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


Part 1

Articles and Commentaries

1 The International Law Standard in Statutes A Tribute to James Crawford

  Sir Kenneth Keith



2 Accession to the Budapest Convention by Aotearoa New Zealand Data Preservation, Mutual Legal Assistance, and Digital Privacy

  Tim Cochrane



3 Rationalising the Irrational A Trauma-Informed Critique of the Mental Disease or Defect Defence under International Criminal Law

  Jesler Van Houdt



4 Should New Zealand Recognise the Taliban as the Government of Afghanistan?

  Lauren Aspoas, Josh Ellwood, Benjamin Hilterman and Laura Taylor



5 An icj Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Russia’s Actions in Ukraine The Role of Consent

  Lydia Tawse



6 covid-19 A Wakeup Call to Strengthen the Ineffective and Inadequate Biological Weapons Convention

  Vivek Sehrawat



Part 2

The South Pacific

7 Pacific Islands Forum – 2022

  Tony Angelo and Sarina Theys



Part 3

The Year in Review

8 International Human Rights Law

  Lida Ayoubi and Cassandra Mudgway



9 International Economic Law

  An Hertogen



10 International Environmental Law

  Vernon Rive



11 Law of the Sea and Fisheries

  Joanna Mossop



12 The Antarctic Treaty System

  Alan D Hemmings



13 International Criminal Law and Humanitarian Law

  Treasa Dunworth



14 International Law and Security

  Anna Hood



Part 4

New Zealand State Conduct

15 Treaty Action and Implementation

  Mark Gobbi