2016 Annual Meeting
Pacific Rim and Oceania
Yingying ''Chloe'' He-Resume and Portfolio
Operation "Sovereign Borders": the High Court of Australia Considers Implications of International Law
Introduction
On January 28, 2015, the High Court of Australia (Australia’s highest court) issued a decision examining the question of where to take a person who flees a country for fear of persecution and is intercepted in international waters by national authorities. The judgment arose from operation “Sovereign Borders,” Australia’s latest effort to stem the flow and resultant loss of life of people travelling without authorisation to Australia by sea.
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Australia as a Good International Citizen
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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The Indian Ocean Tsunami and International Law
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9
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3
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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 Japanâs 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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