International Law in Domestic Courts

The WTO Decision on U.S. Cotton Subsidies

On March 3, 2005, the WTO Appellate Body (AB) issued a landmark decision[1] interpreting key WTO provisions on agricultural subsidies and upholding a prior panel ruling finding various US cotton subsidies to be WTO illegal. In September 2004 the panel, in a challenge by Brazil, had ruled that various US agricultural programs constituted illegal subsidies under the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, the Agreement on Agriculture and Article XVI of the GATT 1994.[2]
 
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9
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11
Author: 
Eliza Patterson
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Bond v. United States (June 2, 2014)

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Steven Arrigg Koh

On June 2, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bond v.

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UK Court of Appeal Rules Wikileaks Cables Admissible in Chagos Islands case (May 23, 2014)

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Emily MacKenzie

On May 23, 2014, the UK Court of Appeal (the Court) delivered the latest ruling in the case brought by the Chagos Islanders,

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Constitutional Court of Colombia Finds That Implementation of ICJ Decision Requires Treaty (May 2, 2014)

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Steven Arrigg Koh

On May 2, 2014, the Constitutional Court of Colombia ruled (Spanish only) that the Territorial and Maritime Dispute

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Fourth Circuit Hears Abu Ghraib Prison Torture Case (March 18, 2014)

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Emily MacKenzie

On March 18, 2014, the U.S.

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U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (March 5, 2014)

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Steven Arrigg Koh

On March 5, 2014, the United States Supreme Court in Lozano v.