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Dr Christian Riffel

Contact

Department: Faculty of Law

Email: christian.riffel@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3693473

Office: Meremere 319

Languages: English, German, Spanish

About
Research / Creative works

Fields of Research

  • International economic law, in particular international trade, investment and IP
  • European Union law

Researcher Summary

Chris is Co-Director of Postgraduate Studies in Law and Associate Editor of the NZ Yearbook of International Law. He did his PhD under the supervision of Prof Thomas Cottier and authored 'Protection Against Unfair Competition in the WTO TRIPS Agreement' (Brill 2016). He is a contributor to the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law and has published in leading international law journals, such as the ICLQ, the German Law Journal, the JIEL, the European Law Review, Legal Issues of Economic Integration, and the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law. In addition, Chris is on the indicative list of suitable arbitrators for EU trade agreements and was WTI Advisor to the EU in the negotiations for a trade agreement with New Zealand. He is the Regional Advisor for the Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law and Co-Chair of the International Economic Law Interest Group of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law. Chris is also a member of the ILA Committee on Rule of Law and International Investment Law.

Before joining UC, he was a postgraduate worker at the University of Edinburgh. Chris studied law at the University of Heidelberg, where he minored in environmental studies, Anglo-American and French law, and attended the summer course in public international law at The Hague Academy of International Law. He did his master’s degree at the Europa-Institut of Saarland University. His master’s thesis won the Hans-Werner Osthoff prize for excellent academic writing. Chris worked as a legal clerk for Baker McKenzie in Caracas, Venezuela, as well as in the German Embassy in Santiago de Chile. He is fluent in English, German, and Spanish.

Chris serves as the Honorary Consul of Germany in the South Island.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Law: European Union Law; International Law

Resources

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Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

