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Index

References are to paragraph numbers unless otherwise indicated

academic writings 15, 69, 75, 105–106

Act of Union 1707 67

agreements 4, 13, 18, 19, 24, 25, 51, 62, 82, 83, 117, 120–123

bilateral 19, 24, 30, 37, 51

multilateral 19, 24

regional 24

Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives (AJHR) 82

arbitration 9, 24, 34, 51, 102

arms control and disarmament 24

Asia Development Bank (ADB) 123, p 54

Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) p 65

subsidiary bodies p 65

Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) p 66

Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee 96, p 66

Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) pp 66–67

instruments p 67

Attorney-General for Canada v Attorney-General for Ontario 28, 33

Auckland City Library 75, p 39

Australia 9, 66

Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (CER) 24, p 71

Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) p 72

comparable bodies p 72

Australian Treaty Series 82

Australasian Legal Information Institute (NZLII) 79

bibliographies 99, 106

Cabinet Legislation Committee 5

Cabinet Office Manual 5

Canada 28, 70

Canada Treaty Series 82

charter 20, 70

Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada) 71, 116

child abduction 51, 108–116

civil aviation 37, 38, 54, 62, p 43

Commission on Human Rights (UN) p 41

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights p 57

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) p 57

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) p 58

Committee on the Rights of the Child p 58

Committee Against Torture p 57

common law 65, 68, 69

Commonwealth 16, 49, 51, 54, 73

publications 103, 107

Secretariat 107, p 59

Consolidated Treaty Series 88, p 120

constitution 20, 24, 104

consultation 6, 11

conventions 15, 19, 24, 108

framework 19, 24

multilateral 38, 108

Convention on International Aspects of Child Abduction 109, 117

Council of Europe 87, 92, 96, p 67

publications p 67

courts 8, 40, 41, 49, 50, 52, 65–73, 100, 101, 103, 116

covenant 20

current information 74, 81, 107

customary international law 4, 65, 69, 74, 91–97

declaration 20

Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1968 48, 124

disarmament

see arms control

DOCLAW 79

domestic law 5, 9, 16, 26, 28, 33, 47, 55, 62, 69, 121

double taxation 119

agreements (DTAs) 24, 51, 83, 117

Drummond Wren, Re 70

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) pp 41, 67–68

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

see United Nations

electronic databases 2, 77–79, 81

environment 3, 24, 50

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) p 68

European Commission of Human Rights pp 68–69

European Court of Human Rights p 69

publications p 69

European Court of Justice (ECJ) 100, p 69

European Economic Community (EEC) p 69

European Union (EU) pp 69–70

publications p 70

subordinate institutions p 70

exchanges of notes 19

executive 28, 40, 43, 44, 50, 59, 62, 63, 65

extradition 19, 51, 83

final act 85

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) p 59

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) pp 41–42

Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) p 71

Foster v Neilson 50

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 39, p 56

General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) p 56

General Assembly see United Nations

Geneva Conventions 51, 83, 84

Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCOPIL) 90, pp 59–60

instruments p 60

Permanent Bureau 109, 110, 111, 113

publications p 60

human rights 7, 16, 20, 24, 35, 38, 56, 57, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 79, 95, 101, 116

