jonathan Klaaren, Gilbert Marcus, Derk Splitz and Stuart Woolman (eds.), Constitutional Law of South Africa 2nd Ed. (Pretoria: Juta and Centre for Human Rights, 2005), pp. 56B1-28 (with Anton Kok)
'Right to Water in the South African Constitution', in Danie Brand and Christoph Heyns (eds.), Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa (Pretoria: Pretoria University Press, 2005), pp. 191-208 (with Anton Kok)
Working Papers
‘The Quadrilemma: Appointing Adjudicators in Future Investor-State Dispute Settlement’, Academic Forum on ISDS Concept Paper 2019/12, 13 October 2019 PDF - with Daniel Behn, and Maria Chiara Malaguti,
'Does Nationality Matter? Arbitral Background and Universality of the International Investment Regime', ESIL Annual Conference - Agora 10: Questioning Universality in International Regimes (with Daniel Behn and Maksim Usynin) PDF
Speech
Poor states or poor governance? Explaining Outcomes in Investment Treaty Arbitration, Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Amsterdam, June 2016 - with D. Behn and T. Berge PDF
Norwegian Lawyers and Political Mobilization: 1623-2015, presented at the Department for Public and International Law, University of Oslo, 12 January 2016 PDF.
The Nordic Human Rights Paradox: Moving Beyond Exceptionalism, with Johan Karlsson Schaffer. PDF
Compliance with the Convention Against Torture, with Aled DilwynFisher and Johan Karlsson Schaffer. PDF
A Distorted Metric: The MDGs, Human Rights and Maximum Available Resources, with Ed Anderson. PDF.
The Art of the Impossible: Measurement Choices and the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Background Paper for Governance and human rights: Criteria and measurement proposals for a post-2015 development agenda, OHCHR/UNDP Expert Consultation, New York, 13-14 November 2012 PDF
The Human Rights of Eastern European Roma in Norway, Presentation,Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, 17 December 2012. Powerpoint
Educating Everyone? Denial, Prejudice and the Reservoirs of Hate in the Wake of the Oslo Massacres, Keynote Speech, 2nd International Conference on Human Rights Education, 14-16 November 2011, Durban. (PDF forthcoming)
Reasonable or Risky? Norwegian Ratification of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Working Paper, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, 17 June 2011.
A Global Greencard? Putting Migration Back into Development, presented at Development Studies Association Conference, London, 4 November 2010 Abstract
A Complaints Procedure for the Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Commentary on the Second Draft, Working Paper, SERP, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, February 2011 (with Sevda Clark)
A Complaints Procedure for the Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Commentary on the Second Draft, Working Paper, SERP, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, December 2010 (with Sevda Clark) PDF
Refraction? The Constitutional-Regional Variable and the Domestic Effects of International Human Rights Treaties, presented at the Colloquium on the Domestic Consequences of Internaitonal Human Rights Treaty Ratification, New York University, 15-16 October 2010.
Right to Sanitation in Internaitonal Law, Working Paper, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/12/NI/7, presented at the UN Human Rights Council, 4 September 2009. PDF
Mining the Gap? Reconciling Human Rights and Bilateral Investment Arbitration - The Forresti Case, Presented at Bilateral Investment Treaties and Human Rights, Rights and Democracy, 19-20 March 2009 (with Khulekani Moyo).
Dignity in the Rubble: Forced Evictions and International Human Rights Law, COHRE Working Paper (2005). PDF
Indicators for the Right to Water: Concept Paper (Berlin: Heinrich Boell Foundation, Bread for the World and Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, 2005) (with Virginia Roaf and Ashfaq Khalfan).
Best Practice Disability Employment Policy, Working Paper, Eden Network, February 2000.
The World Market for Desiccated Coconut: A Philippines Perspective, Research Report No. 5, Australian Centre for Agricultural Research, Centre for Applied Economic Research, University of NSW, 1994.
