Sunday, March 3, 2013

New Volume: New Zealand Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the New Zealand Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 9, 2011) is out. Contents include:
  • Articles
    • C. Brighton, Speculation and Significance: Japan’s Scientific Whaling Before the International Court of Justice
    • Lewis Mills, Bereft of Life? The Charter Prohibition on the Use of Force, Non-state Actors and the Place of the International Court of Justice
    • Patrick C.R. Terry, The War in Afghanistan – Was the Use of Force Legal and/or Wise?
    • Kate Neilson, Ending Impunity: Bringing Superiors of Private Military and Security Company Personnel to Justice
    • Andreas Schloenhardt & Ellen Bevan, To Ratify or Not to Ratify? Exploring the Barriers to Wider Ratification of the Trafficking in Persons Protocol
  • Commentaries and Notes
    • Alex Conte, Reflections and Challenges: Entering into the Second Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism/li>
    • Elana Geddis, “Moving Forward – But Where is it Heading?” A Comment on Developments in the UN Sixth Committee’s Discussions on Universal Jurisdiction