  • Riffel C. (2023) Market Access Conditionality and Border Carbon Adjustments. European Yearbook of International Economic Law http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/8165_2022_85. (Journal Articles)
  • Riffel C. (2023) Human Rights-based Counterclaims and the Rule of Law. In Bjorklund A; Ziegler A (Ed.), Rule of Law and International Investment Law: Procedural IssuesBrill. (Chapters)
  • Riffel C. (2022) Fair and Equitable Treatment and the Right to Regulate: The European Union and the Asia-Pacific Models Compared. European Law Journal. (Journal Articles)
  • Riffel C. (2022) Indirect Expropriation and the Protection of Public Interests. International and Comparative Law Quarterly 71: 945-974. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0020589322000343. (Journal Articles)
  • Riffel C. (2022) The National Security Exception in International Investment Agreements and the Obligation to Compensate with Particular Reference to the War in Ukraine. University of Canterbury, Christchurch: Beeby Exchange on International Law Canterbury: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and its Implications for New Zealand and the Rules Based Order, 30 Sep 2022. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Riffel C. (2022) Geographical Indications (Before Articles 22-24 TRIPS). In Stoll P-T; Hestermeyer H (Ed.), Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property RightsBrill. (Chapters)
  • Riffel C. (2022) Preamble. In Stoll P-T; Hestermeyer H (Ed.), Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property RightsBrill. (Chapters)
  • Riffel C. (2022) Protection of Undisclosed Information (Article 39.1-2). Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property RightsBrill. (Chapters)
  • Riffel C. (2021) Counterclaims. Vienna (via Zoom): ILA Workshop on Rule of Law and International Investment Law, 18 Nov 2021. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Riffel C. (2021) The Regulation of Geographical Indications in Free Trade Agreements and the Public International Law Presumption Against Conflicts. ANZSIL International Economic Law Interest Group Workshop, 6 Sep 2021. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Riffel C. (2020) Does Investor-State Dispute Settlement Discriminate Against Nationals? German Law Journal 21(2): 197-222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/glj.2020.10. (Journal Articles)
  • Riffel C. (2019) Squaring the Circle: High-quality, Deep FTAs with Australia and New Zealand Without the EU Member States’ Approval? European Law Review 44(5): 694-710. (Journal Articles)
  • Riffel C. (2019) The CETA Opinion of the European Court of Justice and its Implications - Not That Selfish After All. Journal of International Economic Law 22(3): 503-521. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgz021. (Journal Articles)
  • Riffel C. (2019) Havana Club Case. In Minnerop P; Wolfrum R; Lachenmann F (Ed.), International Law of Development: 489-491. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Chapters)
  • Reinisch A., Bjorklund A. and Ziegler AR. (2018) Rule of Law and International Investment Law. Sydney: International Law Association Sydney Conference, 19-24 Aug 2018. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Riffel C. (2018) Does investor-state dispute settlement discriminate against nationals? American University Washington College of Law: Society of International Economic Law Biennial Conference, 12-14 Jul 2018. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Riffel C. (2018) Implications of the European Court of Justice ruling in Achmea for the Multilateral Investment Court project. Victoria University of Wellington: International Arbitration Round Table, 23 Apr 2018. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Riffel C. (2018) Squaring the circle: high-quality, deep FTAs with Australia and New Zealand without the EU Member States’ approval? Nicosia, Cyprus: 7th Conference of the Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics of the Society of International Economic Law, 13-14 Apr 2018. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Riffel C. (2018) The Slow Demise of Fair and Equitable Treatment: Is the TPP the Odd One Out? Sydney: 78th Biennial Conference of the International Law Association, 19-24 Aug 2018. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Riffel CH. (2018) The Chapeau: Stringent Threshold or Good Faith Requirement. Legal Issues of Economic Integration 45(2): 141-176. (Journal Articles)
  • Riffel C. (2017) The Chapeau Reconsidered. Canberra: Silver Jubilee Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, 29 Jun-1 Jul 2017. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Riffel C. (2017) The Obligation of Administrative Due Process and Good Governance in International Trade and Investment Law. Sydney Centre for International Law, Sydney Law School: ANZSIL International Economic Law Interest Group Workshop, 12 Oct 2017. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Riffel C. (2017) Argentina – Financial Services, Panama v Argentina, Appellate Body Report, WT/DS453/AB/R, ITL 161 (WTO 2016), 14th April 2016, Appellate Body. In Wouters J; Van Calster G (Ed.), Oxford Reports on International LawOxford University Press. (Chapters)
  • Riffel CH. (2017) Regulatory Safeguards in Mega-Regionals against Sovereignty Loss. Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law 20(1): 322-366. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/13894633_02001011. (Journal Articles)
  • Riffel C. (2016) Chris Riffel on the German Constitutional Complaint against CETA. [Blog Post]. (Other)
  • Riffel C. (2016) Human Rights Implications of the TPP and the Calculation of Damages in TPP Investment Disputes. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: Environment, Trade & Investment Symposium, 21 Apr 2016. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Riffel C. (2016) International Economic Law. New Zealand Yearbook of International Law 14: 254-263. (Journal Articles)
  • Riffel C. (2016) Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS): Scrap it or Reform it? Canberra: Sixth International Law Colloquium, 25 Nov 2016. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Riffel C. (2016) The Protection Against Unfair Competition in the WTO TRIPS Agreement: The Scope and Prospects of Article 10bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. Leiden: Brill/Nijhoff. 344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004313477. (Authored Books)
  • Riffel C. (2016) The Treaty of Waitangi Exception Clause in the TPP. Wellington: Thomson Reuters New and Emerging Scholars Symposium, 6 Jul 2016. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Riffel CH. (2016) Human Rights Protection in the Asia-Pacific: What will be the Role of the TPP? Otago Law Review 14(2): 339-350. (Journal Articles)
  • Riffel CH. (2016) Mega-Regionals. In Wolfrum R (Ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law: 23. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Chapters)
  • Riffel C. (2015) International Economic Law. New Zealand Yearbook of International Law 13: 242-249. (Journal Articles)
  • Riffel C. (2015) Biotech Case. In Wolfrum R (Ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law: 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Chapters)
  • Riffel C. (2015) Traditional Knowledge. In Lachenmann F; Wolfrum R (Ed.), International Economic Law: 834-840. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Chapters)
  • Riffel C. (2015) Unfair Competition, International Protection. In Lachenmann F; Wolfrum R (Ed.), International Economic Law: 855-860. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Chapters)
  • Riffel C. (2014) The Protection Against Unfair Competition in World Trade - Implications for Core Labour Standards, Traditional Knowledge and European Union Law. Bern, Switzerland. University of Bern. (Theses / Dissertations)
  • Riffel C. (2014) The Scope of the TRIPS Agreement Reconsidered. Melbourne, Australia: Inaugural Symposium of the Global Economic Law Network, 2 May 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Riffel C. (2014) The Socratic Method Reloaded: How to Make it Work in Large Classes? Canterbury Law Review 20: 125-135. (Journal Articles)
  • Riffel C. (2013) New Zealand's WTO Dispute against Indonesia: Commercial Significance and New Legal Frontiers. Wellington, New Zealand: Beeby Colloquium on International Law, 15 Nov 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Riffel C. (2007) (Non-)Conformity of Social Standards in the Generalized System of Preferences of the EC and the USA with WTO Law. Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien (ZEuS) 10(4): 609-683. (Journal Articles)
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