Skip to main content
  • Follow us
  • Like us
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • Text Size: A A A A
Home
  • Contact us
  • About us
    • What we do
    • Our people
    • Our Vision and Values
    • Tāwhaki and Te Aka Matua
    • Anniversary Symposium
    • How projects are conducted
    • Māori Liaison Committee
    • Vacancies
    • Corporate information
      • Annual Reports
      • Statements of Intent & Statements of Performance Expectations
      • Briefing for the Incoming Minister
      • Chief Executive Expenses
      • Commissioners' Conflict of Interest Declaration
  • Our role in law reform
  • Our projects
  • Our publications
  • Have your say
  • News & media
    • Te Aka Kōrero
  1. Home
  2. Work on hold
  3. Awaiting Government Response
  4. International Law
  5. Closed
  6. Our projects

Our projects

Each project is an area of law or subject matter that the Law Commission has agreed to review. The Commission works on several projects at a time. Together, these projects make up the Commission's annual work programme.

Use the search filters below to find particular projects. For more information on how we work see how we conduct projects.

Date range

Project status

  • (-) Remove Work on hold filter Work on hold
  • Calling for submissions (1) Apply Calling for submissions filter
  • (-) Remove Awaiting Government Response filter Awaiting Government Response
  • Open (3) Apply Open filter
  • (-) Remove Closed filter Closed

Areas of law

  • (-) Remove International Law filter International Law
  • Public (47) Apply Public filter
  • Courts and Dispute Resolution (39) Apply Courts and Dispute Resolution filter
  • Criminal (37) Apply Criminal filter
  • Civil (32) Apply Civil filter
  • Other (30) Apply Other filter
  • Human Rights (24) Apply Human Rights filter
  • Family (22) Apply Family filter
  • Social (21) Apply Social filter
  • Commercial (17) Apply Commercial filter
  • Evidence (14) Apply Evidence filter
  • Property/Trusts (14) Apply Property/Trusts filter
  • Customary and Treaty Settlements Law (10) Apply Customary and Treaty Settlements Law filter
  • Consumer (5) Apply Consumer filter
  • Sort by latest activity
  • Sort by date

Te Kōpū Whāngai: He Arotake | Review of Surrogacy

Project status: Awaiting Government Response Start date 23 November 2020 Last updated 15 November 2022

The Government has asked Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission to conduct a review of surrogacy in Aotearoa New Zealand.

This review is a comprehensive examination of surrogacy law, regulation and practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. The...

Protection of Classified and Security Sensitive Information

Project status: Awaiting Government Response Start date 01 December 2014 Last updated 20 October 2021

This project reviews the laws that determine how security sensitive information should be dealt with in court proceedings. The review looks at how to protect information that may prejudice New Zealand’s security. It also considers whether the...

Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters

Project status: Closed Start date 01 November 2013 Last updated 28 September 2016

This review covers the Extradition Act 1999 and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992. These Acts provide a framework for formal assistance between New Zealand and foreign governments in the investigation and prosecution of crime. They...

Custom and Human Rights in the Pacific

Project status: Closed Start date 01 February 2005 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project explores the interaction between custom and human rights in the Pacific, including New Zealand, by articulating some of the issues arising from this interaction and how the two can inform each other.

Cross-Border Insolvency

Project status: Closed Start date 06 May 1998 Last updated 21 August 2015

In October 1997 the Law Commission started a new project on the subject of international trade with the project’s first report, Electronic Commerce Part One: A Guide for the Legal and Business Community (NZLC R50) released a year later. This is...

International Law

Project status: Closed Start date 06 November 1995 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project addresses the Commission's concern about the relative lack of awareness of international law in New Zealand, and in particular of New Zealand’s international rights and obligations. It aims to contribute towards remedying this...

International Sales of Goods

Project status: Closed Start date 01 March 1992 Last updated 11 May 2015

In consultation with officials of the Ministry of Justice and others, the Commission considers, in this project, whether New Zealand should accept the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and give effect to...

  • Follow us
  • Like us
  • Subscribe
  • About us
  • Our role in law reform
  • Our projects
  • Our publications
  • Have your say
  • News & media
  • Contact us
Creative Commons License

Copyright © 2023 New Zealand Law Commission. Read our disclaimer and privacy policy. Copyright content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Click here for more information.