Matthew Neuhaus

Matthew Ernest Keith Neuhaus (born 16 August 1958) is an Honorary Professor (International Law) at the Australian National University and former Australian diplomat who was appointed as the Australian Ambassador to the Netherlands on 29 August 2018 till October 2022.

Early life and education Neuhaus was born on August 16, 1958, in Sydney, Australia to Reverend Theodore Neuhaus and Yvonne Neuhaus. He spent much of his childhood (1960–1974) in the central region of Tanzania where his parents worked as Anglican Missionaries.

Neuhaus completed his secondary education at St Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney (1974–75) before studying a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Sydney (1976–81). He later completed a Masters of Philosophy in International Relations at the University of Cambridge (1985–86).

In June 2006, he attended the Harvard University Kennedy School Leaders in Development Program, and was a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge in 1994 and 2015.

In 1991, he was appointed First Secretary, later Counsellor (covering legal, disarmament and Security Council) to Australia's Mission to the United Nations (UN) in New York (1991–1994). Later in 1994 he returned to the University of Cambridge as a visiting fellow in the Centre for International Studies where he wrote on the UN Security role.

From 1997 to 2000, Neuhaus was appointed as Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria – accredited also to Ghana, Sierra Leone, Senegal and The Gambia. In this role he helped organise, and was Conference Secretary to three CHOGM – Nigeria (2003), Malta (2005), Uganda (2007). He also oversaw Commonwealth democracy and election work, and was involved in conflict resolution in Pakistan, Fiji, Kenya, Guyana, Maldives and Tanzania/Zanzibar. Neuhaus presented his credentials in the Netherlands on 29 August 2018 to his Majesty King Willem-Alexander,

Following the completion of his posting in October 2022 and retirement Neuhaus was appointed Honorary Professor (International Law) at the Australian National University School of Law.

He has been President of the Royal Commonwealth Society ACT Australia since 2023

Personal life Mathew Neuhaus married Angela Margaret Low on July 13, 1991. Angela is the eldest Daughter of the late Professor D.A. Low, former Vice Chancellor of Australian National University and President of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge (1987–1994). |notes=|imagesize=|previous_versions=

Key publications M. Neuhaus and Greg Hammond (1982), Diplomatic privileges and the International Court of Justice – Protection or Platitudes? United States vs Iran, Sydney Law Review. Vol 9 (3) p. 649 M. Neuhaus (1988) A useful Chogm: Lusaka 1979, Australian Outlook, 42:3, 161–166, DOI: 10.1080/10357718808444978 M. Neuhaus (1995) The United Nations Security Role at Fifty – The need for Realism, Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol 49(2) p. 267-282 M. Neuhaus (1995) Sovereignty, alliances and international responsibility Australia's accession to the 1997 Geneva Protocol. Treaty Making and Australia: Globalisation Versus Sovereignty, p. 141-148, 292–294. M. Neuhaus (2015) Renewing the Commonwealth—A Reform Agenda for a New Secretary-General, The Round Table, 104:5, 539–549, DOI: 10.1080/00358533.2015.1090794