Reports and Lectures
If you don't know, vote No-rway, The Voice Referendum in Australia, 12 October 2023. PDF
Climate Change in Courts: A Responsive Approach, Annual Lecture, Centre for Environmental Law, Macquarie University, 6 April 2023 PDF
Improving E-Justice in Croatia Technological Possibilities and Socio-Legal Constraints, Report commissioned by the Norwegian Court Administration in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and Administration, Croatia, April 2020 - with M. Hjort, M. Deichman-Sørensen, Ø. Kvalø, A. Stautland, and H. Westbye. PDF
Læringsanalyse – noen sentrale dilemmaer: Delrapport fra ekspertgruppen for digital læringsanalyse, Kunnskapsdepartement, June 2022 (Authored by Marte Blikstad-Balas, Monica Andreassen, Malcolm Langford, Barbara Wasson, Einar Duenger Bøhn, Eirin Oda Lauvset, Ann-Tove Eriksen, Michail Giannakos, Per Henning Uppstad and Hedda Birgitte Huse).
Læringsanalyse og kvalitet i utdanningene ved UiO: Forslag til personvernpolicy, June 2022 PDF. (Authored by Malcolm Langford, Marte Blikstad-Balas, Johann Andreas Bolle Bull-Berg, Jan Arild Dolonen, Roger Markgraf-Bye, Vilde Nenseth, Jørgen Hammer Skogan, Emily-Mary Weitzenboeck, and Lena Charlotte Finseth).
Criminalisation of Homelessness in Oslo: An Investigation (Oslo: Norwegian National Institution for Human Rights, 2015) PDF
Human Rights and the MDGs in Practice: A Review of Country Strategies and Reporting (Geneva: UN OHCHR, 2010)
Bilateral Investment Treaty Policy Framework Review - South Africa: Submission (LRC, CALS; NCHR, 2009), pp. 53 (with J. Maupin), PDF
Claiming the MDGS: A Human Rights Approach (Geneva: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2008), pp. 52. PDF
Water Services Fault Lines: An Assessment of South Africa’s Water and Sanitation Provision across 15 Municipalities (Johannesburg: Centre for Applied Legal Studies 2008) pp. 88 (with Kate Tissington, Marc Dettmann, Jackie Dugard and Sonkita Conteh).
Human Rights Report: South Africa, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Oslo, Five Reports, October 2007 - December 2009.
Kenyan-German development cooperation in the water sector: Assessment from a human rights perspective, on behalf of the GTZ cross-sectoral project “Realising Human Rights in Development Cooperation”, Eschborn, May 2007 (with Munguti Katui Katua, Ashfaq Khalfan, and Monika Lüke).
Beyond Formalisation: A land rights agenda for Norwegian development and foreign policy, The Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development, June 2007 (Editor).
Listening to the Poor: Housing Rights in Nairobi, Kenya (Geneva: COHRE, 2006), pp. 166
Slum Upgrading and Human Rights (Geneva: COHRE Kenya Housing Rights Project, 2005) (with Leslie Quitzow and Virginia Roaf).
Litigating Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Achievements, Challenges and Strategies (Geneva: Centre on Housing Rights & Evictions, 2003), pp.184.
Indigenous Deaths in Custody 1989-1996: A Report Prepared by the Office of the Aboriginal and Toerres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (Sydney: HREOC, 1996)
Parliamentary Submissions (Selected)
’Representantforslag fra stortingsrepresentant Bjørnar Moxnes om evaluering av Norges deltakelse i krigen i Syria og Irak’, Stortinget, 15 February 2022.
‘Høringssvar til representantforslag om å styrke undervisningskvaliteten for studenter under pandemien og følge opp studenters studieprogresjon og undervisningstilbud’, Stortinget.no, 16. mars 2022 – with Øystein Kolstad Kvalø.
‘Skriftlig innspill fra CELL på vegne av ledere av fem Sentre for framragende utdanning (SFU-er)’, Stortinget.no, 22 April 2021.
‘Strategi for digital omstilling i universitets- og høyskolesektoren 2021–2025’, Regjeringen.no, 22 August 2021 – with Øystein Kolstad Kvalø
Selected Media
‘Venstre vil ha mer satsing på bedre undervisning’, Khrono, 13. april 2022.
'Vi er ikke part i konflikten', VG, 13 March 2022 – with K. Skodvin and G. Ulfstein.
’Norge er ikke medkriger’, VG, 7 March 2022 – with K. Skodvin and G. Ulfstein.
'Russia Has Violated the Fundamental Rules of International Law. What Are the Consequences?' PRIO Blog, 2 March 2022.
‘Russland bryter grunnleggende folkerettslige regler. Hvilke konsekvenser er aktuelle?, Aftenposten, 1 March 2022 – with Geir Ulfstein.
