Foreign Policy and International Law

September 11 Inspired Aviation Counter-Terrorism Convention and Protocol Adopted

Introduction

Topic: 
Volume: 
15
Issue: 
3
Author: 
Damien van der Toorn
PDF Version: 
Image: 

Recent Developments in U.S. International Arbitration Law: Will Congress Take On the Supreme Court?

Introduction

Topic: 
Volume: 
14
Issue: 
35
Author: 
Ernesto J. Sanchez
Image: 

The United States Before the UN Human Rights Council

Introduction

Topic: 
Volume: 
14
Issue: 
33
Author: 
Christina M. Cerna and David P. Stewart
Image: 

Lawfulness of Kosovo's Declaration of Independence

I. Introduction

Is the unilateral declaration of independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo in accordance with international law? The International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court) answered this question in the affirmative in a groundbreaking decision issued on July 22, 2010. The Court held that the declaration was not prohibited by general international law nor by any specific sources of international law.

Topic: 
Volume: 
14
Issue: 
27
Author: 
Bart M. J. Szewczyk
PDF Version: 
Image: 

Morrison v. Nat’l Australia Bank Ltd.: The Supreme Court Rejects Extraterritoriality

Introduction

Topic: 
Volume: 
14
Issue: 
22
Author: 
Paul B. Stephan
PDF Version: 
Image: 

ECJ Holds that West Bank Products are Outside Scope of the EU-Israel Association Agreement

Introduction

On February 25, 2010, in its ruling in Brita GmbH v. Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Hafen, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") ruled on the trade implications of one of the hot-potato issues of international law: the status of the territories occupied by Israel.

Topic: 
Volume: 
14
Issue: 
17
Author: 
Itzchak Kornfeld
PDF Version: 
Image: 

Samantar v. Yousuf: Foreign Official Immunity Under Common Law

Introduction

The recent Supreme Court decision in Samantar v. Yousuf[1] definitively resolved one major question about the immunities of foreign government officials from civil suits in U.S. courts; at the same time, it left several others wide open. It thereby guaranteed that the source, scope, and certainty of such immunities will continue to be litigated energetically. This Insight explores some of the questions that will likely figure prominently in that litigation.

Topic: 
Volume: 
14
Issue: 
15
Author: 
David P. Stewart
PDF Version: 
Image: 
Organizations of Note: 

Special Elections to Fill Vacancies on the International Court of Justice

Introduction

The past several months have given rise to a number of high-level judicial resignations. While the media has been saturated with commentary regarding the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens from the United States Supreme Court, of equally profound interest to international legal observers is the retirement of two judges from the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands (“the ICJ” or “the Court”) – Judge Thomas Buergenthal of the United States and Judge Shi Jiuyong of China.

Topic: 
Volume: 
14
Issue: 
14
Author: 
Natalya Scimeca
PDF Version: 
Image: 

Who’s Going to Copenhagen?: The Rise of Civil Society in International Treaty-Making

The Climate in Copenhagen

Topic: 
Volume: 
13
Issue: 
25
Author: 
Anna Spain
PDF Version: 
Image: