December 2020
UN Reform Project
On 10 December the NZCGS – UNANZ Discussion Paper ‘Time for Upgrade our Global Institutions: A fresh vision from Aotearoa New Zealand’ was completed, and presented in separate briefings to the UN Association of NZ and the Ministry of Foreign
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October 2020
Religions for Peace
On 31 October, the NZ Centre for Global Studies, in association with the Religious Diversity Centre Aotearoa, held its 7th Annual Global Affairs Lecture at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, New Zealand on the subject of: "We the Peoples: Universal Peace,
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September 2020
Climate Change – Inter-parliamentary research
The Centre’s Director has been appointed by the EU & International IDEA as project writer for the INTER-PARES project for the climate change theme. The aim is to assist MPs around the world in support of global and national climate
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August 2020
Book: NZ in UN Security Council
A book has just been published on New Zealand’s role on the UN Security Council, 2015-16. Board member, Dr Graham Hassall, is a co-editor, and the Director, Dr Kennedy Graham, has contributed a chapter. For details, see https://www.masseypress.ac.nz/books/a-seat-at-the-table/
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Global Governance
On 5 August, the Centre co-hosted with the NZ Centre for Public Law a webinar Lecture by Dr Augusto Lopez-Claros, internationally-renowned economist, whose co-edited book has just been published: Global Governance & the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century.
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April 2020
Aggression as a crime
On 30 April the Director and Prof Neil Boister testified verbally to Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee on the ‘Certain Weapons’ amendment to the Rome Statute, following the Centre’s written submission. Find the submission under Programmes (Global Law – The
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