The New Zealand Yearbook of International Law is an annual, internationally refereed publication intended to stand as a reference point for legal materials and critical commentary on issues of international law. The Yearbook also serves as a valuable tool in the determination of trends, state practice and policies in the development of international law in New Zealand, the Pacific region, the Southern Ocean and Antarctica and to generate scholarship in those fields. In this regard the Yearbook contains an annual âYear-in-Reviewâ of developments in international law of particular interest to New Zealand as well as a dedicated section on the South Pacific.
This Yearbook covers the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.
Dr. James Mehigan is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Canterbury and a barrister at Garden Court Chambers.
Christian Riffel, PhD (2014), Bern, is Associate Professor of International Economic Law at the University of Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand. He is editor of the WTO TRIPS Commentary (Brill) and contributor to the Encyclopedia of Public International Law. In addition, he is Co-Chair of the International Economic Law Interest Group of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law and a member of the International Law Association Committee on Rule of Law and International Investment Law. Chris is on the list of suitable arbitrators for EU trade agreements and also serves as the Honorary Consul of Germany in the South Island of New Zealand.
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Part 1 Articles and Commentaries
1âDisease Outbreak Disclosure and Trade in Goods A Specific Instances Inquiry Mechanism?
ââCaroline E Foster
2âThe European Union and New Zealand Possible Implications of Brexit
ââSerena Kelly
3âWhen Brand Distinctiveness Is in the ai of the Beholder Trademark Law for Autonomous Intelligent Shopping Agents
ââMariela de Amstalden and Burkhard Schafer
4âAdvisory Opinions of the International Court of Justice Uncovering Their Legal Status
ââJulia Gunn
5âProtecting the Pacific? Appraising the Domestic Implementation of the International Humanitarian Law of Sexual Violence in the Pacific Region
ââTamara Richardson
ââPacific Islands Forum â 2020
ââAH Angelo and Sarina Theys 
Part 2 The Year in Review
6âInternational Human Rights Law
ââCassandra Mudgway and Lida Ayoubi
7âIndigenous Peoplesâ Rights under International Law
ââTracey Whare
8âInternational Economic Law
ââAbdul Hasib Suenu
9âInternational Environmental Law
ââVernon Rive
10âLaw of the Sea and Fisheries
ââJoanna Mossop
11âThe Antarctic Treaty System
ââAlan D Hemmings
Part 3 New Zealand State Conduct
12âTreaty Action and Implementation
ââMark Gobbi
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