The World Court Rules that Israel's West Bank Barrier Violates International Law
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International Courts and Tribunals
"U.S. Drops Plan to Exempt G.I.'s from U.N. Court"
Under the headline quoted above, the New York Times on June 23 reported that the United States bowed to opposition within the U.N. Security Council and dropped its effort to obtain a Security Council resolution that would immunize its troops from prosecution in the International Criminal Court (ICC). [1] It is important to understand just what this does and does not mean, particularly in the context of the continued presence of substantial numbers of U.S. military personnel in Iraq after the sovereign Interim Government of Iraq took office on June 28.
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Ongoing WTO Negotiations on Fisheries Subsidies
It is well known that overfishing has led to the collapse of several commercially valuable fish species and the decline of others. [1] In this context, WTO Members agreed during the WTO Ministerial Conference held in Doha (Qatar) in November 2000, to launch negotiations with the aim to "clarify and improve WTO disciplines on fisheries subsidies, taking into account the importance of this sector to developing countries." [2]
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8
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12
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Guyana Invokes Annex VII of United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea Against Suriname for Disputed Maritime Boundary
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8
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7
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Consular Notification and the Death Penalty: The ICJ's Judgment in Avena
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8
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6
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New Developments Regarding the Prosecution of Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Special Tribunal
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9
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24
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