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作者:Spiro, Peter J.
作者单位:Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
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作者:Amann, Diane Marie
作者单位:University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要:Decolonization and its quite valid discontents lay at the center of this advisory opinion regarding the territory and populations of islands located in the Indian Ocean. Answering questions posed by the UN General Assembly, the International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court) concluded that because the Chagos Archipelago was detached from Mauritius as a condition of independence, the decolonization of Mauritius had not been completed in accordance with international law. The Court further ruled u...
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作者:Stewart, David P.
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作者:Contesse, Jorge
作者单位:Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark
摘要:On May 30, 2018, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Court) ordered Peru to review the presidential pardon granted to former president and dictator Alberto Fujimori, who had been convicted and imprisoned for his role in serious human rights violations. The Peruvian Supreme Court obliged and, after examining the merits of the presidential pardon through a special procedure set up to assess the pardon's conformity with international human rights law, invalidated the pardon, effectively rei...
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作者:Lieblich, Eliav
作者单位:Tel Aviv University
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作者:[Anonymous]
摘要:On April 4, 2019, the United States revoked the visa of Fatou Bensouda, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). This action occurred less than a month after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that, except to the extent otherwise required by the UN Headquarters Agreement, the United States would impose visa restrictions on those individuals directly responsible for any ICC investigation of U.S. personnel. In her preliminary investigation into the situation in Afghanistan...
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作者:Arato, Julian
摘要:This Article argues that investment treaties subtly constrain how nations organize their internal systems of private law, including laws of property, contracts, corporations, and intellectual property. Problematically, the treaties do so on a one-size-fits-all basis, disregarding the wide variation in values reflected in these domestic legal institutions. Investor-state dispute settlement exacerbates this tension, further distorting national private law arrangements. This hidden aspect of the ...
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作者:[Anonymous]
摘要:On April 9, 2019, the United States and Peru reached a resolution regarding concerns about Peru's forest sector obligations under the 2007 United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). At issue was Peru's relocation of the Agency for the Supervision of Forest Resources and Wildlife (OSINFOR) to a subordinate position in its Ministry of Environment in December 2018. The United States requested consultations under the PTPA on the ground that this relocation conflicted with a provision in ...
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作者:Vagias, Michail
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作者:Murphy, Sean D.
作者单位:George Washington University