‘Bør hjemmeeksamen på jussen overleve pandemien?’, Khrono, 29 November 2021 – kronikk av Øystein Kvalø, Malcolm Langford og Mira Stokke
‘Blikstad-Balas skal leia gruppe som skal jobba for betre læring’, Khrono, 31 May 2021.
‘Starter programmeringsfag for jusstudentene: - Juristene trenger dypere kompetanse’, Juristen, 11 June 2021.
‘Her er ekspertenes beste tips til digital undervisning’, Forskerforum, 26 Januar 2021 – intervju med Malcolm Langford
‘Mener ABE-reformen har forverret situasjonen for underviserne under pandemien ’, Forskerforum, 2 Februar 2021 – intervju med Malcolm Langford
‘Akademias digitale frontlinje: Slik løste de Zoom-koden’, Universitas, 5 Februar 2021.
‘Tverrfaglighet i Norge er for det meste et luftslott’, Khrono, 29 November 2021.
‘Malcolm Langford blir merittert underviser’, Uniforum, 31 May 2021 – reportasje
’Åpenbart at EU- og EØS-rett får altfor for liten plass, Advokatbladet, n7. 2020, 27-28.
‘Når algoritmer erstatter statens jurister’, Juridika, 11 august 2020.
‘Frykter «rettshjelpsroboter» blir sovepute’, Juridika, 1 september 2020.
‘Fremtidens domstol blir digital – men den kan bli mindre rettssikker’, Juridika, 23 October 2020.
‘Fra pandemi til tyskervits: Disse navnene er spilt inn til Årets navn i akademia’, Khrono, 14 November 2020.
‘Skuffet over regjeringen: — Taler med to tunger’, Khrono, 18 October 2020.
‘Frykter ny nedstenging: – Vi forventet mer av UiO i høst’, Uniforum, 30 sep 2020.
‘Må få på plass sterkere insentiver for god digital undervisning’, Khrono, 28 August 2020 – with Røe, Groven and Langford.
‘Store utfordringer med digitalt lederskap i akademia’, Khrono, 8 August 2020.
‘Bekymret for internasjonale jusstudenter’, Juristen, 14 September 2020 – with Dekker-Olsen.
‘Malcolm Langford: – Det blir deilig å slippe undervisning fra bilen’, Forskerforum, 3 July 2020.
‘Aune-utvalget vil gi bråstopp i utviklingen av gode vurderingsformer’, Khrono, 30 June 2020 – with Malcolm Langford, Johanne M.R. Larsen, Vigdis Vandvik, Ørjan Sørstrønen Vabø, Guttorm Sindre, Thomas Gjesteland, Havin Samir, Studentrepresentant, Anders Malthe-Sørenssen & Jostein Bakke.
‘Dette auditoriet har plass til 200. I høst får bare 75 være der samtidig’ Khrono, 26 June 2020.
‘Malcolm Langford får undervisningspris’, Khrono, 10 June 2020.
‘Akademia ber Stortinget om ny milliard-støtte’, Khrono, 10 June 2020.
’Fronter utenriksministeren merkevarekampanje eller endret utenrikspolitikk?’, Aftenposten, 31 May 2020 – with S. Moss.
‘Ingen sier tvert nei til kveldsundervisning’, Khrono, 13 May 2020.
‘Mener dugnaden er over. Vil ha krisepakke på minst en milliard til undervisning’, Khrono, 10 May 2020 – intervju med Langford
‘Hvordan skal man lære studentene å lære – hjemmefra?’, Khrono, om et CELL FB-webinar.
‘Nå trenger vi en krisepakke for undervisningen til høsten’, Khrono, 6 May 2020- with Larsen, Damsa & Stensaker,
' Lunsjmøtet på Zoom ble invadert av uvedkommende’, Khrono, 29 April 2020.
Langford & Stang, ‘Slik gikk den store digitale omstillingen etter koronakrisen’, Aftenposten, 15 April 2020.
‘Melder både om ny mestring, men også bekymring og stress’, Khrono, 16 April 2020.
‘Råd til lærere for å lykkes med digital undervisning: PODCAST: Jusprofessor og teknologiguru Malcolm Langford deler tips til lærere som nå underviser hjemmefra’, NOKUT, 30 March 2020.
