bOOKS AND JOURNALS
Empowering the UN Security Council. Oxford University Press (Upcoming 2024 )
Co-edited by Mona Ali Khalil and Floriane Lavaud and co-authored by a distinguished group of diplomats, practitioners and academics, the book seeks to empower the Council without amending the UN Charter.
Reinvigorating the United Nations, Routledge (2024)
In Chapter 1 on the Power of Principles, Mona Ali Khalil assesses the UN’s report card on how well it fulfils the vision and promise of the UN Charter in the first quarter of the 21st century.
UN Security Council Conflict Management Handbook, Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (2023)
The handbook was co-edited by Haidi Willmot and Scott Sheeran and co-authored by Adriana Abdenur, Renata Dwan, Richard Gowan, Ian Johnstone, Colin Keating, Mona Ali Khalil and Paul Williams.
The Future of Diplomacy After COVID-19 Pandemic, Routledge (2021)
The book was co-authored by Hana Alhashimi, Andres Fiallo, Toni-Shae Freckleton, Mona Ali Khalil, Vahd Mulachela and Jonathan Viera on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on multilateralism.
Immunity Is Not Impunity: UN Accountability for the Haiti Cholera Crisis, Brill (2021)
In this chapter of the Journal of International Peacekeeping, Mona Ali Khalil confirms that accountability is, in fact, required by the applicable legal instruments and established practice of the United Nations
Reforming the UN Security Council, UNA-UK (2020)
In the report, Mona Ali Khalil makes a number of recommendations for upholding the responsibility of the UN Security Council and its permanent members without amending the UN Charter.
Protection of Civilians, Oxford University Press (2016)
In Chapter 9 on the Legal Aspects of the Use of Force by UN Peacekeepers, Mona Ali Khalil discusses the underlying causes for the UN peacekeepers' failure to protect civilians.
ARTICLES AND OPINION PIECES
Trump’s Orwellian Call for Peace Comes Moments After Attacking Iran, Passblue, June 2025
Making the UN Security Council More Effective Without Amending the UN Charter, SIPA, March 2025
No Nobel Peace Prize for President Trump, Passblue, February 2025
An A-Z Guide to the Long-Overdue Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Passblue, January 2025
In Sudan, Some Women and Girls Are Choosing Suicide to Avoid Rape, Passblue, November 2024
The UN Security Council is Running Out of Time, Passblue, October 2024
Is This the Peace Plan for Israel and Palestine That Will Work, Passblue, September 2024
The UN Secretary-General Can Get Us to the ‘Day After’ in Gaza, Passblue, July 2024
Creating a Better Pact for a Better Future, Passblue, June 2024
Ending Impunity for Crimes Against Palestinian and Israeli Civilians, From A to Z, Passblue, March 2024
Rafah: A Point of No Return, Passblue, February 2024
The World Court Rescues International Law from the Gaza Rubble, Passblue, January 2024
Time to Demand Accountability for the War Crimes in Gaza, MPAC, December 2023
Is the Chinese Plan for Ukraine Pro-Peace or Pro-Putin? Passblue, March 2023
UN Must Be Impartial to the Parties but Not Neutral to the Law, UN Today, November 2022
A Just Peace for an Unjust War in Ukraine, Passblue, May 2022
The Future of Multilateralism After Covid-19, UN Today, 27 September 2021
The UN Charter: The Best Way Back to a Better Future, Fletcher Forum, March 2021
Healing America and Restoring its Standing in the World, From A-Z, Passblue, January 2021
President Trump's Attacks on the Rule of Law, From A to Z, Passblue, December 2020
The Path to Ending Our Global Chaos is Through the UN, Passblue, October 2020
Ten Years After the Outbreak of Cholera in Haiti, Opinio Juris, October 2020
Peace in the Middle East is Still About "Land for Peace", Opinio Juris, August 2020
The UN Must March for Justice and Racial Equality, Passblue, June 2020
The Security Council Must Remember Why It Exists, Passblue, April 2020
Living through the Pandemic in the World's Most Livable City, Passblue, April 2020
The UN Security Council is MIA as the Coronavirus Ravages the World, Passblue, March 2020
A Way Around the Veto - A Path to Action, UNA UK, October 2019
Justice for Darfur is Critical for a Peaceful Future in Sudan, Passblue, June 2019
Restoring the Values and Spirit of the International Civil Service, Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, May 2019
Overcoming the Veto to Save Lives, Opinio Juris, November 2018
When is an Attack on UN Peacekeepers a War Crime, Passblue, November 2018
The World Needs Robust Peacekeeping Not Aggressive Peacekeeping, ICRC, May 2018
The Cruz Report on Improving Peacekeepers Safety Goes Too Far, Passblue, May 2018
With UN Security Council Reform, Bigger is not Better, Passblue, March 2018
The UN's Three Main Bodies are Failing to Do Their Job, Passblue, October 2016
Why are UN Peacekeepers Failing to Protect Civilians, Opinio Juris, September 2016
Iraq, Afghanistan, and the War on Terrorism: Winning the Battles and Losing the War, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2004
INTERVIEWS AND OTHER APPEARANCES
Vienna Diplomatic Academy, Renvigorating the United Nations, June 2024
International Peace Institute, “Accountability for Crimes Against Peacekeepers", March 2023
International Peace Institute, Human Rights and Protection by UN Peace Operations, March 2022
UNIDIR, Advancing the Role of Women in International Peace and Security, October 2021
MPAC, A New Approach: The Palestinian Struggle, July 2021
Chatham House, The Future of Diplomacy in a Post-Pandemic Environment, April 2021
Darfur Women Action Group, Accountability for War Crimes, December 2020
International Institute for Peace, with Angela Kane, VP-IIP, May 2020
UN Joint SDG Fund, EU, OFID and BKC, Mobilizing to Advance the SDGs, March 2020
SIPRI Spotlight Interview, Autonomous Weapons, SIPRI, November 2018
Newsmakers Interview, Is the UN Fit for Purpose, TRT World, September 2017
BBC Interview, The Genocide of the Rohingya, BBC Channel 4, September 2017