The New Zealand Yearbook of International Law is an annual, internationally refereed publication whose purpose is to provide a yearly reference for legal materials and critical commentary on issues of international law. The Yearbook also serves as a valuable tool to identify 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 addition to presenting peer-reviewed legal research, the Yearbook contains an annual âYear-in-Reviewâ that covers developments in international law of particular interest to New Zealand, and a dedicated section on the South Pacific.
This Yearbook covers the period 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022.
Dr David J Jefferson is a Senior Lecturer Above the Bar at the University of Canterbury School of Law, where he teaches Environmental Law, Land Law, and Intellectual Property. David is a legal anthropologist whose research covers a range of issues related to biodiversity conservation, biotechnology regulation, intellectual property in the agricultural and food sectors, ecosystem rights laws, and the protection of Indigenous knowledge systems. The field sites where David works are in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and the Andean Community of South America. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of Queensland (2019) and a JD from the University of California, Davis (2014). David has been the recipient of several competitive research awards, including a United States Fulbright fellowship (2016) for work in Ecuador.
Christian Riffel, PhD (2014), Bern, is 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
List of Tables
Part 1 Articles and Commentaries
1âPreserving Statehood through Population and Government: Safeguarding Nationality and Franchise in the Context of Sea-Level Rise and Mobility
ââJane McAdam
2ââEqual in Status, in No Way Subordinateâ: Interwar New Zealand, Imperial Internationalism, and the Acquisition of International Legal Personality
ââTaran Molloy
3âBraiding Boomerangs: A Reappraisal of the Law of Conquest in 1788
ââSamuel White
4âA Lost Generation: Children Detained in Al-Hol and Their Repatriation under International Law
ââKendall Mead
Part 2 The South Pacific
5âPacific Islands Forum â 2022
ââTony Angelo and Sarina Theys
Part 3 The Year in Review
6âInternational Human Rights Law 2022
ââCassandra Mudgway and Lida Ayoubi
7âIndigenous Peoplesâ Rights under International Law: 2021 and 2022
ââTracey Whare
8âInternational Economic Law
ââAn Hertogen
9âInternational Environmental Law
ââVernon Rive
10âLaw of the Sea and Fisheries
ââJoanna Mossop
11âThe Antarctic Treaty System
ââAlan D Hemmings
12âInternational Criminal Law and Humanitarian Law
ââTreasa Dunworth
13âInternational Law and Security
ââAnna Hood
14âNew Zealand State Conduct, Treaty Action and Implementation
ââMark Gobbi
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