Environment

WTO Law and the Right to Regulate: China – Rare Earths

On March 26, 2014, a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel issued its report on a dispute between the European Union, Japan and the United States as complainants and China as respondent over access to so-called “rare earths,” as well as tungsten and molybdenum.[1] The Panel found that China violated its obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT)[2] and the Accession Protocol[3] by

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18
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10
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Markus Wagner
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Australia v. Japan: ICJ Halts Antarctic Whaling

On March 31, 2014, the International Court of Justice declared that Japan must halt its current whaling program in the Southern Ocean.[1] The decision will not affect Japan’s whale hunt in the northern Pacific and it does not foreclose Japan from all whaling in the future, as long as it is conducted within the requirements of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW).[2] Nor does this decision affect the other two nations that currently conduct wh

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18
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9
Author: 
Cymie R. Payne
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ICJ Rules in Case Concerning Whaling in the Antarctic (March 31, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On March 31, 2014, the International Court of Justice rendered its Judgment in the case concerning Whaling in the Antarctic (Aust

S.D.N.Y. Holds That Ecuadorian Judgment Against Chevron Corporation Was “Obtained by Corrupt Means” (March 4, 2014)

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Steven Arrigg Koh

On March 4, 2014, the District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an injunction against enforcement in the U

The Amritsar Dialogue Statement on Green Courts and Tribunals (November 24, 2013)

Author: 
Adom Malcolm Cooper

On November 24, 2013, the Jawaharlal Nehru Chair in International Environmental Law, Jawaharlal University, and the Centre for Advanced Study on Courts and Tribunals in collaboration with the Asian

Climate Change and the International Maritime Organization: Another Breakthrough at the Marine Environment Protection Committee?

Acknowledging the global and complex nature of shipping activities, the Kyoto Protocol, Article 2(2) entrusts the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from marine bunker fuels to the International Maritime Organization (IMO).[i] Since 1997, the IMO Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) has been actively engaged in discussions concerning the reduction of GHG emissions from ships and the elaboration of a legal framework for energy efficiency in the shipping industry as a means of tackling climate change.

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17
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24
Author: 
Sophia Kopela
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Second Circuit Rules in Balintulo et al. v. Daimler AG et al. that the Supreme Court’s Decision in Kiobel bars ATS Claims Against Ford, Daimler, and IBM

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The Second Circuit held that the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2013 decision in Kiobel v.

International Court of Justice Removes Aerial Herbicide Spraying (Ecuador v. Colombia) From Court’s List

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The International Court of Justice has removed from the Court's List the case brought by Ecuador against Colombia on March 31 2008, regarding a dispute concerning "Colombia's aerial spraying of tox