New Zealand Yearbook of International Law

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


List of Figures and Tables


he James Crawford sc ac Statement by Professor Karen Scott, President of the Australia New Zealand Society of International Law


Part 1

Articles and Commentaries

1 Disease Outbreak Disclosure and Trade in Goods A Specific Instances Inquiry Mechanism?

  Caroline E Foster



2 The European Union and New Zealand Possible Implications of Brexit

  Serena Kelly



3 When Brand Distinctiveness Is in the ai of the Beholder Trademark Law for Autonomous Intelligent Shopping Agents

  Mariela de Amstalden and Burkhard Schafer



4 Advisory Opinions of the International Court of Justice Uncovering Their Legal Status

  Julia Gunn



5 Protecting the Pacific? Appraising the Domestic Implementation of the International Humanitarian Law of Sexual Violence in the Pacific Region

  Tamara Richardson



  Pacific Islands Forum – 2020

  AH Angelo and Sarina Theys 



Part 2

The Year in Review

6 International Human Rights Law

  Cassandra Mudgway and Lida Ayoubi



7 Indigenous Peoples’ Rights under International Law

  Tracey Whare



8 International Economic Law

  Abdul Hasib Suenu



9 International Environmental Law

  Vernon Rive



10 Law of the Sea and Fisheries

  Joanna Mossop



11 The Antarctic Treaty System

  Alan D Hemmings



Part 3

New Zealand State Conduct

12 Treaty Action and Implementation

  Mark Gobbi