Treaties and International Law

International Law Events

The Ministry participates in a wide range of legal meetings and conferences. It also assists with the annual meetings of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) and the Pacific Islands Law Officers Network (PILON), both of which discuss international and trans-national legal issues:

• ANZSIL was established in 1992, with the aim of providing a forum for the discussion of research and practice in international law and increasing public awareness of international law in New Zealand and Australia. Its principal activity is the organisation of an annual conference devoted to reviewing current topics in the field and bringing together government officials, practitioners, academics and students from New Zealand, Australia and the wider Pacific region, where possible. The conference is a major international law event hosted alternately by Australia (two years in every three) and New Zealand (every third year). Membership of ANZSIL and participation in the annual conference is open to all those who are interested, subject to the payment of the applicable fees. New Zealand will next host this event in 2012.
• PILON (formerly PILOM) was established in 1982 as a way of bringing together government officials with legal responsibilities from across the Pacific region to exchange views and experiences and to discuss ways of improving the administration of justice in the region. PILON provides a forum for consultations on trans-national legal issues as well as matters impacting on the responsibilities of law officers in their respective jurisdictions. Utilising PILON contacts, the NZ Crown Law Office, with NZ Aid Programme funding, organises a biennial Advocacy Skills Workshop to provide intensive skills development training in court-room advocacy for government lawyers from the region. New Zealand will host this event in early December 2011.

Upcoming Events

Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law - Call for Papers

International Law in the next two decades: Form or Substance?

The 20th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (‘ANZSIL’) will take place from Thursday, 5 July 2012 to Saturday, 7 July 2012 hosted by the New Zealand Centre for Public Law, Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington.  The Conference Organising Committee now invites proposals for papers to be presented at the Conference.

If you are interested in submitting a paper, you will need to submit a one‐page abstract and brief one‐page curriculum vitae by email to the Conference Organising Committee (anzsil@law.anu.edu.au) no later than Tuesday 14 February 2012.

For more information download this document from the Australian National University website. (PDF 90KB)

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