ProfessorChristian Riffel
Professor
Faculty of Law
TEACHING & SUPERVISION
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONThe Embargo Against Cuba: An Instrument of Extraterritorial Coercion in Breach of International Trade Law?27 Mar 2026 - 19 Jun 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONWhether the Vienna Convention Rules on Treaty Interpretation Can Resolve Internal Tensions Between a Treaty’s Text and Explanatory Materials17 Mar 2026 - 19 Jun 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONA Māori Philosophical Contribution to the Corpus Juris Spatialis Internationalis: Beyond Abyssal Governance2 Feb 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONText and Data Mining Exceptions Abroad and at Home: Avoiding Information Highway Robbery1 Dec 2025 - 27 Feb 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONThe Security Exception in Transition: Lessons from Russia–Transit and the U.S. Tariff Cases14 Jul 2025 - 28 Nov 2025
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONFrom Manchego to Mānuka: The Place of Geographical Indications in Aotearoa New Zealand26 May 2025 - 16 Jul 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONThe Price of Relief: The Coercive Architecture of the Agreements on Reciprocal Trade15 May 2025 - 16 Jul 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONBullying a Bully: The Legality of Retaliatory Tariffs1 Apr 2025 - 20 Jun 2025
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONAn Analysis of the Settlement of Investment Disputes Mechanism in the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus17 Jul 2023 - 8 Dec 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONChile’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
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONStates Shall Not Harm Competition: A Critical Analysis of Competitive Neutrality and SOE Reforms in Southeast Asia1 Jul 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONAmicus Curiae Briefs in International Investment Law: Limitations and Implications18 Jul 2022 - 4 Nov 2022
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONDeveloping a Digitisation Strategy to Facilitate Online Dispute Resolution for International Commercial Arbitration in New Zealand25 May 2022 - 29 Feb 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONAn Analysis of WTO Conformity in the Case of the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONArticle 73 of TRIPS and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Invocation of the Security Exception19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONBehind 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 Transparency19 Jul 2021 - 4 Apr 2022
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONCore Labour Standards and International Trade Law: Where Do Core Labour Standards Belong?19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONEnvironmental Protection in Exception Clauses in International Investment Agreements and Arbitration19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONHuman Rights Reform in International Investment Protection: Balance Between Investor, State and Community19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONHuman Rights, International Trade and the WTO19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONMany Questions, Few Answers: Developing an Interpretation of Article XX(f) the “National Treasures Exception” of GATT19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONNew Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme Free Allocation of Emissions Units: Room to Expand and Realize GATT General Exceptions19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONReforming a ‘Broken’ System? Assessing the Options for Procedural Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement in Light of Human Rights Considerations19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONSouth Africa’s Energy Market in Light of Its International Trade Obligations: Recent Developments and Regulatory Recommendations19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONThe 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 System19 Jul 2021 - 17 Dec 2021