The World Court Finds that U.S. Attacks on Iranian Oil Platforms in 1987-1988 Were Not Justifiable as Self-Defense, but the United States Did Not Violate the Applicable Treaty with Iran
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International Organizations
China's Fixed Exchange Rate for the Yuan: Could the United States Challenge It in the WTO as a Subsidy?
On September 24, 2003, members of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China urged a U.S. trade official to consider challenging China's fixed currency exchange rate at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Rep. James A. Leach (R-Iowa), chairman of the Commission, put forward the idea that China's currency could be "a subsidies issue under the WTO, so it's not exactly a non-WTO issue." [1]
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Security Council Resolution 1502 on the Protection of Humanitarian and United Nations Personnel
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The Obligation of the Coalition Provisional Authority to Protect Iraq's Cultural Heritage
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The Arrest Warrant Against The Liberian President, Charles Taylor
On June 4, 2003, the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) issued an arrest warrant against Charles Taylor, the incumbent President of Liberia. When the warrant was issued, Mr. Taylor was traveling to Ghana for talks with Liberian rebel groups to end a four-year civil war that has destabilized West Africa.
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Developments involving SARS, International Law, and Infectious Disease Control at the Fifty-Sixth Meeting of the World Health Assembly
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Security Council Resolution 1483 on the Rebuilding of Iraq
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Consular Notification and the Death Penalty: The World Court's Provisional Measures Order in Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States)
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Prorogated and Universal Jurisdiction in the International Court: The Congo v. France
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World Health Organization's Framework Convention for Tobacco Control
Introduction
In late May 2003, the World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) will consider adoption of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC). The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body agreed on the proposed FCTC in early March 2003 and transmitted the treaty to the World Health Assembly. [1] The FCTC represents the first time in WHO's history that it has exercised its powers to adopt a treaty under Article 19 of its Constitution. [2] The FCTC is an important international legal development in the area of global public health.
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