‘Imponerende omveltning, studentene savner kontakt’, Khrono 30 March 2020 – intervju med Langford, Wulff og Damsa.
‘Her finner du hjelp og gode tips for digital undervisning’, Khrono, 15 March 2020.
'Mitt Land Brenner', Aftenposten, 8 January 2020.
'Leger kreves for millioner, men anmeldes ikke', NRK, 10 December 2019.
'Han utfordret Iselin Nybø til å lære av Sveits, satse mer på undervisning og få til bedre involvering av studenter', Khrono, 30 December 2020.
'Akademikernes ansvar for trygdeskandalen', Aftenposten, 28 November 2019.
'Roboter er på full fart inn i jussen', Apollon, 31 October 2019.
'UNCITRAL and Investment Arbitration Reform: A Little More Action', Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 21 October 2019.
'A Norwegian man was thrilled to be on trial for employing undocumented migrants. Now, he’s been found guilty', Washington Post, 17 October 2019.
'Utfordrer norsk arbeidskultur', Forskerforum, 30 October 2019.
'Fra surfebrett i Australia til møkkagreip i Rygge', NRK Ekko, 23 September 2019.
'Jusprofessor ble sjokkert over undervisningen på fakultetet – vinner pris for tiltakene sine tiltak', Universitas, 4 september 2019.
'Fra å bruke mye jusspråk har jeg blitt mer opptatt av å formidle juss på en enkel og god måte', Juristen, 3 September 2019.
'Utlendinger publiserer mest og topper søkerstatistikken', Khrono, 1 September 2019.
'Malcolm Langford vil ikke lenger undervise med 800 år gamle metoder', Uniforum, 30 August 2019.
'Jus-topper ut mot Oslo-dominert Høyesterett: – Påvirker opplagt utfallet i saker', NRK, 20 august 2019.
'Jusstudentene fikk bootcamp i programmering før de utviklet arveprogram', Juristen, 5 August 2019.
'Bygger et digitalt juridisk miljø i NAV', Juristen, 5 July 2019.
'Innspill fra næringslivet skal gjøre jusstudiet mer relevant', Advokatbladet, 26. juni 2019.
'France Criminalises Research on Judges', Verfassungsblog, 22. jun. 2019.
'Heder og ære til fem professorer på Universitetet i Oslo', Khrono, 20 June 2019.
'Norske IS-krigere må også straffeforfølges for krigsforbrytelser', VG, 17 June 2019.
'Digitaliseringa av offentleg forvaltning gir juridiske nøtter for statsråden', Uniforum, 10 mai 2019.
'Nå venter dommen i Pells sak', Vårt Land, 7 June 2019.
'Schrödingers utenlandske forskere', Khrono, 8 May 2019.
'Relief for EU over investment protection tangle', The Financial Times, 2 May 2019.
'Jus i Oslo får millioner til nye studieformer', Rett24, 30 april 2019.
'UNCITRAL and ISDS Reforms: Hastening Slowly', EJIL:Talk!, 29 April 2019.
'Investment Arbitration and its discontents: An Empirical Assessment', EJIL: Talk!, 5 April 2019.
'EU ønsker internasjonal investeringsdomstol', Rett24, 3 April 2019.
'Klimastreikende ungdom behandles som de første kvinnesaksforkjemperne', Aftenposten, 27 March 2019.
'Fra internasjonalisering til mangfold', Morgenbladet, 20 March 2019.
'New Zealand terrorisme', NRK Nyheter, 18 March 2019.
'FNs sikkerhetsråd', NRK Urix, 11 March 2019.
'Debates on Norway's Campaign for a UN Security Council Seat", NRK Urix, 11 March 2019.
'Norway puts plans for ‘corporate’ universities on ice', Times Higher Education, 23 January 2019.
'2018 ble et annus horribilis for rettsstaten. Her er fire ønsker for et bedre 2019', Aftenposten, 10 January 2019.
'Hvor var Norge? DN, 9 November 2018 - with Tarald Berge.
'Internasjonale forskere for mer norsk og mer mangfold', Khrono, 8 November 2018.
'Can investment arbitration fix itself?', EJIL:Talk!, 31 October 2018 - with Daniel Behn.
'I USA kan det bli en ny generasjonskrig om høyesterett', Aftenposten, 9 October 2018.
