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 2021 to 31 December 2021.
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.
Preface
Part 1 Articles and Commentaries
1âThe International Law Standard in Statutes A Tribute to James Crawford
ââSir Kenneth Keith
2âAccession to the Budapest Convention by Aotearoa New Zealand Data Preservation, Mutual Legal Assistance, and Digital Privacy
ââTim Cochrane
3âRationalising the Irrational A Trauma-Informed Critique of the Mental Disease or Defect Defence under International Criminal Law
ââJesler Van Houdt
4âShould New Zealand Recognise the Taliban as the Government of Afghanistan?
ââLauren Aspoas, Josh Ellwood, Benjamin Hilterman and Laura Taylor
5âAn icj Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Russiaâs Actions in Ukraine The Role of Consent
ââLydia Tawse
6âcovid-19 A Wakeup Call to Strengthen the Ineffective and Inadequate Biological Weapons Convention
ââVivek Sehrawat
Part 2 The South Pacific
7âPacific Islands Forum â 2022
ââTony Angelo and Sarina Theys
Part 3 The Year in Review
8âInternational Human Rights Law
ââLida Ayoubi and Cassandra Mudgway
9âInternational Economic Law
ââAn Hertogen
10âInternational Environmental Law
ââVernon Rive
11âLaw of the Sea and Fisheries
ââJoanna Mossop
12âThe Antarctic Treaty System
ââAlan D Hemmings
13âInternational Criminal Law and Humanitarian Law
ââTreasa Dunworth
14âInternational Law and Security
ââAnna Hood
Part 4 New Zealand State Conduct
15âTreaty Action and Implementation
ââMark Gobbi
All interested in any aspect of international law, from legal academics, lawyers, government officials, policy makers and students of international law.