ProfessorChristian Riffel

Professor

Faculty of Law

  • Professor
    Faculty of Law

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The Embargo Against Cuba: An Instrument of Extraterritorial Coercion in Breach of International Trade Law?
    27 Mar 2026 - 19 Jun 2026
    Berrios Munoz, Paulina
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Whether the Vienna Convention Rules on Treaty Interpretation Can Resolve Internal Tensions Between a Treaty’s Text and Explanatory Materials
    17 Mar 2026 - 19 Jun 2026
    McAvoy, Arna
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    A Māori Philosophical Contribution to the Corpus Juris Spatialis Internationalis: Beyond Abyssal Governance
    2 Feb 2026
    Grant, William
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Text and Data Mining Exceptions Abroad and at Home: Avoiding Information Highway Robbery
    1 Dec 2025 - 27 Feb 2026
    Steele, Justin
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The Security Exception in Transition: Lessons from Russia–Transit and the U.S. Tariff Cases
    14 Jul 2025 - 28 Nov 2025
    Steele, Justin
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    From Manchego to Mānuka: The Place of Geographical Indications in Aotearoa New Zealand
    26 May 2025 - 16 Jul 2026
    Markwell, Beatrice
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The Price of Relief: The Coercive Architecture of the Agreements on Reciprocal Trade
    15 May 2025 - 16 Jul 2026
    Thomas, Meg
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Bullying a Bully: The Legality of Retaliatory Tariffs
    1 Apr 2025 - 20 Jun 2025
    Steele, Justin
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    An Analysis of the Settlement of Investment Disputes Mechanism in the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus
    17 Jul 2023 - 8 Dec 2023
    Raj, Pratish
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Chile’s National Strategy 2023: Does Chile Have a Duty to Consult Foreign Investors Under International Investment Law When Changing the Regulations?
    17 Jul 2023 - 8 Dec 2023
    Enriquez Martinez, Maria Victoria
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    States Shall Not Harm Competition: A Critical Analysis of Competitive Neutrality and SOE Reforms in Southeast Asia
    1 Jul 2023
    Arranchado, Jimi Rambo
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Amicus Curiae Briefs in International Investment Law: Limitations and Implications
    18 Jul 2022 - 4 Nov 2022
    Austin, Maurice
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Developing a Digitisation Strategy to Facilitate Online Dispute Resolution for International Commercial Arbitration in New Zealand
    25 May 2022 - 29 Feb 2024
    Maharajah, Nathan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    An Analysis of WTO Conformity in the Case of the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme
    19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
    Kay, Petra
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Article 73 of TRIPS and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Invocation of the Security Exception
    19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
    Emile, Vivien
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Behind the Glass Doors: Whether a Multilateral Investment Court Could Resolve the Investor-State Dispute Settlement’s Failure to Uphold the Rule of Law Vis-à-vis Transparency
    19 Jul 2021 - 4 Apr 2022
    Holman, Beatrice
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Core Labour Standards and International Trade Law: Where Do Core Labour Standards Belong?
    19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
    Sonakjee, Shonel
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Environmental Protection in Exception Clauses in International Investment Agreements and Arbitration
    19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
    McGowan, Brooke
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Human Rights Reform in International Investment Protection: Balance Between Investor, State and Community
    19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
    Ryde, Edward
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Human Rights, International Trade and the WTO
    19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
    McGowan, Brooke
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Many Questions, Few Answers: Developing an Interpretation of Article XX(f) the “National Treasures Exception” of GATT
    19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
    Steel, Charlotte
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme Free Allocation of Emissions Units: Room to Expand and Realize GATT General Exceptions
    19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
    Ryde, Edward
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Reforming a ‘Broken’ System? Assessing the Options for Procedural Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement in Light of Human Rights Considerations
    19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
    Steel, Charlotte
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    South Africa’s Energy Market in Light of Its International Trade Obligations: Recent Developments and Regulatory Recommendations
    19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
    Pitout, Wiebo
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The US Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Proposal Incorporated in the FAIR Transition and Competition Act: An Analysis Under the Emerging Global Climate Governance and the Current WTO System
    19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
    Moreno Gonzalez, Julian