'Australias vei mot kaos', NRK Ytring, 14 Sep 2018.
'Norge vingler stadig mer i utenrikspolitikken, så hvorfor skal nettopp vi få plass i FNs sikkerhetsråd', Aftenposten, 18 Aug 2018.
'Blåser opp til ny abortkamp', Vårt Land, 9 July 2018.
'Nynorskdebatten: – Ikke bruk utenlandske forskere som argument', Forskerforum, 19 June 2018.
'Det er grunn til bekymring for foretaksmodellen i universitets- og høyskolesektoren', Aftenposten, 15 May 2018
Ny kampanje mot foretaksmodell, Khrono, 4 May 2018.
'Kunnskapsforetak? Nei takk!', Aftenposten, 1 May 2018.
Regjeringen kritiseres for uklar tale om Syria-angrep, Klassekampen, 19 April 2018.
'Et ulovlig missilangrep', Aftenposten, 16. April 2018
'Norsk stillhet om Tyrkias ulovlige bruk av makt', Dagbladet, 29 March 2018.
'Hva kan studenter og forelesere forvente av hverandre?', Khrono, 19 March 2018.
'Internasjonaliseringsdebatten: – En suppe av synsing', Forskerforum, 5 March 2018.
'Den brysomme rettssikkerheten', Aftenposten, 13 February 2018.
'Mindre tabloid – mer handling', Morgenbladet, 10 February 2018.
'Fire juridiske kniper for Europas separatister', Aftenposten, 22 January 2018
'SSBs kriminalstatistikk', Aftenposten, 15 January 2018
'Er internasjonale forskere en fare for norsk akademia?', Aftenposten, 10 January 2018
'Siktede innvandrere er ikke kriminelle', Aftenposten, 22 December 2017
'Reaksjoner på at Graver ønsker «erotisk anerkjennelse» på jobb', Khrono.no 21 December 2017
'Å bryte stillheten er viktig, men det er ikke no'’, Morgenbladet, 1 December 2017.
'Frp bøyer ikke av for presset og beholder Hagen som kandidat til Nobelkomiteen', Aftenposten, 29 November 2017.
'Jusprofessorer vil ha gjennomgang av valgrutinene til Nobelkomiteen', NRK, 29 November 2017.
'Med makt til å trakassere', Klassekampen, 25 November 2017.
'Arrestasjoner Catalonia', NRK Dagsnytt 18, 3 November 2017.
'President Trump vil avskaffe USAs Green Card-lotteri', NRK Studio 2, 2 November 2017.
'Nikabforbud er symbolpolitikk som innskrenker de rammedes frihet', Aftenposten, 18 October 2017 - with Marion Stavsøien.
'Tredjestaters støtte til et løsrevet Catalonia kan tolkes som en krenkelse av Spanias suverenitet', Aftenposten, 9 October 2017.
'Ekspert: – Militsgrupper i Charlottesville gjør situasjonen mer spent', Intervju, VG, 14 August 2017
'Økt jaging av fattige er et tvilsomt grep', Dagbladet, 11 August 2017.
'Da fortet åpnet portene', Klassekampen, 25. July 2017, with Johan Schaffer, Eirinn Larsen and Veronique Pouillard
'The Ethics and Empirics of Double Hatting', ESIL Reflection, Vol. 6, No. 7 (2017), pp. 1-12.
'Amerikansk høyesteretts mest konservative?' Dagbladet, 13 July 2017.
'Oslo kommune bør opprette flere sengeplasser for tilreisende bostedsløse', Vårt Oslo, 29 May 2017.
'USAs angrep mot Syria var ulovlig', Aftenposten, 11 April 2017.
'Trumps innreiseforbud kan ha en sjanse i Høyesterett', TV2, 16 March 2017.
'Duket for intern maktkamp', Klassekampen, 6 February 2017.
'Public responses to 'hot button' court decisions', ABC New Radio, 7 June 2016.
'Har vi vedtatt en sexkjøpslov som gjør livet farligere for andre mennesker?' Aftenposten, 21 April 2016.
'Funnene som er funnet i den nye rapporten om soveforbudet, er så alvorlige at de fordrer politisk endring', Dagbladet, 28 August 2015 - with K. Hogdahl..
Intervju i Dagsavisen, H. Skjeseth, ‘Færre fattige og mindre sult’, 8 juli 2014.
