Mark Taylor

Deputy Managing Director

B.A. (Religious Studies, History), LL.M (Public International Law)

Tel: +47 22088625

Key working areas:
Law and policy concerning war economies, business and human rights, violence and human security, Middle East, peace operations, international and transnational law

Current projects

Red Flags: Liability Risks for Companies Operating in High-Risk Zones, www.redflags.info

Economies of Violence and Peacebuilding, Fafo and Noref

Users of Force: Armed Groups in Palestine

Publications

Taylor, Mark B., Luc Zandvliet and Mitra Forouhar (2009) Due Diligence for Human Rights: A Risk-Based Approach. Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative Working Paper No. 53. Cambridge, MA: John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Taylor, M. with Robert C. Thompson and Anita Ramasastry (forthcoming 2009) “Translating Unocal: the expanding web of accountability for economic actors in domestic court systems”, George Washington University International Law Review.

Taylor, M. (2008) “The Corporate Accountability Evolution”, Commentary, Corporate Legal Accountability Portal, Human Rights Resource Centre

Taylor, M. (2008) Companies should obey the law in lawless lands. The Lawyer 22. mai

Taylor, M. with Mariano Agguirre (2007) "Is Europe adrift in the Middle East?", US/MEP Policy Brief, November 10

Taylor, M. (2007) "Minekonvensjonen, banebryter for et effektiv og legitimtsikkerhetsbegrep" i En Framtid uten frykter for miner, Christian Ruge (ed), Conflux 2007 ("The Man Ban Convention and Human Security", in A Future without the Fear of Mines, Christian Ruge (ed.), Conflux 2007

Taylor, M. (2007) "Palestinsk selvbestemmelse", Le Monde Diplomatique (Oslo), 4/2007; "Palestinian Self-Determination", Eurozine.com (2007-04-17)

Taylor, M. (2007) "To Palestine, via 'Mecca' and 'Beirut'", FRIDE Comment (Madrid), April 2007

Taylor, M. (2006), "Humanitarianism or counterinsurgency? R2P at the crossroads", International Journal, Winter 2005-2006, pp. 146-158

Taylor, M. (2005), "Estados frágiles y gobernabilidad en el comercio del conflicto" (Fragile States and the Governance of Conflict Trade), in Susan Woodward and Mark B. Taylor, Estados frágiles: sobernía, deserollo y conflicto, Centro de Investigacíon para la Paz (CIP-FUHEM)

Taylor, M. (2005), "The Green Peace Prize." Adbusters Conflict Resolution, #59 (Spring)

Taylor, M. and L. Lunde (2005) "Challenges to Regulating Conflict Trade", with Leiv Lunde in Karen Ballentine (ed) Profitting from Peace: Managing the Resource Dimensions of War (Lynne Reinner)

Taylor, M. and K. Jennings (2005), In Search of Strategy: A Proposed Agenda for Applied Research on Transitions from Conflict

Taylor, M., D. Drury, J. Hanssen-Bauer and G. Hasselknippe (2005), Service Delivery Studies in Five Middle East Countries, a report prepared for the World Bank, MENA; Fafo

Taylor, M., R. Apthorpe, J. Karlsrud, H. Lunde and L. Mitchell (2005) Evaluating Conflict Prevention and Peace-Building Activities, A Report Prepared for OECD DAC Network on Development Evaluation and the DAC Network on Conflict, Peace and Development Co-operation (CPDC), Fafo

Taylor, M. (2004), "Corporate Fallout Detectors and Fifth Ammendment Capitalists: Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuse" in Embedding Human Rights in Business Practice, The Global Compact and Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights

Taylor, M., K. Jennings and K. Studdart, eds. (2004), Business and International Crimes: Assessing the Liability of Business Entities for Grave Violations of International Law. Fafo-report 467

Taylor, M. (ed.), J. Aaser, A. Huser, K. Jennings (2004), Economies of Conflict. The Next Generation of Policy Responses. Report of the expert consultation on conflict economies and development. Oslo, 4 November 2003

Taylor, M. with L. Lunde and A. Huser (2003), Commerce or Crime? Regulating Economies of Conflict. Fafo

Taylor, M. with A. Huser (2003) Security, Development and Economies of Conflict: Problems and Responses. Fafo Policy Brief, 2003:17

Taylor, M. (2002) Emerging Conclusions - Economies of Conflict, preliminary findings based studies of on private sector activity in the oil, timber, diamonds, and financial sectors (pdf - 770k). Fafo

Taylor, M. and C. Pike (2000), Swords for Plougshares: Microdisarmament in Transitions from Conflict, Peace Implementation Network (PIN). Fafo-report 332

Taylor, M. (2000), Briefing Paper, Knowledge for What? A symposium on Policy Research on Conflict Prevention and Peace-building, A Paper for Discussion

Taylor, M. and R. Hooper (1999), Command from the Saddle: Managing United Nations peace-building missions, Recommendations Report of the Forum on the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. Fafo-report 266

Taylor, M. (1997), «Co-ordination and International Institutions in Post-Conflict Situations», Leiden Journal of International Law, 10

Taylor, M. (1996), International Institutions and Peace Implementation in the Former Yugoslavia, LL.M. thesis, Leiden University

Taylor, M. (1995), «The Economics of Defeat' in "Palestine: Diplomacies of Defeat», Race and Class, 37:2