UN Committee (HRC) p 58

European Commission pp 68–69

European Court p 69

instrument 20, 24

international agreements

see agreements

International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC) p 60

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 24, pp 42–43

instruments p 43

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) 123, p 53

International Bar Association (IBA) pp 60–61

publications p 61

International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) 51, p 54

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 16, p 73

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) 62, p 43

instruments p 43

international commercial transactions 24

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) p 73

instruments p 73

international communications 24, 26

international conventions see conventions

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) 50, 56, p 58

International Court of Justice (ICJ) 23, 48, 98–99, 101, pp 43–44

pleadings 99

reports 99

Statute 15, 24, 48, 74, 105

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 5, 57, 71, 108–116, p 58

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 50, p 57

international crime 38, 51, 54, 60

international custom see customary international law

International Development Association (IDA) 123, p 53

International Documents Collection, Parliamentary Library (IDC) 75, 76, p 39

international economic and social cooperation 24

International Energy Agency (IEA) p 61

instruments p 61

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent p 74

international finance 24

International Finance Corporation (IFC) p 54

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) p 44

International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) 16, pp 61–62

instruments p 62

publications p 62

International Labour Organisation (ILO) 20, 24, 29, 51, 87, pp 44–45

instruments p 44

publications pp 44–45

International Law Commission (ILC) 69, 93, 94, p 45

international law journals 107

International Law Reports (ILR) 101, 115

International Legal Materials (ILM) 81, 90, 104, 110

International Maritime Organisation (IMO) pp 45–46

instruments p 46

International Maritime Satellite Organisation (INMARSAT) p 46

instruments p 46

International Monetary Fund (IMF) 123, pp 46–47

publications p 47

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) pp 42, 51

International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OIML) p 62

International Organisation for Migration (IOM) p 62

International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) p 74

international persons 18

International Social Security Association (ISSA) p 63

international spaces 24

International Telecommunication Satellite Organisation (INTELSAT) p 63

instruments p 63

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) p 47

international trade 2, 24, 37, 39, 79

International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) pp 47–48

International Union for the Protection of New Plant Species (UPOV) p 48

International Whaling Commission (IWC) p 64

Internet 78, 79, 107

interpretation 7, 9, 23, 26, 59, 65, 71–73, 109, 119

judicial decisions 15, 74, 81, 98–103

labour conditions and relations 24

law reform agencies 8

League of Nations 66

Covenant 20, 86, 88

Treaty Series 86

legal education 8

legislation 5–7, 24, 40, 41, 42, 43–64

subordinate 45, 46, 51, 62–64, 70, 72, 83, 91, 110

legislature 28, 44, 50, 59

LEXIS 2, 77, 81

mandates 66

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) 90, 107, 111, 114, p 39

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) p 54

national courts

see courts

national law

see domestic law

nationality 95

negotiation

see treaties

New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 5, 57, 116

New Zealand Treaty Series 82, 110

non-governmental organisations (NGO) pp 73–74, 75

Organisation of African Unity (OAU) 20

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 123, p 64

associated organisations p 64

instruments 51, 120, p 64

Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) p 75

Pacific Economic Co-operation Council (PECC) p 75

subordinate bodies p 75

periodicals

see international law journals

Permanent Court of Arbitration 24

Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ) 98–99

advisory opinions 99

annual reports 99

judgments 99

pleadings 99

rules 99

prerogative powers 40, 43

private law 39, 51

privileges and immunities 48, 51, 95, 124

protocol 19

ratification see treaties

records of preparation 109

Recueil des cours de l’Académie de droit international (RCADI) 106

REFLAW 79

regulations 20, 45, 51, 52, 61, 83

Reports of International Arbitral Awards (RIAA) 102

resolutions of international organisations 74, 79, 81, 104

rules and practices 16

safety 24, 51, 62

Scientific and Technological Cooperation (STC) p 72

Scotland 9, 67

sea, law of 24, 50, 51, 93, 95

Security Council

see United Nations

separation of powers 44

sources of international law 15–17, 80–107

academic writings 15, 69, 74, 105–106

current information 74, 81, 107

customary 15, 74, 91–97

see also customary international law

judicial decisions 15, 98–103

see also judicial decisions

resolutions of international organisations 74, 104

treaties 15, 74, 80–90

see also treaties

South Pacific Commission (SPC) p 70

associated organisations p 70

South Pacific Forum 28, pp 70–71

associated organisations p 71

South Pacific Organisations

Co-ordination Committee (SPOCC) p 71

South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) p 71

sovereignty 3, 8

state responsibility 95

teachings of publicists

see academic writings

telecommunications 1, 4, 24

textbooks 91, 105

travaux préparatoires

see records of preparation

treaties

accession 32

collections 82

direct effect 45, 49-52

effects 23, 36–42

functions 25

implementation 35–36, chs 2

and 3

and individuals 35–40, 43, 50, 59

international 35–36

language 54, 60, 61

law of 5, 22–23, 95

national courts ch 3

negotiation 11, 27–29, 34

non-self-executing 50

in operation 112

ratification 31

reporting system 112

reservations 23, 32

self-executing 50, 56, 67

signature 30, 31

status 90

subject-matter 25

technical and regulatory 62

texts 10, 11, 27, 45, 49–55, 80

international sources 84–87

national sources 82–83

official 82–87

unofficial 88–89

Treaty of Versailles 66

Treaty of Waitangi 67

United Kingdom 25, 51, 73

Treaty Series 82

United Nations (UN) 18, 19, 28, 79, pp 40–41

Charter 20, 24, 36, 40, 70, 86

commissions 69, 93, 96, pp 42, 45, 49

committees 114, pp 57–59

depositary libraries 75, 97

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) p 41

General Assembly 20, 84, 86, 94, 110, p 40

Handbook p 39

Juridical Yearbook 97

Legislative Series 93

publications p 40

Secretariat 90, 109, 111

Security Council 79, 86, p 41

Treaty Series 86, 110

Yearbook 97

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) p 48

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) 9, 16, 51, 96, p 49

instruments p 49

publications p 49

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) 1992 24

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) p 50

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) pp 50–51

associated organisations p 51

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) p 52

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) p 52

United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) p 52

United States Treaties and International Agreement Series 82

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 70

Universal Postal Union (UPU) p 53

instruments p 53

Van Gorkom v Attorney-General 70

Victoria University of Wellington Library 75, p 39

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 5, 13, 22–23, 48, 69, 109, app A

Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic and Consular Relations 24, 51, 125

war and peace 24

WESTLAW 77, 81

World Bank Group 18, 24, pp 53–54

associated organisations p 54

World Conservation Union (IUCN) pp 64–65

World Customs Organisation (WCO) p 65

World Food Council (WFC) p 54

World Food Programme (WFP) p 54

World Health Organization (WHO) p 55

World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) 79, p 55

instruments p 55

publications p 55

World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) p 56

World Trade Organisation (WTO) 24, 62, p 56

instruments p 56

World Wide Web (WWW) 78