'Jens, vi trenger en boligstatsråd' [Prime Minister, we need a Housing Minister], Dagsavisn, 17 November 2011 Link
'Plikt til å debattere, om ikke til å stemme' [A duty to debate, if not to vote], Dagbladet 29 August 2011, p. 51. PDF
'Fattigdomspropaganda' [Poverty Propaganda], Dagbladet, 22 September 2010 PDF (Response by Foreign and Development Ministers)
'Fotball-VMs mørke side' [The World Cup's Dark Side], Aftenposten, 10 July 2010
'Asylsøkerne har ikke skylden' [Don't blame Asylum Seekers] Aftenposten, 16 February 2009 Link
'Clarity needed on SA's bilateral treaties', Business Day, 11 November 2009 (with Jason Brickhall and Mary Munyembate) PDF
‘Ikke glem oss!’[Don’t forget us!], Aftenposten, 6 June 2009, p. 3, Reply with Tore Rem. [PDF]
’Et rom for ytringsfrihet’[A space within freedom of expression], Aftenposten, 14 May 2009, p. 3, Reply with Tore Rem. PDF
‘The Department must do more than tread water’ Business Day, 26 November 2008 p. 15 (with Jackie Dugard). PDF
‘Ja til overgrep? Norge har gjort en helvomvending i FNS Menneskerettighetsråd’ [Yes to violations? Norway’s backflip in the Human Rights’ Council], Klassekampen, 28 April 2008, p. 13 (with Asbjørn Eide).
‘Vann til alle!’ [Water for everyone!], Dagbladet, Wednesday 3 October 2007 (with Elise Christensen).
'Zimbabwe slum evictions 'a crime'', BBC, 23 May 2007 PDF
Shorter Articles
'The Ethics and Empirics of Double Hatting', ESIL Reflection, Vol. 6, No. 7 (2017), pp. 1-12.
'Kriminaliseringen av hjemløshet: hvordan går Oslo fram?', MRbloggen, 4 September 2015.
'Between Fundamentalisms', I Am Charlie Cartoon Festival, 27 February 2015, Drammen Theatre, speech and blog.
’Därför nedprioriterar Norden mänskliga rättigheter’, Axess No. 5 (2012) (with J. K. Schaffer) Link
’Rett til vann’ [Right to Water], in "Oljetønner og kaffebønner - kampen om naturressursene" (LAG, 2008).
‘Housing Rights in Europe, Just News: Human Rights in Northern Ireland, April 2007, pp. 4-5.
‘A place to call home? Migrants and Housing Rights’, Habitat Debate, Vol. 12, No. 3 (2006) (with Monika Lueke).
'‘The Right to Return, Resettlement and Restitution after the Tsunami disaster’, LST Review, Vol. 16, No. 218, December 2005, pp. 15-21 (with Bret Thiele).
‘The Right to Return and Resettlement after the Tsunami disaster’, Disaster Brief, Vol. 2, No.2 (2005).
‘Judging Social Rights, Human Rights Tribune, Vol. 11, No. 3 (2005).
‘Gathering Steam? A Review of Recent Cases from the European Committee on Social Rights’, Housing & ESC Rights Law Quarterly, Vol. 2. No 2 (2005), pp. 3-4.
‘A glass half full: recent advances in the right to water, The Optimist, Winter, 2005, (with Ashfaq Khalfan)
‘Right to Water and Sanitation’ in Human Rights Reference Handbook (UN University for Peace, Costa Rica, 2004)
‘The Question of Resources’, Housing & ESC Rights Law Quarterly, Vol. 1 No.3 (2004), pp. 1-4.
‘Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’, Right to Food Journal, Winter 2003.
‘Slum-Dwellers Rights to Life & Property: Öneryildiz v Turkey’, Housing & ESC Rights Case Law Update, Issue 1, May 2003.
‘The Right to Food in Australia’, Human Rights Defender, Vol. 8, (December 1999).
‘Pride, Prejudice and Persistence: the Gender Wage Gap’, Values (Summer 1996/7), pp. 1-3.
‘Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’ (1996) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander News, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
‘Economic Dimensions of Human Rights Workshop’ Human Rights Defender, Vol. 5 (March 1996), p. 15.
‘East Timor - The World Court Mumbles’ Human Rights Defender, Vol. 4 (August 1995).
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